…so too does the D-II world.

I didn’t know that the Division I men’s basketball tournament chips off about 5 percent of that revenue for the 24 Division II conferences.

In the Mountain East, that’s good for about half of the annual operating budget.

What you see there is that, obviously, that level stretches and pinches to make finances work. And that level, obviously, doesn’t have the ability to do much more with less than it already does.

But maybe that’s wrong?

It will admittedly experience the effects of NCAA reform through what Division I will offer, what recruits will desire and how Division II will figure or ways to mimic and adapt.

“I think it’s going to take some time to trickle down to Division II, but I think it’s still going to impact us,” said Bren Stevens, UC’s athletic director. “Our coaches are going to want to talk to the same kids Division I coaches are talking to, and that kid is going to want the things Division I schools are offering, and how are we going to be able to do that? It’s going to be a challenge.”

Wait…we’re talking about stipends and the like here. D-II schools can do that? D-II schools will want to do that?

“I wouldn’t rule it out,” Stevens said.