(12-24-2017 08:26 PM)Stugray2 Wrote:  

(12-24-2017 05:19 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  When they added Loyola, Loyola only had 1 20 win season in 28 years. A designed long term add that everyone (myself included) thought would be awful, but might be starting to pay off. Loyola started 10-1 with a win @Florida, until losing a couple top players to injuries. Supposedly they’re recruiting better than anyone in MVC.

This guy seems connected and says MVC will add Murray + TBD.
https://twitter.com/fatherharry1/status/...6148257798

Interesting. You have to think Milwaukee. Seems Omaha fell off the list after the league visit last year. The question is who else do they look at? Belmont I'm sure will be a focus, although they may again pass. Then you have to think New Mexico State and even Grand Canyon from the WAC might be on the radar. If you put a budget threshold on any applicant, Detroit Mercy (barely), Denver, Oral Roberts are the only other ones who would meet that (Omaha did not, and that was probably exposed in the visit). UIC is a bit short, and even though Wright State meets that budget number, rumblings about funding being cut probably kill them as well.

So if they expand you have to figure its Murray State, Milwaukee and if they are interested Belmont. Long (really long) shot an out of footprint school like NMSU (who are playing really well, RPI 31) or GCU.

Omaha seems to be outspending most of the MVC schools. Below are the 2015-16 athletic expenses for select conferences, per here: https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/datafile/list

MVC
23,524,171 - Southern Illinois
23,171,943 - Illinois State
16,965,887 - Missouri State
16,123,177 - Northern Iowa
15,636,763 - Drake
14,421,701 - Indiana State
14,188,920 - Loyola-Chicago
13,920,552 - Valparaiso
13,593,964 - Bradley
11,808,231 - Evansville

Summit
34,188,708 - Denver
24,505,156 - North Dakota
23,517,458 - North Dakota State
20,984,281 - Omaha
14,370,734 - South Dakota State
12,793,143 - South Dakota
12,357,824 - Oral Roberts
12,231,233 - Western Illinois
10,590,833 - Fort Wayne

Horizon
16,250,168 - UIC
14,928,633 - Youngstown State
14,011,788 - Oakland
13,762,492 - Detroit
12,720,459 - Milwaukee
12,279,662 - Wright State
12,048,354 - Cleveland State
10,898,458 - Northern Kentucky
9,337,850 - IUPUI
9,198,554 - Green Bay

OVC
17,320,846 - Eastern Kentucky
14,047,934 - Tennessee Tech
13,711,147 - Belmont
13,050,183 - Murray State
13,028,885 - Jacksonville State
12,736,922 - Tennessee State
12,219,492 - Southeast Missouri
12,169,772 - Austin Peay
10,859,615 - Eastern Illinois
10,397,920 - Tennessee-Martin
9,720,012 - Morehead State
8,784,091 - SIU Edwardsville

WAC
25,106,926 - New Mexico State
21,845,776 - Grand Canyon
15,388,291 - Seattle
14,703,627 - UMKC
13,399,744 - Cal Baptist
13,005,930 - CSU Bakersfield
11,124,426 - Utah Valley
10,665,215 - UTRGV
5,453,050 - Chicago State