THIS IS GREAT NEWS. DONT LET TECH IN.
Just for fun, here is what that could look like in taking care of all 3 conferences with each having 12 members.
Sun Belt - 12 members (Western based)
UTSA, Texas State, Rice, N. Texas, Ark State, LA Tech, UL, S. Miss, Tulane, Memphis, Tulsa, UAB
AAC - 12 members (Eastern based)
Marshall, App State, Army, Navy, E. Carolina, Temple, Charlotte, Coastal, JMU, ODU, FAU, S. Florida
CUSA - 12 members
Troy, USA, ULM, Jax State, Sam Houston State, WKU, MTSU, Liberty, FIU, Kennesaw St., GA State, GA Southern
NMSU and UTEP move to the MWC.
By all means continue scheduling latech HnH in football, basketball, diamond sports. UGA/GA Tech, FL/FL St. are examples of non-conference, in-state rivals playing. It can work. Put latech in the same bucket as McNeese. Being their conference mates is simply a thing of the past.