05Racer wrote:Hello all. First post here. Been following Murray basketball since I was a kid. My Dad and I have been waiting and hoping thirty years for Murray to get out of the OVC, ever since the OVC started expanding by adding division II teams really. Could not be happier to join the MVC because most of the other alternatives I have seen are decidedly worse in terms of either travel expenses or quality of institutions or both, assuming we had other options. The OVC was already hurting from losing EKU and Jacksonville State, who have been decent to good recently, and now losing Belmont, Austin Peay, and Murray, it's going to be rough for whoever is left on that sinking ship. My guess is they'll add still more former division II teams and cement themselves as a perennial 16 seed play-in. Looking forward to playing programs with some history, tradition, and commitment to winning. Seems an odd thing to say, but it's good that Murray won't be winning the conference title every other year for the next three decades. Playing consistently better competition will mean fewer titles, but it will make us a better program in the long term. I'd like to thank the decision makers at Oklahoma and Texas whose shameless money grab set this Rube Goldberg machine of conference affiliation rolling.
Good post. We're glad to have Murray State on board as well and believe they fit right in with the MVC. I don't think Oklahoma and Texas's move directly led to this but if it did I am grateful for it as well! I'm just glad this long overdue marriage between the Racers and the Valley finally happened!
