more MVC and DBU news

[WuDrWu]

What other sports to they play? Are they even D1?

I do think adding a team in Dallas would be nice for recruiting and future TV, assuming Dallas Baptist plays anything else.

BTW, I've heard Dallas Baptist to the MVC for baseball is a done deal.

I gave that comment with zero knowledge about any other sports in which they participate but it doesn't matter to me anyway. Anything would be better than Evansville, and frankly UNI as well.

[XManCometh]

Missouri Valley Conference Adds Dallas Baptist as Baseball Affiliate Member in 2014:

The league previously entered into a “scheduling agreement” with Dallas Baptist during the 2012 season, playing three-game series against seven of the eight Valley baseball schools. As last season showed, the addition of the Patriots in baseball gives the league a significant boost, helping Valley schools build an impressive strength of schedule and conference RPI. The league finished the 2012 season ranked No. 6 in the RPI, including five schools in the top-85, helping two teams earn NCAA at-large berths. Last season Dallas Baptist earned a third-straight NCAA Tournament bid, finishing the season with a 41-19 record and a final RPI of 23. The Patriots went 14-7 against MVC schools in 2012.



The addition of Dallas Baptist will increase league membership in baseball to nine schools, as the Patriots join Bradley, Creighton, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Southern Illinois and Wichita State as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. The MVC last had nine baseball teams in 2009, when UNI dropped its program. There are currently no plans in place to expand the baseball championship format beyond eight teams (all eight MVC teams currently qualify for the conference baseball tournament).



Dallas Baptist has enjoyed a long, storied tradition of winning baseball with 33 consecutive winning seasons. As a past NAIA member, DBU qualified for 10 NAIA World Series tournaments between 1984-2002, and was ranked in the top 10 for 16 consecutive seasons, including finishing twice as National Champion-Runner Up (1985 and 2000). The Patriots won back-to-back National Christian College Athletic Association World Series in 2003 and 2004.



In its seven years of active membership at the NCAA Division I level and competing as an Independent, Dallas Baptist has a record of 249-151 and, in 2008, just its third year as a Division I member, received an at-large berth to the College Station NCAA Regional (No. 2 seed), after finishing the regular season with a 37-17 record and the 29th best RPI in the country. Dallas Baptist became the first Independent team to make a NCAA Regional other than Miami since 1992.



In 2011, the Patriots were again selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Regional Tournament. They defeated Oklahoma, TCU, and Oral Roberts to win the Fort Worth Regional Championship. This allowed the Patriots to move along The Road to Omaha where they faced the University of California in the Santa Clara Super Regional. With all games broadcast nationally on ESPN, Dallas Baptist took another step forward as a top program in NCAA Division I baseball.



For the third-straight season, Dallas Baptist was selected as an at-large team for the NCAA Tournament in 2012 after finishing the regular season with an overall record of 41-19 and a RPI of 23. The Patriots were a part of the Waco Regional where they defeated Texas-Arlington and Oral Roberts, before falling to host and regional champion Baylor.



Dallas Baptist recently unveiled plans for the upgrade to its current facility, Patriot Field, which will remain in its current location with the new ballpark, Dallas Baptist Patriot Ballpark, built up around it. Current plans include a brick façade that matches the current Georgian architectural-style of the buildings on campus, club seating, a state-of-the-art press box, two radio booths, a TV booth, and guest suites. Coaches' offices and a reception area will also be added alongside new dugouts and enhanced field lighting.



Construction is already underway on the 2,000-seat capacity facility and the project is scheduled to be completed before opening day in February of 2013.



Dallas Baptist is a private Christian university located in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1898, the university has a current (fall of 2011) enrollment of 5,545. The Patriots sponsor 14 sports, and with the exception of baseball, compete at the Division II level in the Heartland Conference.





Complete release available online at – http://www.mvc-sports.com/baseball/n...ember-in-2014/

[SB Shock]

2014? I suppose that is due to possible scheduling issues.

[ShockerFever]

2014? I suppose that is due to possible scheduling issues.

Well, they said July 1, 2013 is when they would officially be admitted, meaning 2014 for baseball. Ya, with the previous eff-up by the Valley, 2013 is kinda out of whack, scheduling wise.

[Ta town]

I know a photo or mention had been made of DBU's new stadium before but here is the site. They claim it will be ready for next season.

http://dallasbaptistballpark.com/

[pogo]

Looks like a nice ball park. Do you think they will have an all school dance to inaugurate it?

[Ta town]

Looks like a nice ball park. Do you think they will have an all school dance to inaugurate it?

I do not follow...

[SB Shock]

reading the DBU site it look like they are playing in the WAC in 2013, MVC in 2014 and in the ? in 2015...

[shox1989]

I do not follow...

Traditionally, Southern Baptists don't dance. They believe it is a sin unless you are doing it to praise God.

I assume that is what the poster was referring to.

[pogo]

I do not follow...

I was trying to get a rise out of a friend of mine and to his credit didn't bite.