Naismith's top Division II conference (according to RPI) has two openings currently for anyone looking to move up from the D3 ranks, sideways from in the D2 ranks or parachuting down from D1. Benefits package includes the extra recruiting cash that comes from having 7 teams in last season's national tournament and 2 more in the PIT, a great centralized location in the US that provides lots of flexibility for recruiting and an active coaches chat filled with friendly banter. There's also budding talk of a non-conference series with the Lone Star beginning this next year.

Your options: 

-- Mercyhurst was a long-successful GLV program that has fallen on hard times after going Sim for the past 3 seasons. You'll have the ability to bring in four recruits this season (not counting any cuts you make) but the prestige has tailed away to a C-. Can you be the coach to restore hardwood glory to campus? 

-- Kentucky Wesleyan is open for those wanting a true challenge. First, the good news -- KW has a B- prestige, which is its best prestige in a quarter century and will certainly aid in recruiting. Now the bad news -- KW has 9 scholarship openings this season, so whoever tags in at this position will probably take a few lumps for a season or two. For someone wanting to linger several seasons at D2, this would be a chance to immediately craft the program to your standards of offense and defense.

Conference play is fun, but brutal, so bring your A game every time you step on the floor. Our most-recent champion earned a No. 1 seed in the national tournament, but had to play two overtime games in the conference tournament. Being the No. 2 team in the nation was only good enough to be the No. 3 team in our conference at the end of the regular season.

So come join us if you're in Naismith. Operators are standing by...

there was another GLV, i cant remember which, that was really good too (not the tark one, thats the one im in). must be something in the water. most likely, the alcohol (gotta love that old kentucky bourbon! although i wish they'd sell it BEFORE mixing with water, so you could mix it to your own taste. yum)

Posted by coach_billyg on 1/30/2012 11:56:00 AM (view original):
there was another GLV, i cant remember which, that was really good too (not the tark one, thats the one im in). must be something in the water. most likely, the alcohol (gotta love that old kentucky bourbon! although i wish they'd sell it BEFORE mixing with water, so you could mix it to your own taste. yum)

Tark GLV is a great league coach_billyg -- I've eyeballed it a couple times, but am just having too much fun playing D3 in that world right now. Overall, I think the GLV just sets up nice from a geographical standpoint. Centralized enough to recruit in pretty much any direction, some big states within the league footprint, others just outside but close enough mileage-wise to be somewhat cheap to go after, and the 12 teams spread out enough overall that it doesn't have to be a league-wide bloodbath going after talent within league boundaries.

Posted by coach_billyg on 1/30/2012 11:56:00 AM (view original):
there was another GLV, i cant remember which, that was really good too (not the tark one, thats the one im in). must be something in the water. most likely, the alcohol (gotta love that old kentucky bourbon! although i wish they'd sell it BEFORE mixing with water, so you could mix it to your own taste. yum)

Great, now I'm sitting at work thinking about bourbon. Thanks a lot coach!

If you really want a challenge the GLV is the Conference for you. Plenty of competition and friendly coach talk and good ole fashion ribbing from the other coaches. Two teams who need human coaches and very tough competition from top to bottom. And rednu likes to fuss at everybody, lol. 7 teams in the NT and all were in just about every game. Come on and join the Best Conference in Naismith and don't be Skeered! Been in several different conferences and GLV is the Best.

thurmodore has stepped up to the challenge of coaching Kentucky Wesleyan. That just leaves Mercyhurst to make the GLV in Naismith an all-human league this season -- c'mon...you know you wanna join up!