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RE: Gopher Illustrated reports that North Dakota will be invited to the Big Ten Hockey
(02-16-2017 03:02 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  I can't emphasize this enough: it took the single largest donation in the history of Penn State for ANYTHING (including academics, football, etc.) to start up the hockey program there. That's a MASSIVE bar to climb.

I would hope aspiring programs wouldn't use PSU as the benchmark. Penn State had a club. It had some sort of facility it was using.

The money came in, and everything went to top-shelf level. That's the difference. Infrastructure was there, but the "growing pains" were dramatically reduced. It's not that Penn State had nothing, Penn State was injected to become as close to an instant contributor at an instant. The facility alone...just ridiculous.

That's a problem, imo. It's that there is this perception that you might have to be Michigan/State, Wisconsin, or Minnesota right out of the gate if you're a Big Ten school, or any program looking to move into D1. That's simply not fair, or logical. But, that might be the playing field now.

Quote:I know for a fact that Lincoln tried to get Omaha into the CIC when Nebraska entered the Big 10. Their reasoning was that Illinois-Chicago was allowed to attend CIC meetings, so why shouldn't Nebraska-Omaha? (Much of the benefit of CIC is meetings to discuss best practices, so if you're allowed to attend the meetings you're effectively "in" the CIC for most practical purposes). But rather than allow Omaha in, the CIC kicked out UIC. Pissed off the folks in Illinois something fierce.

That's interesting! Institutional cooperation...it's still a thing?!

Oh, wait, it isn't in Ohio. Or Pennsylvania.
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(02-16-2017 04:48 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 03:02 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  I can't emphasize this enough: it took the single largest donation in the history of Penn State for ANYTHING (including academics, football, etc.) to start up the hockey program there. That's a MASSIVE bar to climb.

I would hope aspiring programs wouldn't use PSU as the benchmark. Penn State had a club. It had some sort of facility it was using.

The money came in, and everything went to top-shelf level. That's the difference. Infrastructure was there, but the "growing pains" were dramatically reduced. It's not that Penn State had nothing, Penn State was injected to become as close to an instant contributor at an instant. The facility alone...just ridiculous.

That's a problem, imo. It's that there is this perception that you might have to be Michigan/State, Wisconsin, or Minnesota right out of the gate if you're a Big Ten school, or any program looking to move into D1. That's simply not fair, or logical. But, that might be the playing field now.

Quote:I know for a fact that Lincoln tried to get Omaha into the CIC when Nebraska entered the Big 10. Their reasoning was that Illinois-Chicago was allowed to attend CIC meetings, so why shouldn't Nebraska-Omaha? (Much of the benefit of CIC is meetings to discuss best practices, so if you're allowed to attend the meetings you're effectively "in" the CIC for most practical purposes). But rather than allow Omaha in, the CIC kicked out UIC. Pissed off the folks in Illinois something fierce.

That's interesting! Institutional cooperation...it's still a thing?!

Oh, wait, it isn't in Ohio. Or Pennsylvania.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love nothing more than for Illinois to add Division I hockey. The thing is that they are in the *exact* same position as Penn State was competitively with a long history of a strong club hockey program plus a good home base for recruiting. Yet, the Illinois AD has explicitly stated that unless a PSU-type donation comes through the door, it just isn't happening. He's not even pretending or performing fan service to say that it's even a possibility otherwise.

Even if you don't have a PSU-type donation and want to do it "cheap", it's still expensive. Pretty much all of these schools would need to build brand new Division I ice hockey facilities, and even if they aren't palaces on the scale of PSU, that still takes a lot of money. Arizona State could use Gila River Arena for some games and it's directly in a large metro area, but not many other schools have that type of immediate availability without spending a ton on new buildings. Plus, these schools generally can't just add men's hockey alone. For Title IX reasons, they need to add a women's team (or the equivalent number of women's scholarships in other sports), too. So, you really need to add two teams in practicality at the same time. That's simply a challenge for any athletic department if they aren't spending $100 million like PSU. It would be tough to do all of that with $50 million unless you've got access to existing facilities like ASU.
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The exit fees from the NCHC are $1 mill. Hope the Big Ten pays for it if it happens. The NCHC would really be daamaged if we left and our relationship with Denver would likely be too. Those two schools really spearheaded the NCHC. The athletic department needs to cut $1.3 million in expenses by early March. My bet is M/W tennis goes and maybe M swimming get cut leaving us with 17 or 18 sports.

