the 2018-19 season brought the total number of teams participating the in the season up from 10 to 15. stockton, california was announced as a market and held a team naming contest, but all news stories from the league website and all mention of the stockton franchised were dropped. the league changed from having "conferences" to "divisions." expanding from the eastern and western conference's the m2 now had the eastern division, mountain division, and pacific division.