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RE: The Big Sky and Summit schedule a crossover challenge series with select schools
(11-28-2017 09:00 AM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  
(11-28-2017 12:51 AM)Michael in Raleigh Wrote:  
(11-27-2017 11:50 PM)NoDak Wrote:  http://www.kvrr.com/2017/11/27/und-ndsu-...ge-series/

NDSU, SDSU, Omaha, and future Summit member UND have scheduled a challenge series against Montana, Montana St, Idaho and EWU for 2018-19 in men's basketball. This will be the year that the those Big Sky teams will be waiting to jump to the Summit as the Big Sky requires two seasons for no exit fees. By 2019-20, all those teams plus USD and Denver will be in the same conference. Posters are cordially invited to a board meltdown now, as so many have insisted that group would never be a conference together and no compelling reasons that they would be interested in each other, as it was just pushed by one poster who supposedly had no idea what he was proposing. The series is for four years, but it won't take long for those to be conference games, as it would be natural for all of them to join together under one conference banner.

IPFW to the Horizon, ORU to the WAC and W Illinois to the OVC is what will happen to set off the newest Summit members. The Dakota's, Montana's, Idaho, EWU, Omaha, and Denver are just transitioning to a conference schedule with those schools.

What's the incentive for ORU to leave a fairly stable, relatively compact geographically Summit League for a WAC that has trouble keeping above the NCAA minimum of 7 members for auto bids? The WAC is even more spread out than the AAC, without the luxury of TV exposure, access to major airports with easy direct flights, or revenue from TV or NCAA credits.

Yeah no major airports in WAC citiies, Chicago, Kansas City, Phoenix, and Seattle. Good callout.

Fair point. I was wrong about the airports. Still, why would Oral Roberts or any school leave its current conference to go to the WAC, whose future existence is in doubt more than any other of the 32 D1 leagues? (Only the A-Sun is so close to dropping to the NCAA minimum of 7 members for auto bids.) Bakersfield is leaving. Chicago State sports may close down. UMKC may drop to DII or, at best, go back to Oral Roberts' Summit League. I can see Fort Wayne and Western Illinois trying to get into the Horizon and OVC, respectively, but not ORU to the WAC.
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