Women's hockey is not yet a Big Ten sponsored sport. UND has been OK at it, but Minnesota and Wisconsin have dominated lately. The Michigans and Notre Dame don't yet offer it, so a Big Ten women's hockey doesn't yet have five teams for UND to make six. That sport some fans want it axed, as it is expensive but if the Big Ten wants to sponsor it then obviously it won't be cut.
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Minnesota has not only a separate arena for hockey, but a separate arena on top of that for W hockey! I think as part of letting UND in the BT for MHockey, there will be an agreement that UND has to maintain its women's program.

$1M is peanuts for the BT. They should pay that fee.


Big Ten should consider adding Duluth and Omaha on top of UND. Omaha being like the "surrogate" for Nebraska, in that particular sport.


Denver and Omaha will be fine. Bet UND continues to schedule both regularly, as they will be Summit colleagues now. The NCHC should, rightly, pick up Mankato, another former WCHA foe since 1999.
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(02-15-2017 08:42 PM)NoDak Wrote:  If UND leaves the NCHC, could see this happening to the rest of western hockey:

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/2016/4/20/11318170/

This would be wonderful for Bowling Green. I assume it is too good to be true.
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Yeah, with all the huge programs in P5 hockey confs (Big Ten, Hockey East ... per se), I see no reason why you wouldn't have all the remaining Michigan/Ohio programs in a conf and all the remaining Minn/Colorado/Omaha programs in a conf.

Not sure what to tell the Alaska, Arizona, Alabama programs ... maybe an "All A's" conf?
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How can Ferris St and Western Michigan among others afford hockey?
Couldn't a school add ice making capabilities to an existing arena .
Denver and Omaha use the same arena for basketball and hockey.
Northwestern is remodeling their basketball arena add a sheet of ice.
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(02-17-2017 01:33 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Yeah, with all the huge programs in P5 hockey confs (Big Ten, Hockey East ... per se), I see no reason why you wouldn't have all the remaining Michigan/Ohio programs in a conf and all the remaining Minn/Colorado/Omaha programs in a conf.

Not sure what to tell the Alaska, Arizona, Alabama programs ... maybe an "All A's" conf?

A number of new programs could come of this. Simon Fraser, Minot St, Utah, Arizona, UNLV, Ill St, Grand Valley St, Wayne St or Oakland.

Alabama and UAH would play in the new CCHA and later break off with more southern schools like Liberty and whoever else in the SEC starts a team.
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(02-16-2017 07:25 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:48 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 03:02 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  I can't emphasize this enough: it took the single largest donation in the history of Penn State for ANYTHING (including academics, football, etc.) to start up the hockey program there. That's a MASSIVE bar to climb.

I would hope aspiring programs wouldn't use PSU as the benchmark. Penn State had a club. It had some sort of facility it was using.

The money came in, and everything went to top-shelf level. That's the difference. Infrastructure was there, but the "growing pains" were dramatically reduced. It's not that Penn State had nothing, Penn State was injected to become as close to an instant contributor at an instant. The facility alone...just ridiculous.

That's a problem, imo. It's that there is this perception that you might have to be Michigan/State, Wisconsin, or Minnesota right out of the gate if you're a Big Ten school, or any program looking to move into D1. That's simply not fair, or logical. But, that might be the playing field now.

Quote:I know for a fact that Lincoln tried to get Omaha into the CIC when Nebraska entered the Big 10. Their reasoning was that Illinois-Chicago was allowed to attend CIC meetings, so why shouldn't Nebraska-Omaha? (Much of the benefit of CIC is meetings to discuss best practices, so if you're allowed to attend the meetings you're effectively "in" the CIC for most practical purposes). But rather than allow Omaha in, the CIC kicked out UIC. Pissed off the folks in Illinois something fierce.

That's interesting! Institutional cooperation...it's still a thing?!

Oh, wait, it isn't in Ohio. Or Pennsylvania.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love nothing more than for Illinois to add Division I hockey. The thing is that they are in the *exact* same position as Penn State was competitively with a long history of a strong club hockey program plus a good home base for recruiting. Yet, the Illinois AD has explicitly stated that unless a PSU-type donation comes through the door, it just isn't happening. He's not even pretending or performing fan service to say that it's even a possibility otherwise.

