New Valley Team (to replace Crayton)

[Codytwo]

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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.

I'm not so sure that the word football should be left out completely. Although the MVC and the MVFC are two separate entities, aren't they headquartered next door to each other? Is so, you can't tell me that there is absolutely zero influence between the two.

[Codytwo]

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I just went on both conference websites.

MVFC address = 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 (p) 314.444.4360
MVC address = 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 (p) 314.444.4300

[Khan4Cats]

Re: New Valley Team (to replace Crayton)

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.

A darkhorse could be Loyola-Chicago. They have been investing some without big results yet. Don't know if there is any interest in adding another Illinois school.

Personally, I like the idea of adding Belmont, Murray State, and another to get to 12. It could be fun in St. Louis to watch Murray and Wichita argue about which non-state is better.

[Codytwo]

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A darkhorse could be Loyola-Chicago. They have been investing some without big results yet. Don't know if there is any interest in adding another Illinois school.

Personally, I like the idea of adding Belmont, Murray State, and another to get to 12. It could be fun in St. Louis to watch Murray and Wichita argue about which non-state is better.

I think adding another team from the Chicago or Wisconsin area may open the door to someday relocating the conference tournament to Chicago.

[Khan4Cats]

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I think adding another team from the Chicago or Wisconsin area may open the door to someday relocating the conference tournament to Chicago.

That's only important if the conference is thinking Wichita is bailing. I don't see that happening now since they haven't bailed when all of the good teams have left in the past.

[achrist70]

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That's only important if the conference is thinking Wichita is bailing. I don't see that happening now since they haven't bailed when all of the good teams have left in the past.

The tourney is not going to leave St. Louis

[williebat]

We have been taking about slu joining for years now. Either we missed the boat or we primed the pump.

[lakesbison]

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I just went on both conference websites.

MVFC address = 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 (p) 314.444.4360
MVC address = 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 (p) 314.444.4300

Bingo!! . .

[Silent Earl]

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We have been taking about slu joining for years now. Either we missed the boat or we primed the pump.

From the time he took the job Majerus wanted to move to the MVC, but the president was against it. Not sure how the new coach feels about it. Also, now if they can get in the new and downgraded BE there is probably not much chance of getting them.

[BCPanther]

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Their current coach used to be the head coach at Evansville, fwiw...

[Trapped in California]

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Majerus' largest issue/complaint was dealing with the travel load. It will be interesting how Crayton deals with a situation that is even more extreme.

[JayJ79]

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I just went on both conference websites.

MVFC address = 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 (p) 314.444.4360
MVC address = 1818 Chouteau Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 (p) 314.444.4300

the US Basketball Writers Association is also located at that address

[DWadle1983]

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Mostly discusses the A10 but comments how the MVC doesn't need to rush to replace Creighton.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy

[SteinPizza]

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I'm not so sure that the word football should be left out completely. Although the MVC and the MVFC are two separate entities, aren't they headquartered next door to each other? Is so, you can't tell me that there is absolutely zero influence between the two.

My point was FCS football should have almost no bearing on MVC men's basketball, since men's basketball is the relevant league sport on a national level. No offense to FCS football, but it's not in the same league (sorry for the pun). I could care less that they're next door to each other.

[Codytwo]

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My point was FCS football should have almost no bearing on MVC men's basketball, since men's basketball is the relevant league sport on a national level. No offense to FCS football, but it's not in the same league (sorry for the pun). I could care less that they're next door to each other.

Being next door to each other means that when the ADs for YSU, Western Illinois, SDSU, USD, and NDSU are in town, they just have to walk across the hall and open the door so that they can pop their head in and use whatever propaganda they have available to try to plead their case as to why their school should be in the MVC basketball conference.