American Athletic Conference

[GoShockers89]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/goldeneagles/bigeast14-d7815om-183439151.html

Say goodbye to the Butler to MVC possibility.

That school has to have set a record for going from basically irrelevant to being in perfect position in no time flat. Wildly, wildly jealous.

5 years ago they were Evansville with a few extra one and dones in the tournament.

[ShockTalk]

Hopefully, the new conference will take VCU as well, basically gutting the A-10. The Valley should get aggressive and expand to 14 getting Dayton, St. Louis, Murray St and Detroit or maybe Cleveland St.

East Division: Dayton, Ill St, SIU, Detroit, IN St, Bradley, Evansville

West Division: WSU, Creighton, Murray St., St. Louis, UNI, Drake, MSU

[LuskingforGuttin]

Hopefully, the new conference will take VCU as well, basically gutting the A-10. The Valley should get aggressive and expand to 14 getting Dayton, St. Louis, Murray St and Detroit or maybe Cleveland St.

East Division: Dayton, Ill St, SIU, Detroit, IN St, Bradley, Evansville

West Division: WSU, Creighton, Murray St., St. Louis, UNI, Drake, MSU

We don't want SLUH. They are too pompous, arrogant, and they bring nothing to the table whatsoever. I hate them more than I can express with words in a novel. Let's start with ORU and Murray and then see if we can get the Nashville pair of Belmont and Lipscomb.

[sdshox]

I hate being in a situation where Creighton may hold the fate of our future programs' success (not just Men's BB but all sports). We could go from dissing on the BracketBuster for hurting us late in the season to clamoring for its return in a sub-par league.

My guess would be if CU leaves, some sort of merger will take place with the existing Missouri Valley Football Conference schools to fill out the MVC in other sports. Specifically, that could bring in Division-One newcomers South Dakota, South Dakota State, North Dakota State to move the league to 12. Obviously not a scenario that's really attractive to WSU, but the familiarity and/or association amongst the balance of the schools makes it the convenient, easy move that we all might dread...


A couple of quick reads from Omaha:

"No word from Creighton on Conference Switch": http://www.omaha.com/article/2012121...ference-switch

Interesting quote from Elgin in that one (that's probably been quoted elsewhere already): "Does it worry me? Hell yes, I'd hate to lose any of our members."

"Creighton should say yes if a new league calls": http://www.omaha.com/article/2012121...w-league-calls

[rrshock]

And I back to the abyss we go.

[tropicalshox]

This isn't sounding good.

[C0|dB|00ded]

A New Conference for Wichita State!

Just the sound of that sends orgasmic shivers up and down my spine. With all the conference shake up of late and Club BJ possibly bailing, the odds are the highest they've been in 30 years that we will finally leave this God-forsaken conference behind. Wichita State is the strongest program financially in the MVC, has the nicest overall facilities, and is led by one of the biggest name coaches in a non-BCS conference. We would be a tremendous basketball addition to just about any conference in the country.

We all know the challenges that face WSU with not having football, but each and every one of you have cursed this conference just as I have. It's time to stop acting scared and start being hopeful. I am praying that Club BJ is snapped up by the Vatican Consortium because without that happening, we could be stuck playing a conference full of nothings for the rest of our natural born lives.

Yes, there is a chance this could go wrong for us, but there is a much greater chance that we stand to hook up with better schools in bigger markets improving our prospects greatly. We must endure change if we are going to grow. Don't be afraid Shocker Nation, be hopeful!

I'm as excited as a kid at Christmas!


T


...:cool:

[Kung Wu]

The good news is we are getting national media attention at just the right time. How our team performs right now may be a lot more important than we realize.

[RomeoCrennel's Belly]

Creighton will leave and we'll be stuck in The Valley, a decent basketball conference but not even close to whatever league it is Creighton will get in...

I hate the BJs sooo much. They will simple crush us if they leave. Why oh why Jesus?

[AndShock]

I'm on mobile so top lazy to copy/paste but someone should post tweet(s) from Sean keeler

[newshock1234]

SeanKeeler @SeanKeeler

... and 'Catholic 7' may not be constricted to just privates. At least 1 very large #MVCHoops public school is willing to listen. #BigEast

[SubGod22]

Hell yeah we are. The problem is, will anybody talk?

[AndShock]

H also said VCU is one of the top 4 on the CC wishlist

[SubGod22]

And I just thought about something, if the C7 want their new conference to be the best outside the BcS football guys, and maybe even better than a couple, what better way to do that than to cripple two of your biggest competitors for that title in the A10 and the MVC? Taking Xavier, Dayton and Butler does that to the A10 with Temple already leaving, and taking CU and WSU from the MVC pretty much guarantees it becomes a one bid league. Now you're only major competition outside of the BcS ranks in the MWC on the other side of the country.


That thought gives me a little hope. But it all depends what the C7 are really looking for. That's a good 12 team league and if you wanted to add SLU and VCU to make it 14, great. It would help cut down on travel costs for schools if it were split into E/W. A west of WSU, CU, SLU, DePaul, Marquette, Butler and Dayton would be pretty good.

[Shocks2005]

I need to quit looking at the potential outcomes of conferences.. My head is going to explode..

I've been thinking about this like I'm getting paid for it..