Even if you don't have a PSU-type donation and want to do it "cheap", it's still expensive. Pretty much all of these schools would need to build brand new Division I ice hockey facilities, and even if they aren't palaces on the scale of PSU, that still takes a lot of money. Arizona State could use Gila River Arena for some games and it's directly in a large metro area, but not many other schools have that type of immediate availability without spending a ton on new buildings. Plus, these schools generally can't just add men's hockey alone. For Title IX reasons, they need to add a women's team (or the equivalent number of women's scholarships in other sports), too. So, you really need to add two teams in practicality at the same time. That's simply a challenge for any athletic department if they aren't spending $100 million like PSU. It would be tough to do all of that with $50 million unless you've got access to existing facilities like ASU.

Why would it take such a big donation? Illinois has a great basketball facility - wouldn't it be easy/cheap to make the baseline seats moveable and put an ice maker on the court?

They already have Huff Hall to handle volleyball and occasionally women's basketball games. So it's not like scheduling would be a big issue like it would for other schools.
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This is a great move by the B1G. Partials can be extremely valuable. The B1G now has 3, and they all add very clear value.

The ACC should have made a similar move w/ JHU.

Additionally, AAU is clearly an old marketing ploy and nothing more. Nebraska (full member) and 2/3rds of the partials are not AAU. That's 3/16 schools.
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(02-17-2017 05:41 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 07:25 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 04:48 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  
(02-16-2017 03:02 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  I can't emphasize this enough: it took the single largest donation in the history of Penn State for ANYTHING (including academics, football, etc.) to start up the hockey program there. That's a MASSIVE bar to climb.

I would hope aspiring programs wouldn't use PSU as the benchmark. Penn State had a club. It had some sort of facility it was using.

The money came in, and everything went to top-shelf level. That's the difference. Infrastructure was there, but the "growing pains" were dramatically reduced. It's not that Penn State had nothing, Penn State was injected to become as close to an instant contributor at an instant. The facility alone...just ridiculous.

That's a problem, imo. It's that there is this perception that you might have to be Michigan/State, Wisconsin, or Minnesota right out of the gate if you're a Big Ten school, or any program looking to move into D1. That's simply not fair, or logical. But, that might be the playing field now.

Quote:I know for a fact that Lincoln tried to get Omaha into the CIC when Nebraska entered the Big 10. Their reasoning was that Illinois-Chicago was allowed to attend CIC meetings, so why shouldn't Nebraska-Omaha? (Much of the benefit of CIC is meetings to discuss best practices, so if you're allowed to attend the meetings you're effectively "in" the CIC for most practical purposes). But rather than allow Omaha in, the CIC kicked out UIC. Pissed off the folks in Illinois something fierce.

That's interesting! Institutional cooperation...it's still a thing?!

Oh, wait, it isn't in Ohio. Or Pennsylvania.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love nothing more than for Illinois to add Division I hockey. The thing is that they are in the *exact* same position as Penn State was competitively with a long history of a strong club hockey program plus a good home base for recruiting. Yet, the Illinois AD has explicitly stated that unless a PSU-type donation comes through the door, it just isn't happening. He's not even pretending or performing fan service to say that it's even a possibility otherwise.

Even if you don't have a PSU-type donation and want to do it "cheap", it's still expensive. Pretty much all of these schools would need to build brand new Division I ice hockey facilities, and even if they aren't palaces on the scale of PSU, that still takes a lot of money. Arizona State could use Gila River Arena for some games and it's directly in a large metro area, but not many other schools have that type of immediate availability without spending a ton on new buildings. Plus, these schools generally can't just add men's hockey alone. For Title IX reasons, they need to add a women's team (or the equivalent number of women's scholarships in other sports), too. So, you really need to add two teams in practicality at the same time. That's simply a challenge for any athletic department if they aren't spending $100 million like PSU. It would be tough to do all of that with $50 million unless you've got access to existing facilities like ASU.

Why would it take such a big donation? Illinois has a great basketball facility - wouldn't it be easy/cheap to make the baseline seats moveable and put an ice maker on the court?

