kaygee
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Post by kaygee on Apr 16, 2010 21:55:16 GMT -6
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Post by JG Panthers on Apr 17, 2010 7:33:13 GMT -6
Don't be surprised to see Oakland (from the Summit Leage) joins these conversations eventually as well... I posted on the Grizzlies message board recently what they thought of a move or if they'd heard anything and they seemed skeptical, but they make a lot of sense...
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Post by jhart05 on Apr 17, 2010 8:34:30 GMT -6
So someone thinks they can go from DII straight to the Horizon League?
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 17, 2010 8:40:46 GMT -6
From a logistical and profile perspective, here's the school that makes sense in the H League:
St. Louis.
It would add a third Jesuit university and a fifth private school to the mix, creating a perfect balance between public and private when Youngstown State is asked to leave the conference.
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Post by Hack on Apr 17, 2010 9:35:57 GMT -6
Not to mention NKU would have to spend several years in transition status, meaning it wouldn't be eligible for postseason play for a long time.
Appears the writer of that article was just slinging crap to the wall to see what sticks.
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Post by gman2 on Apr 17, 2010 10:45:35 GMT -6
Oakland makes more sense than St. Louis and would be a good replacement for YSU.
Oakland would make for balanced road game traveling due to it's proximity to Detroit. It has a good basketball program. The only downside is that it has a small arena, listed capacity of 3000.
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Post by uwmfutbol on Apr 17, 2010 16:38:57 GMT -6
St. Louis would be an amazing addition. Their basketball program is solid, and their soccer program is incredible. I feel like I posted this on a different thread.
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Post by xtownfan on Apr 17, 2010 18:13:26 GMT -6
From a logistical and profile perspective, here's the school that makes sense in the H League: St. Louis. It would add a third Jesuit university and a fifth private school to the mix, creating a perfect balance between public and private when Youngstown State is asked to leave the conference. You folks are being delusional again. SLU is going to join the Horizon League? Only if everyone responsible for the decision wants to be fired. SLU left what became the HL at the same time Marquette did. Since then, the conference has gotten much weaker, as Xavier, Dayton, Evansville et. al. left. SLU now plays two of those teams in the A-10. The big debate for SLU when C-USA broke up was whether to go to the A-10 or the Missouri Valley, either of which is several steps above the HL. Rick Majerus kicked up a little dust suggesting that the MVC would be a better fit for travel purposes. Most believe that this was just an attempt on his part to boost his travel budget a bit. Nobody even thought about returning to the HL. In recent years, SLU built a major on-campus arena. No way playing the likes of the HL fills it. SLU hired Rick Majerus and this year did well enough to make it to one of the play-for-pay tournaments. They were in the running for an at-large bid this year, something no team in the HL was other than Butler. Why, oh why would SLU even consider playing in the HL? And the answer to that question is not that they would get to play Butler twice a year. Butler had a great year, probably the best it will ever have. In any other year, and probably this one, SLU is much better playing the teams in the A-10 all year as opposed to playing Butler and the Nine Dwarfs. If SLU winds up playing Butler a couple times a year, they will do it in the A-10, not the HL. |
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Post by gman2 on Apr 17, 2010 18:43:02 GMT -6
From a logistical and profile perspective, here's the school that makes sense in the H League: St. Louis. It would add a third Jesuit university and a fifth private school to the mix, creating a perfect balance between public and private when Youngstown State is asked to leave the conference. You folks are being delusional again. Not all of us are delusional. I don't see SLU as a good choice. St. Louis is not geographically in line with Milwaukee. I see Oakland more inline with the HL than SLU. The only issue with Oakland is the small capacity arena. |
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Post by uwmfutbol on Apr 17, 2010 19:56:03 GMT -6
I never said St. Louis was realistic. They would be an ideal addition.
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Post by ghostofdylan on Apr 17, 2010 21:17:31 GMT -6
You know, the lowly Horizon League won only four fewer postseason games this past season than the big, bad Big East ... with only 11 fewer representatives. And by bad, I mean bad.
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Post by xtownfan on Apr 17, 2010 21:24:22 GMT -6
You know, the lowly Horizon League won only four fewer postseason games this past season than the big, bad Big East ... with only 11 fewer representatives. And by bad, I mean bad. You might also observe that the HL had one team with a great season, and the rest could not even get an NIT bid. Or you might observe that even with a team that went to the national championship game, and therefore won five games all by itself, the HL still finished far, far behind the BE in games won. You might also observe that about half the Big East teams outdrew the top half of the HL all by themselves. But that is not the point. If you are looking for expansion candidates for the HL, they are likely to come from the Summit as they last two did. Oakland might work. Assuming that the HL wants to expand, that is its best choice. Other than that, absorbing independents or new D-1 teams are its best bet. SLU is ridiculous. |
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Post by pantherdon on Apr 17, 2010 21:36:01 GMT -6
Do you know who would be a good fit in the horizon league if they added a team... Marquette. They would balance out the private and public schools, midwestern city school. Would be a great rivalry for many HL teams. Plus, they're always one and done in the NCAA tournament, they're like a boat anchor in the Big East
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Post by xtownfan on Apr 17, 2010 21:49:35 GMT -6
Do you know who would be a good fit in the horizon league if they added a team... Marquette. They would balance out the private and public schools, midwestern city school. Would be a great rivalry for many HL teams. Plus, they're always one and done in the NCAA tournament, they're like a boat anchor in the Big East Actually, Marquette has won games in the NCAA tournament two of the past three years, and consistently finished in the top third of the Big East since joining. And while Marquette has made the tournament the five past consecutive years, not a single current UWM student has ever seen his or her team go to the tournament, unless he or she is on the ten-year plan. And of course, Marquette draws more in a single conference home game than UWM does in its entire conference season. |
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Post by Super King on Apr 18, 2010 1:16:29 GMT -6
Unless they're on the ten-year plan. ............Or in graduate school. Or are merely a fifth-year senior. Or were fans of the program before attending school there.
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