smidge34 wrote:2025 is 3 years away, who knows what will happen? If you do can I borrow your crystal ball before the Powerball drawing? Besides, I don’t believe for one second the MVC is gonna tell us to hang out til 2025, just somebody on a message board throwing blind darts.
BCPanther wrote:
My gut says Arlington only for next year since they don't have any exit fee issues. The Sun Belt is more than happy to wish them well in their new endeavors since they don't play football.
UIC in 23-24 and Murray in 24-25. Murray could be sooner if they can find a non-MVFC home. The 2024 season is the earliest they could get in the MVFC from a scheduling perspective and iron out how scheduling is going to work that doesn't completely screw UNI and Missouri State.
Also gives you two full years for whoever #14 is to show that they should be #14.
Greg wrote:I would like to share an excellent post from Big D on the UIC message board :
With Murray St, I feel like it’s WYSIWYG. You know you’re going to get a solid basketball program with solid history. But how much room is there for growth? Inviting them would be adding them at their “peak”…which isn’t a bad thing, because, again, you know what you’re getting…it’s basically the sole reason the MVC wants them.
But the MVC has to see the potential in UIC. If you add UIC now, it’s closer to its floor than its ceiling. We have underachieved tremendously in basketball. That is indisputable. We have also underachieved in baseball the last decade given our history and the ridiculous facilities we have. We are down from the glory days in soccer. Only recently have we started winning again in softball and tennis. We also just went to our first volleyball NCAA tourney. I think we have a higher athletic ceiling than Murray. And it’s not even worth comparing location, academics, etc. Will we ever get to where we want to go? Not sure. It’s not like we don’t spend money. We do. But a new conference could be the shot in the arm we need. I’m biased, but UIC is a risk the MVC has to take.
SalukiWorld wrote:Guessing the Valley invites UIC and UT Arlington and sticks at 12
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