They already have Huff Hall to handle volleyball and occasionally women's basketball games. So it's not like scheduling would be a big issue like it would for other schools.

A regulation hockey rink is about double the length and width of a basketball court. Getting cooling coils and a cooling compressor installed in an already built arena means a lot of modifications. The seating sight line may not be good either, as most basketball arenas dont check that out before building unless they make it intentionally for good hockey sightlines. The Islanders move to Barclay's Center has been a seating disaster as one side the seats are 20 ft or more above the ice and thousands of seat in the balconies don't even have a view of the ice. Many seat cant see the whole ice unless they look at the overhead screens the full game. Moreover, that arena already had ice coils, which were plastic rather than regulation copper. The NHL is not happy.

Getting someone to build a USHL rink in Chanpaign-Urbana to double as an Illini rink would be much much better. USHL teams (which are 18-20 yo kids playing weekends with no pay in an advanced development league) has been very popular in the Midwest (see Omaha, Lincoln, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids etc) and is a great source of college talent.
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Why haven't we seen a legitimate announcement yet? I'm starting to call BS
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(02-18-2017 11:28 PM)john01992 Wrote:  Why haven't we seen a legitimate announcement yet? I'm starting to call BS

It could very well be that Gopher Illustrated is full of BS. Just reporting what they said.

But from my UND vantage pt, the need to be in a western conference to get our fans acclimated for possible western varsity hockey programs from FBS schools like Ariz St, Utah, UNLV, and Colorado isn't a concern anymore. That was a concern four years ago, as our hockey coach, who now coaches the Philadelphia Flyers, preached to our fans how vital the Big Sky is even for our hockey program. Found out recently that UND was against Arizona St joining, even with using a pro rink. A conference affiliation is much more strategic for us than commonly given credit. The Big Ten needs eight hockey schools and no one else has announced a team, which takes several years to be competitive. When Notre Dame moved over, one of the points the Big Ten made was this wasn't the last move. The Big Ten has to make a move soon. Patience is needed.
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it seems like someone else would have confirmed it, the B1G would address an incorrect report, or the B1G would have formally invited them by now. I have lost all faith in this report
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(02-19-2017 12:11 AM)john01992 Wrote:  it seems like someone else would have confirmed it, the B1G would address an incorrect report, or the B1G would have formally invited them by now. I have lost all faith in this report

Conferences don't confirm or deny media's expansion reports for a reason. They would spend all the time addressing rumors, which may be true. The NCHC deserves some respect, as an announcement now would conceivably alter their tournament attendance and alter UND's season with more distractions.

It's not like the Big12 has denied all possible interest in Cincinnati.
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Would add that the UND hockey beat reporter is normally on top of everything college hockey related, especially in the west. He has not said a word, and he is very tied into UND and many Big Ten sources. If he had reasons to deny the report from his sources, it would have been denied. That in itself is a story.
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(02-19-2017 04:38 PM)NoDak Wrote:  Would add that the UND hockey beat reporter is normally on top of everything college hockey related, especially in the west. He has not said a word, and he is very tied into UND and many Big Ten sources. If he had reasons to deny the report from his sources, it would have been denied. That in itself is a story.

Sounds like wishful thinking
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(02-19-2017 09:35 PM)john01992 Wrote:  
(02-19-2017 04:38 PM)NoDak Wrote:  Would add that the UND hockey beat reporter is normally on top of everything college hockey related, especially in the west. He has not said a word, and he is very tied into UND and many Big Ten sources. If he had reasons to deny the report from his sources, it would have been denied. That in itself is a story.

Sounds like wishful thinking
I can assure you that he is on top of things, and some official doesn't want him to write anything yet or he'll lose his sources.
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And yet no one is reprinting it, no other sources are confirming it, AND it claims it will happen several months from now.

This whole story is 99% red flags and 1% blind homerism wishful thinking.
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(02-19-2017 09:57 PM)john01992 Wrote:  And yet no one is reprinting it, no other sources are confirming it, AND it claims it will happen several months from now.

This whole story is 99% red flags and 1% blind homerism wishful thinking.

How was the story homerism? A good gopher doesn't want anything that will boost UND hockey. Some UND fans argue that the Big Ten Hockey will be an RPI killer, and they would be right for the past two seasons.
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