(03-17-2017 05:39 PM)Nittany_Bearcat Wrote:  

(03-15-2017 08:29 PM)insomniaisevil Wrote:  There are a lot of teams that seem on the way up and not the way down. Youngstown State has talent returning, so does Wright State and Oakland and UIC, just to name a few...not to mention that NKU only loses one key contributor.

The current NCAA tournament environment is extremely antagonistic towards mid-majors, but the Horizon definitely has the potential to be a mutli-bid league next year.

Oakland, NKU and UIC will be considerably better. Valpo and Green Bay won't fall off that much. Even a good chunk of the bottom of the conference won't be big-time RPI killers, Detroit & Youngstown should be considerably better too. Milwaukee can build off their late season run to the Championship game, 2nd year with a new coach. Only Wright State and Cleveland State am I down on - Wright has considerable structural head-winds, and CSU needs to re-build with a new coach.

"But the Horizon definitely has the potential to be a multi-bid league next year."--I'll take that bet. 1 bid league next year. The odds are that it will be a 1 bid league every year for the next several decades.
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