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Originally posted by ronfitch View Post
Valpo made headlines this week for looking to sell paintings in its art collection to help fund dorm renovations:
Valparaiso, a Lutheran university in northwestern Indiana that is struggling with the declining enrollment seen at many schools, is planning to sell several works from the collection of its Brauer Museum of Art to raise $10 million for the renovation of two freshman dormitories, which it sees as key to securing its future. The announcement angered many arts organizations […]
PreCOVID, the “Cliff of 2025” - when the demographics have shown that the number of high school seniors will begin a steep decline - was a common topic at higher ed conferences. I suspect we will be reading more stories like this in the next few years.
I don’t know what dirt they had in Elgin and the other presidents in 2016 but the conference ****ed up
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Ask the A10 about Loyala. Or the AAC about Wichita. They both had a decent run due to a good coach or generational talent, jumped up in conferences, things changed, and they came back to the norm. The MVC did the same with Valpo. Need more of a historical look than what have you done lately.
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Originally posted by sivert View PostWell, it was the Drews, right? I don’t recall the whole history, but Valpo had some really good coaching in those years.
The problem with The Valley is that nobody is going anywhere so they're going to be perpetually stuck at the bottom because there isn't going to be any backfill to be better than.#MACtion
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Originally posted by FOTY View PostAsk the A10 about Loyala. Or the AAC about Wichita. They both had a decent run due to a good coach or generational talent, jumped up in conferences, things changed, and they came back to the norm. The MVC did the same with Valpo. Need more of a historical look than what have you done lately.
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Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
To be fair, that's much easier said than done. The modern world is very "what have you done for me lately," "short term > long term," etc. If you're a conference commissioner, you gotta make those splashy additions that people go "oh yeah they're good" even if they're historically not that good.
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The thing about Loyola is a lot of people thought they were a terrible add to the Valley. In 2013, they were basically the exact same as UIC is now - they'd been a terrible basketball program for 20+ years, but they get the Valley into the Chicago market. They had basically one class that propelled them to the A10. At least Wichita has had sustained success. It'll be interesting to see how they move forward.To avoid confusion - my username is baseball (Cy Young award) related, NOT for the Cyclones.
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Drake draws super overrated Miami. [#]40 on Kenpom.
If Kenpom seeded the field, Miami would be a 10 seed and Indiana would be an 8.
Amazing draw for Drake imoLast edited by not a drake fan; 03-12-2023, 04:18 PM.Yeah, a D+ effort out of me on the day I created the name for this account. I didn't think I would use this account more than once.
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Originally posted by not a drake fan View PostDrake draws super overrated Miami. [#]40 on Kenpom.
If Kenpom seeded the field, Miami would be a 10 seed and Indiana would be an 8.
Amazing draw for Drake imo
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Seeing Drake as a 2.5 point dog, best odds for any of the 12 or 11 seeds.
It is rough that 6 of the 8 Iowa schools make the dance and the two UNI teams were the ones left out. Going to be having a total boycott of local DSM radio for the next two weeks.Last edited by not a drake fan; 03-12-2023, 10:15 PM.Yeah, a D+ effort out of me on the day I created the name for this account. I didn't think I would use this account more than once.
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Originally posted by not a drake fan View PostSeeing Drake as a 2.5 point dog, best odds for any of the 12 or 11 seeds.
It is rough that 6 of the 8 Iowa schools make the dance and the two UNI teams were the ones left out. Going to be having a total boycott of local DSM radio for the next two weeks.
But realistically, Drake’s run is over, Iowa could cycle back out next year, and Drake WBB wasn't even as good as we were this year. Both our our programs are young and looking very good next year.UNI FIGHT
Originally posted by 9YRPLANiowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck
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