While NoCo coming on board would be helpful for the Dakotas, it does nothing for NoCo. They recruit West for both students and athletes. The natural rivals for them are the four corner states. And the way the flight patterns are set up Sac State is quicker and cheaper to reach than any Summit League school. Weber is the easiest, then the direct hops to most of the other schools.

Again this is a case of North Dakota trying to convince folks they are western.