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Post by karellen on Nov 17, 2021 12:22:55 GMT -5
Have there been MVC teams (besides Loyola) that have been good of late? (I don't really follow basketball) UNI Drake Missouri State All of them have been respectable over the last 2-3 years (Missouri State has tapered off some). --- Seems like the MVC has been a launching pad for some institutions to get into bigger, more established conferences. Creighton left for Big East (2013) Wichita State left for AAC (2017) Now Loyola to A10 in 2022. With Belmont coming in, it will be interesting to see if the MVC pursues anyone else other than Murray State. I am hearing UT-Arlington and UMKC (god, please god no). I hated the travel from Terre Haute to Wichita and Omaha both. Those 9+ hour bus rides are rough. I was told many, many years ago (15 or so) by an Asst AD that UMKC's goal was to get into the Missouri Valley |
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Post by knapplc on Nov 17, 2021 12:27:24 GMT -5
I've never been comfortable with how they fit into our conference. "Our conference" says the interloper from the Big XII. Thank you for getting the joke. |
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Post by bluepenquin on Nov 17, 2021 12:52:53 GMT -5
UNI Drake Missouri State All of them have been respectable over the last 2-3 years (Missouri State has tapered off some). --- Seems like the MVC has been a launching pad for some institutions to get into bigger, more established conferences. Creighton left for Big East (2013) Wichita State left for AAC (2017) Now Loyola to A10 in 2022. With Belmont coming in, it will be interesting to see if the MVC pursues anyone else other than Murray State. I am hearing UT-Arlington and UMKC (god, please god no). I hated the travel from Terre Haute to Wichita and Omaha both. Those 9+ hour bus rides are rough. I was told many, many years ago (15 or so) by an Asst AD that UMKC's goal was to get into the Missouri Valley UMKC beat Missouri this week in Basketball. May be very good timing for them. |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Nov 22, 2021 10:15:52 GMT -5
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Post by trojansc on Jan 8, 2022 12:04:39 GMT -5
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Post by n00b on Jan 8, 2022 12:29:19 GMT -5
The OVC is really on life support.
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Post by Wiswell on Jan 8, 2022 13:37:41 GMT -5
It's a shame, because it was a perfect conference geographically. Don't see that much any more. MAC generally still is. MVC is starting to spread with the addition of two Tennessee schools.
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Post by bbg95 on Jan 8, 2022 14:24:42 GMT -5
It's a shame, because it was a perfect conference geographically. Don't see that much any more. MAC generally still is. MVC is starting to spread with the addition of two Tennessee schools. The Mountain West is pretty good geography-wise. |
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jan 8, 2022 14:27:21 GMT -5
It's a shame, because it was a perfect conference geographically. Don't see that much any more. MAC generally still is. MVC is starting to spread with the addition of two Tennessee schools. I'm not sure how geographically sound a conference can be when it is named after a state from which it hasn't any teams. |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jan 8, 2022 14:43:18 GMT -5
It's a shame, because it was a perfect conference geographically. Don't see that much any more. MAC generally still is. MVC is starting to spread with the addition of two Tennessee schools. The Mountain West is pretty good geography-wise. Those Honolulu-ABQ trips can’t be a lot of fun. Just one sport, of course. |
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Post by bbg95 on Jan 8, 2022 14:44:21 GMT -5
The Mountain West is pretty good geography-wise. Those Honolulu-ABQ trips can’t be a lot of fun. I forgot about Hawaii. I guess they're the exception, though it's only in football. Everyone else is in the Mountain or Pacific time zones. |
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Jan 8, 2022 14:47:23 GMT -5
Those Honolulu-ABQ trips can’t be a lot of fun. I forgot about Hawaii. I guess they're the exception. Everyone else is in the Mountain or Pacific time zones. And it’s one trip every other year for one sport. Still a haul from Laramie, Boise etc. Of course, you end up in Hawaii, so it’s not all bad. |
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Post by Wiswell on Jan 8, 2022 14:48:43 GMT -5
It's a shame, because it was a perfect conference geographically. Don't see that much any more. MAC generally still is. MVC is starting to spread with the addition of two Tennessee schools. I'm not sure how geographically sound a conference can be when it is named after a state from which it hasn't any teams. You'd think you'd know where the Ohio River was. |
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Post by BeachbytheBay on Jan 8, 2022 19:41:06 GMT -5
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Post by Brutus Buckeye on Jan 8, 2022 20:25:09 GMT -5
You've never heard of the University of Illinois-Wisconsin?  |
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