By Shawn Stewart
One week after appearing in the First Four of the NCAA tournament, the St Francis Red Flash have announced that they will no longer compete at the Division I level for college basketball.
The program said that effective this July, the school will move its basketball programs to the Division III level, and will compete in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference beginning in the 2026-27 school year. While the formal move will begin this July, Saint Francis will play one more season in Division I in the Northeast Conference, which they won earlier this month to punch their ticket to the NCAA tournament.
St Francis lose to Alabama State, 70-68 in last week’s First Four. A victory would have earned the Red Flash a date with No. 1 seed Auburn in the round of 64.