We’re told to expect some more conference shuffling today, as the SCAC made the foregone-conclusion addition of Birmingham-Southern official on Thursday afternoon.

Today, we’re expecting to see Centenary and Notre Dame (Md.) added to the increasingly misnomered Pennsylvania Athletic Conference. Notre Dame is effectively an independent with the breakup of the Atlantic Women’s Colleges Conference. But Centenary becomes the fourth team to leave the Skyline in nine months, joining Stevens (which left two conferences in that time), Kings Point and Manhattanville.

Oh, sorry, Kings Point has finally decided between its two interchangeable names and wants to be known as the United States Merchant Marine Academy. We’ll settle for Merchant Marine.

Remember, Manhattanville joined the MAC Freedom, Stevens the Interstate 8, then the Empire 8, and Kings Point the Interstate 8.

We’re expecting a name for the Interstate 8 … which is currently 7 … but not an eighth school. That’s yet to come. The only word we’ve heard around namewise for this league contains “Chesapeake.” That would be interesting for Drew and Merchant Marine, since I am reminded every time I drive north on 95 (the Interstate, remember?) that the Chesapeake Bay watershed terminates significantly south of Northern Jersey.

I still like my name better.

But the question remains over the future of the Skyline. They’d be down to seven teams in men’s. Having Russell Sage on board (still no word) would help the women’s side, though with SUNY-Maritime struggling to field a women’s basketball team there isn’t much of a buffer. And the league wouldn’t have too many automatic bids outside of basketball. What’s next? Raid the NEAC? They’re at 10 teams and falling for 2007-08 after losing Villa Julie (CAC) and Chestnut Hill (moving down to Division II). Polytechnic and Bard are in the Skyline’s footprint. Perhaps the Skyline could be absorbed by the NEAC (or vice versa) and form a “super” conference.

I use the term loosely.

The dominoes are still falling.