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UNT #3 in final 2021-22 mid major poll


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6 hours ago, HoustonEagle said:

So, in basketball, mid major is not a reference to your conference I take it?

“Mid-major is a term used in American NCAA Division I college sports, especially men's basketball, to refer to athletic conferences that are not among the so-called "Power Five conferences" (the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC), the American, the Atlantic 10, the Big East, and the Mountain West, the programs of which are sometimes referred to as "high majors" by comparison. The term "mid-major" was coined in 1977 by Jack Kvancz, head coach of Catholic University's men's basketball team.”

 

Schools, like Gonzaga and BYU are considered "high majors"

 

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10 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

“Mid-major is a term used in American NCAA Division I college sports, especially men's basketball, to refer to athletic conferences that are not among the so-called "Power Five conferences" (the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC), the American, the Atlantic 10, the Big East, and the Mountain West, the programs of which are sometimes referred to as "high majors" by comparison. The term "mid-major" was coined in 1977 by Jack Kvancz, head coach of Catholic University's men's basketball team.”

 

Schools, like Gonzaga and BYU are considered "high majors"

 

Obviously, it was not originally intended to be for "non-P5".  P5/G5 nomenclature did not exist until BCS bowl contracts were put in place (late 1990s)

Media has just used to pretty liberally (lazily?), so now it's pretty much accepted to be the above definition.

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