(05-09-2017 11:30 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(05-09-2017 11:06 AM)insomniaisevil Wrote:  The Horizon is currently based around 5 sets of travel partners. That's part of why Fort Wayne makes sense to replace Valpo, as they could still be a travel partner with UIC.

That's also why, if you take Omaha, I'd assume that maybe you go with UMKC as well, as they could work as a travel pair as well.

That might be a route to 12, though I'm not sure if the combo of Fort Wayne, UMKC and Omaha really help the conference or not.

Currently:

Detroit/Oakland
Wright State/NKU
Youngstown State/Cleveland State
Detroit/Oakland
UIC/???

IUPUI is in Indianapolis, a bigger market than Ft. Wayne and more Chicago centric than Ft. Wayne.

Then it would be IUPUI, UNO and UMKC with IUPUI going as a travel partner for UIC.

Ask yourself something, what do any of those schools do to improve the Horizon League?

The HL wants to get bigger, but they want to get bigger and improve, not get worse. The three schools you mention all make the HL worse.