This looks great for our conference!

[panthertrack]

Re: This looks great for our conference!

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

I will never, ever cheer for SIU. I'll turn the TV off.

[Panther Cat]

Re: This looks great for our conference!

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

A little off topic but I actually took a visit to Wisconsin-Whitewater a few years ago and they said they had 16,000 students. That is pretty much the same size as UNI. Their campus was huge and very nice (I feel like I'm recruiting for the college, haha). So they do have large numbers for their smaller schools. Although Platteville I couldn't tell you their enrollment but I would have to guess it's smaller than that judging by the looks of their campus.

[BMPanther]

Re: This looks great for our conference!

University of Wisconsin-Platteville has an enrollment just under 6,500.

[Back2BackCats]

Re: This looks great for our conference!

I agree that most D3 schools find some way to give most of their athletes some money but even so it in no way compares to the money offered for either D1 or D2 athletic scholarships. I don't know anything about tuition in Wisconsin but every D3 school in the state of Iowa is approximately double the tuition at UNI. A $5000 stipend does not help them a lot.

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: This looks great for our conference!

But, these are in-state tuition D3 schools. If a kid gets a $5000 in-state scholarship to a Wisconsin school, that covers most of his/her tuition costs. Throw in a couple other smaller 'leadership' scholarships and alot of these kids pay very little. Still, a D1 school should not be losing to D3 schools.