Loyola Stream??

[Rambler63]

Oh yeah, one other thing.... Loyola at ISU was their third-best home attendance on the year after WSU and Bradley.

[ahunte1]

Having met quite a few people that attended or had graduated from Loyola and DePaul, it seemed to me, that both were more of commuter schools, than anything else.

This is much less true now than it was, say, 20 years ago. The number of students living within a 5 minute walk of the arena is much greater than it was then.

But, my assumption was that campus life...i.e. Greek, sports, student activities aren't all that important to the typical Loyola student.

This is very, very true, and it's a huge problem for us. It's hard to attract new alumni and fans to games if attending wasn't part of their undergrad experience.

[uniftw]

Loyola's limitations now are the same limitations they had prior to joining the MVC. Getting mad at them now for it is just mean. Nothing's changed on their end. The problems they have now are the same reason most WSU fans were opposed to them joining in the first place.

This is the point I'm at.

I bought into the "potential" that the MVC was selling. The shine of that potential is starting to be seen through now.

[rlh04d]

Where I disagree with rlh04d is that Loyola never misrepresented their audience pull without becoming a winning program.

You misunderstood if you think we're disagreeing.

Loyola was always a "potential" addition. They have to win to realize that potential. Without winning at a high level they'll never matter in Chicago. And that was the case from the start.