I'm a data guy so I looked at the tournament since NDSU and SDSU joined in 2009. There have been 54 games played and these two teams have won 26 of them (13 each). Oakland, IPFW and ORU have 17 of the remaining 28 victories. NDSU and/or SDSU have played in 6 of the 8 championship games counting this year and one of these teams will have won each of them.
There is a good chance the results would have been the same had the tournament been played in any other city. Both teams have been seeded 5 or better in each of the past 5 seasons, and SDSU has been 1 or 2 4 of them. They have become the class of the league.
I would be pretty surprised if Daum transfers. Mainly he has already used his red-shirt year and would lose a year and secondly he is thriving at SDSU. Not saying it cant happen but i would be pretty shocked.
You never know. I didn't think that Van Ginkel would transfer either.