Summit League baseball expansion?

[joeboo22]

With SUU and Centenary on their ways out of the conference, and USD not having baseball. Is it time to look at a member or two as baseball only? I'm sure the conference will be looking for a full-slate conference member but still you would only have 7 teams IF they have baseball to start off with.

USD is not going to get baseball anytime soon. Their Title IX problems are well noted and they can not add a male sport.

However both Northern Colorado and North Dakota have baseball, the Big Sky does not offer baseball. Southern Utah has said they are in talks with 3 other conferences about baseball only, but do not name the conferences.

I'm thinking out of the box but thought that if you added two of the three or all three for baseball only you could really shore up the conference for baseball.

I don't know what the downsides would be to having 9-10 baseball teams in the conference. The conference already has one sport members in swimming and diving. And could really shore up the baseball side of things.

Also if anything happened with the Big Sky could help with recruiting these schools as full-slate members in the future.

[Jacks15]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

SDSU, NDSU, Oral Roberts, IPFW, Oakland, Western Illinois, UMKC-adding in 2011-2012 school year. I would think we would want to add at least one more member to protect the AQ. This is where I wish we would take a harder look at adding Arkansas-Little Rock if they are actually being forced out of the Southland. That would give us a baseball school that is in the warm weather to help ensure that we could go south for a series in the spring.

Adding either SUU, UND or UNC would help to protect against the AQ ever being lost and since we probably will not get more than one team in the NCAA's each year, unless we can knock off Oral in the Summit championship game, the RPI is not too great of a deal.

[rabidrabbit]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

SDSU, NDSU, Oral Roberts, IPFW, Oakland, Western Illinois, UMKC-adding in 2011-2012 school year. I would think we would want to add at least one more member to protect the AQ. This is where I wish we would take a harder look at adding Arkansas-Little Rock if they are actually being forced out of the Southland. That would give us a baseball school that is in the warm weather to help ensure that we could go south for a series in the spring.

Adding either SUU, UND or UNC would help to protect against the AQ ever being lost and since we probably will not get more than one team in the NCAA's each year, unless we can knock off Oral in the Summit championship game, the RPI is not too great of a deal.

UALR is in the SUNBELT with Middle TN St, Western KY, Troy St., etc. Denver is also in the Sunbelt, currently. Sunbelt is insisting all members must play in Football.

[joeboo22]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

does anyone know what hoops would have to be worked through to get a few schools as baseball only? Would it be cost-nuetral, cost-beneficial or costly.

I think if it doesn't cost any money the conference should really consider it.

Also what is the deal with Big Sky and softball? Will they be adding the sport without USD?

[Jacks15]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

Sorry, for some reason I said Southland, was thinking Sun Belt.

[Sec310]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

SDSU, NDSU, Oral Roberts, IPFW, Oakland, Western Illinois, UMKC-adding in 2011-2012 school year. I would think we would want to add at least one more member to protect the AQ. This is where I wish we would take a harder look at adding Arkansas-Little Rock if they are actually being forced out of the Southland. That would give us a baseball school that is in the warm weather to help ensure that we could go south for a series in the spring.

Adding either SUU, UND or UNC would help to protect against the AQ ever being lost and since we probably will not get more than one team in the NCAA's each year, unless we can knock off Oral in the Summit championship game, the RPI is not too great of a deal.

You have a link about UMKC adding baseball?

[Jacks15]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

You have a link about UMKC adding baseball?

http://www.cstv.com/sports/c-rifle/stories/041807aaa.html

[jackmd]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

You have a link about UMKC adding baseball?



http://www.cstv.com/sports/c-rifle/s...041807aaa.html

It says women's baseball, how about men's? (I kid, I kid)

[Jacks#1Fan]

Re: Summit League baseball expansion?

You have a link about UMKC adding baseball?



http://www.cstv.com/sports/c-rifle/s...041807aaa.html

I don't think this link proves anything...since it is from April 2007. Not saying they haven't made an announcement about adding baseball more recently. (And, BTW, good get from the headline Doc...HA!!