rlh04d wrote:Mikovio wrote:rlh04d wrote:If he was arguing geography, he was lobbying for ORU, definitely not UMKC. It's embarrassing to this conference that UMKC was even considered.
Denver would also be significantly closer to Wichita than Chicago.
Oral Roberts would have easily been worse than UMKC. It would have gone belly up 5 years ago but for the Hobby Lobby founder stepping in to pay off their debt, and the tales of corruption coming out of that school the last few years have been bizarre.
Denver would have been a great choice, as would have UW-Milwaukee in my opinion. I'm left wondering why UW-M wasn't given serious consideration.
Not denying your point about ORU, but also ... does it matter? If ORU came in and contributed in basketball for three years, and then went bankrupt, we just replace them. I don't really see the negative to the Valley. Obviously the Presidents would prefer long term programs, but I don't really see how it hurts us if they were only a member for a few years.
UW-Milwaukee would have been a decent choice. I'm not sure they'd be much better than Loyola, but they'd at least be a new market.
They go bankrupt and liquidate quickly if we're lucky. If we're unlucky, they reorganize by cutting expenses and replace Scott Sutton with the Tulsa High School JV coach and they're a drag on the league RPI for years to come.
Yes their attendance is good but I think that has a lot to do with the recent struggles of Tulsa U. Sutton has a good track record but he's interviewed at Nebraska and Tulsa in recent years so who knows what that looks like in 3-5 years.
UW-M would be great. Gets MVC games on Fox Sports Wisconsin and opens up that state better for recruiting. Remember UW-M went to the Sweet 16 in 2005 and has an endowment that trails only Loyola, Bradley and Wichita.
