This looks great for our conference!

[Back2BackCats]

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Still, these are non-scholarship athletes at the D3 level. If a D1 school is doing a good job of recruiting they should be able to beat a D3 school with anyone on their roster? There aren't a whole lot of athletes who would choose to pay for an education if they were offered the option to get it for free.

[speechpanther]

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Ohio State lost last year to DII Findlay, if I am not mistaken.

[terri]

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Bradley will survive this. Sam Maniscalco is good, and they got some other decent talent, they will never be a cupcake. Although the Valley is predicted by many to have a relatively down year, I think the conference has the potential to surprise some people 1-2-3 GOOOO PANTHERS!!!!

[DrewDog]

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It is an exhibition game! Just remember Michigan State last year. UW-Platteville used to be a great program under Bo Ryan. Winning 4 national titles in the 1990s and were a tough NAIA school before they moved to NCAA. In recent years, the Pioneers have struggled. Tom Davis is UW-Platteville grad.

[UNI Fight]

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You gotta remember that the other team is on scholarship too, I'm guessing either Bradley overlooked them or hasn't quite gelled. This will probably wake the Braves up and now they'll get fired up, but hopefully use all that energy in the non-conference portion of their schedule!

[Back2BackCats]

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D3 schools do not offer any type of athletic scholarship for any sport.

[06panther10]

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SIU beat Umass tonight 80-73, after trailing at the half, for what it's worth.

[Panther Cat]

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SIU beat Umass tonight 80-73, after trailing at the half, for what it's worth.

That's a good win for them and the MVC. UMASS is not as good as they used to be, and we beat them last year as well. But that is still a win over a conference that the talking heads think is better than ours.

D3 teams don't offer scholarships, but in some cases they find ways to make school much cheaper. One of my friends played football at a good D3 program and he gave him a sibling scholarship of $1,000 of another player from the same town who was not his brother. They also fuond a way to give him about $5,000 worth of grants/scholarships that he probably shouldn't have got. I doubt all schools do that, but I'm sure they will find ways to get around some stuff. But still, they are still not getting close to full rides like the big boys.

[06panther10]

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Now we can see how the Salukis do against Duke next week. Who is a Panther fan supposed to cheer for in that one? The dreaded MVC Salukis or the hated Blue Devils. Tough decision.

[Kyle]

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D3 teams don't offer scholarships, but in some cases they find ways to make school much cheaper. One of my friends played football at a good D3 program and he gave him a sibling scholarship of $1,000 of another player from the same town who was not his brother. They also fuond a way to give him about $5,000 worth of grants/scholarships that he probably shouldn't have got. I doubt all schools do that, but I'm sure they will find ways to get around some stuff. But still, they are still not getting close to full rides like the big boys.

This is true. My brother was offered an attractive "academic scholarship" if he agreed to play on the soccer team.

[Middy33]

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Not making any excuses for them, but Wisconsin has no DII schools, so some of there DIII schools are comparable to DII schools!

[GonzoCat]

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Now we can see how the Salukis do against Duke next week. Who is a Panther fan supposed to cheer for in that one? The dreaded MVC Salukis or the hated Blue Devils. Tough decision.

That's a very easy decision. An SIU win over Duke would do wonders for the MVC reputation and RPI. Go funny dogs!

[bobsboy84]

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Not making any excuses for them, but Wisconsin has no DII schools, so some of there DIII schools are comparable to DII schools!

Good and accurate point. Minnesota has DII developed similiar to how WI has developed DIII and IA has attempted to develop DIII. Unfortunately, the Iowa Conference has set some restrictions on practice/etc which limits them competing on the national scale.....other than wrastling, of course. Some of those WI DIII schools are campuses of 10,000 students or greater, which seems strange compared to the DIII IA schools.

[JagsNCats]

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Not making any excuses for them, but Wisconsin has no DII schools, so some of there DIII schools are comparable to DII schools!

UW-Parkside is the only DII school in Wisconsin.

[panthertrack]

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Are you sure you arent thinking of Kentucky's regular season loss to Division I Gardner Webb?

I was. My bad. And it was a regular season game, actually. Their season opener, maybe?