On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Philip R. Baumann wrote:
 
> I'm curious about this, as well.  There's one thing to be a bit
> cautious about.  There are two type of SUNY schools -- the state
> universities (Albany, Buffalo, Stony Brook, and Binghamton) are
> large, research institutions; the state colleges, also in the SUNY
> system (Oswego, Plattsburgh, Buffalo, etc.) are small, liberal arts
> oriented four-year schools.  And yes, there is one of each in
> Buffalo.
 
University of Buffalo and Buffalo State I believe.  It took a long time
for a New England transplant like me to figure that one out.
 
> It may make sense for the state universities to go division
> I.  It doesn't make much sense for the state colleges to do so.
 
I agree.
 
The first thing that came to mind when I read the original post was
Clarkson and Potsdam College  both play at the D-1 level in a town of
5000 (10000 with students) and add SLU just 10 or 11 miles down the
road.  That would be an over staturation in a remote area of Northern New
York.
 
Just a thought
 
KP
 
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