Butler to A10

[Neighbor]

Re: Butler to A10

Not for basketball.

[UNIGrainer]

Re: Butler to A10

as much as we all hate to admit it, I think the Dakota schools make more sense.

If we add the Dakota schools, that really does nothing to protect us or strengthen us. That's just expanding just to expand.

What about a school like UW-Milwaukee or UIC, or Loyola? Neither is a huge deal in their markets, but they do get us into Chicago and Milwaukee, and the Valley has to be more attractive than the Horizon with Butler bolting.. Not sure how SIU, Ill St and Bradley would feel about UIC/Loyola though.

[casbern]

Re: Butler to A10

What about a school like UW-Milwaukee or UIC, or Loyola? Neither is a huge deal in their markets, but they do get us into Chicago and Milwaukee, and the Valley has to be more attractive than the Horizon with Butler bolting.. Not sure how SIU, Ill St and Bradley would feel about UIC/Loyola though.

I've argued this as well.. essentially I've been told that those schools do not generate enough attention within their own markets, it'd be more or less a net loss for us as far as additions to the MVC go.

[UNIGrainer]

Re: Butler to A10

I've argued this as well.. essentially I've been told that those schools do not generate enough attention within their own markets, it'd be more or less a net loss for us as far as additions to the MVC go.

So what? What advantage do we get from having schools that get attention in South Dakota and North Dakota?

[casbern]

Re: Butler to A10

So what? What advantage do we get from having schools that get attention in South Dakota and North Dakota?

None, that's why I don't want them in the MVC.

[goyotes]

Re: Butler to A10

So what? What advantage do we get from having schools that get attention in South Dakota and North Dakota?

The only advantage at this point in time is that it keeps a football conference intact for the MVFC members of the MVC. I don't know enough about the relationships of the different schools in the MVC, but would guess that the nonfootball schools are not always on the same page as the football playing schools. At this point in time the MVC is one of few(maybe the only) conference that hasn't had any membership changes in the last 5 years. Find it hard to believe that it will avoid the chain effect of all the recent changes.

[BCPanther]

Re: Butler to A10

More Valley coverage on The Sports Block, ftw...

[casbern]

Re: Butler to A10

More Valley coverage on The Sports Block, ftw...

This is probably the best reason of all to exclude them from the MVC.

[TravelingPanther]

Re: Butler to A10

More Valley coverage on The Sports Block, ftw...

[Trapped in California]

More Valley coverage on The Sports Block, ftw...

That's right Cotton. The Sports Block is up next on the Ocho

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[lakesbison]

Re: Butler to A10

absolutely NDSU should be in the MVC> i dont know about sdsu.


and the sports block is aka the nerd block.

[Neighbor]

Re: Butler to A10

absolutely NDSU should be in the MVC>

I thought you were going straight to the Big 12....

Now that the Big 12 Commish is a former UNI guy I'm sure he'll invite the Bi-Sons to join.