UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

[joeboo22]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

UNC & UND are both tied to where does your football team play? That limitation kept UND from even continuing with a scheduled site visit from Summit League officials. If Summit League is going to support obtaining these schools, need to address how to add these two schools to a MVFC/Summit League conference.

The two schools would be good additions as they both play baseball and have swim teams. Both are areas where the Summit League currently hosts associate teams or are at the minimal numbers to have an auto-bid conference qualifier.

I think this would be assuming that the Big Sky would let them keep football in the Big Sky, its debatable whether or not they would allow it to occur, but with Idaho joining the conference, it adds another team, they cannot like traveling to North Dakota though. There are 5 schools in the Summit League that are closer to North Dakota then the closest Big Sky program, in MBB and WBB its not a huge issue, but when the non-revenue sports are traveling on bus like that it gets very expensive.

[Rabbit74]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

I have been away and not responding recently. Very often a site visit means the decision is almost a done deal subject to a major surprise so is the Valley looking at adding 4 teams and going to 13?

If so the Horizon would be down to 6 with only Green Bay, Milwaukee, Cleveland State, Detroit, Wright State and Youngstown State left. That would leave them in real trouble and perhaps set up some major movements between the Summit and Horizon or perhaps even some type of merger. The Summit would be in the stronger position of the two.The two leagues would have a total of 15 teams subject to further changes. I could see the following being fairly nice divisions.

East

Detroit
Oakland
Cleveland State
Youngstown State
Wright State
IUPUI
IPFW

West
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Western Illinois
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
South Dakota
Omaha
Denver

I can't find the link but it seems like Douple said something about merger and three conferences when he was here. Could this be what he was talking about?

[joeboo22]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

I have been away and not responding recently. Very often a site visit means the decision is almost a done deal subject to a major surprise so is the Valley looking at adding 4 teams and going to 13?

If so the Horizon would be down to 6 with only Green Bay, Milwaukee, Cleveland State, Detroit, Wright State and Youngstown State left. That would leave them in real trouble and perhaps set up some major movements between the Summit and Horizon or perhaps even some type of merger. The Summit would be in the stronger position of the two.The two leagues would have a total of 15 teams subject to further changes. I could see the following being fairly nice divisions.

East

Detroit
Oakland
Cleveland State
Youngstown State
Wright State
IUPUI
IPFW

West
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Western Illinois
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
South Dakota
Omaha
Denver

I can't find the link but it seems like Douple said something about merger and three conferences when he was here. Could this be what he was talking about?

The only way a merger would happen is if the NCAA got involved, and from reports they won't.

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

PantherU.com @PantherU 10m
Anonymous sources have confirmed to @PantherU that UIC to the MVC is all but official. MVC was impressed during on-campus visit this week.

[slosho]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

UIC?

[UWMandSDSU]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

UIC?

Questioning the school or questioning who UIC is (Illinios-Chicago)?

[slosho]

Re: UMCK getting a visit from the Valley?

Questioning the school or questioning who UIC is (Illinios-Chicago)?

wasn't sure you meant Illinois Chicago so thank you