(01-29-2021 02:15 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I’d add Tenn St as a 4th school that could prove to be a flight risk. I think the SWAC would still snatch them up if they wanted to join and the ASUN might pursue them too.

I think WIU is a must grab to give football a little more of a cushion.

Beyond that, they need to pursue whatever expansion move will keep Belmont the happiest as they are the biggest flight risk as they are attractive to not 1 but 2 other leagues with better basketball.

I don’t know who Belmont would want that would be good for basketball though—NKU, Libscomb, Bellarmine?

NKU definitely isn’t attainable for the OVC, and Lipscomb/Bellarmine might not be either.

Assuming Lipscomb/Bellarmine wouldn’t switch, the OVC’s options are in this order:
1 WIU
2 USI
3 Chicago St