New Valley Team (to replace Crayton)

[BCPanther]

Re: New Valley Team (to replace Crayton)

Pool A:

-SLU
-VCU
-Murray State
-Dayton
-Ohio

Pool B:

-Wisconsin Milwaukee
-NDSU
-Belmont
-UIC
-Denver

Please no Oral Roberts or SDSU.

I'd switch Belmont and Murray, but your list looks really good...

[isu87]

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I sure hope we don't enter 2013-2014 with only 9 teams.

I'd guess we'll add from this list

ORU
Murray State
Valpo
Belmont
UI-C
Loyola-Chicago

maybe Elgin things St. Louis and Dayton are going to be left out of BE expansion and he thinks we'll add those 2, I highly doubt it.

Denver won't add the necessary sports.

The Dakotas are not going to give up home court advantage for their league tourney, so they're never leaving that league.

[DWadle1983]

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If a decent program can't be added, don't add anyone. The following schools would be good choices (in order): St. Louis, Dayton, Belmont, Murray State and then Valpo. I also would love VCU but the point made before about travel probably leaves them out as a realistic option. If travel wasn't an issue, they would be my first choice. But don't be adding a school just to have a 10th school.

[Codytwo]

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Why would SLU want to come to the MVC from the A10?

[Kyle]

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Why would SLU want to come to the MVC from the A10?

Because the A10 is getting gutted.

[DWadle1983]

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Why would SLU want to come to the MVC from the A10?

If the New Big East adds more A 10 schools like Dayton and VCU but leaves SLU out, which could happen, they might want out of the new A 10. The A 10 is already losing Butler, Temple and Xavier and geographically the MVC would make more sense for SLU then a weaker A 10 where the closest school would be two states away.

[panther-state]

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But then you can look forward to annual NCAA berths if you're the Bilikens

[UNIGrainer]

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Why are people suggesting Valpo? Don't we have Indiana pretty well covered?

[isu87]

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Why are people suggesting Valpo? Don't we have Indiana pretty well covered?

just southwest and west central Indiana, Valpo would give the MVC northwest Indiana, 3 MVC schools all along state road 41.

just joking around.

[williebat]

If a decent program can't be added, don't add anyone. The following schools would be good choices (in order): St. Louis, Dayton, Belmont, Murray State and then Valpo. I also would love VCU but the point made before about travel probably leaves them out as a realistic option. If travel wasn't an issue, they would be my first choice. But don't be adding a school just to have a 10th school.

I agree. Adding another bottom feeder does the valley no good. Please do not add oru or Dakotas. Please. Milwaukee is not a good team either. We need a winning program or a school who is investing to make a winning program.

[lakesbison]

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NDSU obviously, we already came in and dominated the MVFC , why not MVC. NDSU and UNI together could command some TV action on Fox Sports North!

plus the MVFC could go FBS as a whole and get more exposure and notierity for the MVC!! think about it.

[1988]

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NDSU obviously, we already came in and dominated the MVFC , why not MVC. NDSU and UNI together could command some TV action on Fox Sports North!

plus the MVFC could go FBS as a whole and get more exposure and notierity for the MVC!! think about it.

Do you REALLY think that NDSU would be a good trade off for Creighton when there are probably better teams available?

[Trapped in California]

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NDSU obviously, we already came in and dominated the MVFC , why not MVC. NDSU and UNI together could command some TV action on Fox Sports North!

plus the MVFC could go FBS as a whole and get more exposure and notierity for the MVC!! think about it.

Just go away. Obama has more believers at CPAC than you do here.

[lakesbison]

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Bring NDSU and make the mvfc FBS !! THINK BIG KIDS!!

[SteinPizza]

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The following schools would be good choices (in order): St. Louis, Dayton, Belmont, Murray State and then Valpo.

Great choices. You can argue with the order, but not the selections or logic behind them. Your post is also notable for two words you smartly left out - Dakota and football. Anything Dakota has zero relevance to this situation, and football should (realistically) have very little.

Anyone have a good dark horse, long shot candidate? Mine would be someone like Detroit, but that's just a guess, and assumes management follows some directionally correct thinking.