2020Hopeful posted:This seems to be the most recent thread on these schools. Anyone have any updated info? More specifically, how would you compare the D2 schools against the NAIA schools? Much appreciated!
Much is the same. Pomona plays in the CCAA, which is traditionally one of the strongest top-to-bottom D2 conferences in the country. They typically have anywhere from 4-7 strong D2 programs but that will take a little bit of a hit as UCSD moves up to D1. Azusa and PLU play in the Pacwest, which is not as deep as the CCAA. Most years, the few best Pacwest teams can play with the better CCAA teams, though. And, you get to go to Hawaii and Point Loma every other year. The NAIA conference that Westmont and Vanguard play in (GSAC) is a big drop from those D2 conferences. It is improving to where there are a few less cupcakes but those former cupcake programs that improved are just OK now instead of bad. Again, though, the better few teams are typically pretty strong and do fairly well in NAIA post-season play. Roster depth is a big differentiator across these conferences. You won't typically see players that don't look like they belong on a college field in any CCAA play. You can't say the same for some of the GSAC teams.
Let us know more specifically what sort of comparisons you are looking for.