(02-08-2017 04:09 PM)Mav Wrote:  Attendance is actually down since the move, due to the arena having fewer amenities and the team's struggles in-conference, coupled with a terrible attitude from the athletic department that the new arena should sell itself regardless of the results on the rink/court.

Well hopefully your hockey and bball attendances bounce back. Good luck

(02-08-2017 04:09 PM)Mav Wrote:  It'd never happen, especially since the main rationale behind Lincoln's forced removal from the AAU was a perceived lack of commitment to non-ag sciences. They asked if UNMC could count, and the AAU said no, but if it did, that Lincoln would remain a member, easily. Lincoln already took over UNO's engineering department in an attempt to save face, and even put up these arrogant "Welcome to Nebraska" flyers in the engineering wing.

Right. The exact same situation exists in Kansas, with the U of KS medical school and heath science campus being located in Kansas City, instead of Lawrence. Except that their med campus is counted under Lawrence research. Pretty dumb that they didn't do the same with the Omaha med campus ... have to imagine such a move is in the works eventually, and hopefully that will propel Nebraska back into AAU status.

(02-08-2017 04:09 PM)Mav Wrote:  Soccer would make more sense as a secondary sport than baseball, since it's in the fall and allows for play in all kinds of weather, unlike baseball. I'm sure the Dakotas could find at least some success in it, too, since it's one of those sports a mid-major can excel in, and they seem to do a better job of getting results in their focus sports than the rest of the Summit does.

I think women's soccer turned around the last couple years, but usually was middling. It used to be that our (women's) volleyball team was very good ... but they haven't been for a while.

Don't think men's soccer, much less men's volleyball, will be varsity sports at NDSU any time soon, regardless if baseball is dropped.


Think actually the more likely scenario would be the Summit officially sponsoring football, with the MVFC dissolving and the MVC football schools becoming affiliate members of the Summit for football. And I doubt that is happening either!