I wouldn't be nearly as opposed to this had conditions been put on UMKC to build an on campus arena and start a baseball team. Most importantly, there should be some penalty for having a low NET during a 10 year probation period. Their AD has zero interest and no ability to raise money in order to get better in all sports. They are ok with who they are and that will not change. Enjoy!
Northern Colorado should be targeted it would be the next realistically close school.
On the plus side, they have baseball. On the minus side, UNC would be a gamble so Denver would have to be really, really committed to the Summit and supportive of their inclusion for that to work. And football would be a problem.
Heck, I remember when the NCC schools, other than the NDSU, had a real problem with having UNC in the conference because of the travel distance. It seems like they were never allowed to host a conference championship in all their years in the NCC.
Unc is a great fit for the big sky. They just need to stop sucking
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I can only hope the basket ball tournament gets moved out of Augieville and back to Kansas City.
I would love for us to add Saint Thomas - would be a awesome to add a team in one of our largest alumni demographic areas plus it would be help keep our travel costs down while adding a team from Minnesota.
We would be dumb to move from Sioux Falls - that tournament has to be cash cow for summit league when the South Dakota teams are good.
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I realize that UMKC to the Summit may not be a big deal, but I don't see anything on ESPN about this at all. All the conference news is about UConn.
I'm glad they're back and wish they were joining this year already.
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