(04-20-2017 10:17 PM)SMUfan Wrote:  Why would WIU want to leave their current situation to go to the OVC?

The OVC is generally for lower budget schools in DI, while WIU is now the only Slummit team with an old barn for mbb. Would renew it's rivalry with EIU, but they play anyway.

EIU and WIU are kind of languishing in DI, as they were the poor brothers of the original Summit /Midcontinent 8 that moved up in the late 1970s. UNI, Valpo, Mo St, Green Bay etc have wholly separated themselves. EIU and WIU are probably better off in DII as the Illinois budget and enrollment systems will likely punish them more.