(12-08-2017 07:41 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  I don't think UIC is on the list anymore when MVC already have Loyola. They already have way too many Illinois schools in the conference. The sad part is that the good basketball schools are North Dakota State and south Dakota State. Some schools in the MVC are blocking them because of their location and lack of a population.

UIC may have moved down the list because of on-the-court issues, but rest assured that there’s no such thing as “too many Illinois schools” for a league like the MVC or any Midwestern-based league, for that matter. Without Chicago-area students *specifically*, many MVC schools would straight up die. They need as much exposure in front of Chicago people for brand awareness as they can get.