Summit Expansion?

[runtheoption]

Would I love an invite to the MVC and its conversion to an all-sports conference? You betcha. Do I have any belief left that it could happen? Not a hope in the world. The only hope was for three private schools to get poached during the last round of conference realignments and for that loss to massively change the balance of power within the MVC. But only one school was poached, and that allowed the balance to be maintained. The MVC is a no-go. (hate typing that)

Because of the lack of poached teams, would you say our chances of getting into the MVC are fried or scrambled? Go (over) easy on me.

[marenlee]

I hope this comes to fruition. As much as I would love for NDSU to be in the MVC, ain't happening anytime soon. Need a "stable" summit. Last thing I would like to see is us in a stupid fat Big Fluff.

[MN_BISON]

I thought the only thing that gave -arell a hard-on was a sioux jersey.

That and fat chicks in yoga pants.

[bisonbuddy]

That and fat chicks in yoga pants.

roberta port?

[Hammersmith]

Because of the lack of poached teams, would you say our chances of getting into the MVC are fried or scrambled? Go (over) easy on me.

As much as I'd like to believe in the sunny side up, I think the Devil's in the details and you'd have to be a hard-boiled optimist to think differently.

[Tatanka]

Because of the lack of poached teams, would you say our chances of getting into the MVC are fried or scrambled? Go (over) easy on me.

As much as I'd like to believe in the sunny side up, I think the Devil's in the details and you'd have to be a hard-boiled optimist to think differently.

Now that was really good, and omelet you finish, but _arrell is one of the most inane posters of all time.

[ndsubison1]

I did not realize that the Summit attendance last year was 40.8% higher than Southland's (2080 to 1477), and I can see the Summit improving on that this year. No wonder ORU wants out. That said, location-wise ORU makes no sense. 700 miles from Denver even.

NMSU is also an outlier...by a long shot. Like 700 miles from Denver and 800 from Tulsa. I don't see the Summit wanting to go to a North/South format or anything.

I expect if there is interest, it's for teams like Northern Colorado (who just won at Big 12 reigning champ K-State), North Dakota, and Kansas City.

new mexico state is going to sunbelt for football next year. i imagine they would do the same for bball at some point too. theyre a decent bball program so somebody will want them. if ORU wants back we gladly accept them. As for UMKC, you snooze you lose.

[Bison bison]

Who could it be?

Non-football schools
Little Rock
ORU
UMKC

Football schools
NMSU
XND
UNC
EIU

[Hammersmith]

Who could it be?

Non-football schools
Little Rock
ORU
UMKC

Football schools
NMSU
XND
UNC
EIU

That's the list all right. Maybe add some DII move ups for the sake of completion. Possibly NKU as a long shot as well.

[reformedUNDfan]

I don't understand the MVC fetish.