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Conference realignment season is so much fun.
Wichita
Tulsa
Missouri State
Arkansas State
SMU
TCU
Rice
Houston
Louisiana
La-Tech
Trave partners
Wichita-Tulsa
MSU-ASU
Rice-Houston
SMU-TCU
UL-La tech
Before you laugh it off as being irrelevent, think about it. How would this conference look in 20 years as some of those schools continue to progress.
It is a mix of schools with great tradition along with some new blood. There are no directional schools save for Louisiana Lafeyette who is still fighting with the legislature over thier name change to University of Louisiana.
It would be a top tier baseball conference with national powers (Wichita, Rice and Houston) Very solid baseball schools in (MSU, UL and TCU) one descent program in La-Tech and one bottom dragger in Arkansas State.
Basketaball would be on par with the current MVC which doesn't say a lot. However, WSU will have far greater access to the southern Texas area we recruit so heavily. Imagine what Marshall coould do with that kind of exposure down there.
Football would be on par with the current CUSA. We wouldn't be world changers but it is worth it because A: we would have football back on campus, and B: Baseball and Basketball would tremendously benefit from this move. And before you say "nobody will come watch us play these schools in basketball," or "we're a basketball school that would never work" I would like to counter with this... Is there really any difference in fan enthusiam to watch the shox play Evansville, Drake, or Indiana State? What is the difference between those schools and Arkansas State, UL and La Tech? Nothing as far as I am concerned. I would much rather watch the shox play TCU, SMU, Rice and Houston then watch them play Bradley, Illinois State and Northern Iowa. It would suck to lose CU and SIU but we can live with what we would gain.
This also makes for a tidy little conference with excellent travel partners. In my little world we hold at ten until the league grows strong enough to support a Football championship game. Schools to keep an eye on would include Texas State, University of North Texas, UTSA, Illinois State and Southern Illinois.
PS...This will never happen as TCU would never leave the MWC and Houston will be in full freak out mode if Memphis goes Big East and they don't get their MWC invite. Now, where did I put that crack pipe?...
Wichita
Tulsa
Missouri State
Arkansas State
SMU
TCU
Rice
Houston
Louisiana
La-Tech
Trave partners
Wichita-Tulsa
MSU-ASU
Rice-Houston
SMU-TCU
UL-La tech
Before you laugh it off as being irrelevent, think about it. How would this conference look in 20 years as some of those schools continue to progress.
It is a mix of schools with great tradition along with some new blood. There are no directional schools save for Louisiana Lafeyette who is still fighting with the legislature over thier name change to University of Louisiana.
It would be a top tier baseball conference with national powers (Wichita, Rice and Houston) Very solid baseball schools in (MSU, UL and TCU) one descent program in La-Tech and one bottom dragger in Arkansas State.
Basketaball would be on par with the current MVC which doesn't say a lot. However, WSU will have far greater access to the southern Texas area we recruit so heavily. Imagine what Marshall coould do with that kind of exposure down there.
Football would be on par with the current CUSA. We wouldn't be world changers but it is worth it because A: we would have football back on campus, and B: Baseball and Basketball would tremendously benefit from this move. And before you say "nobody will come watch us play these schools in basketball," or "we're a basketball school that would never work" I would like to counter with this... Is there really any difference in fan enthusiam to watch the shox play Evansville, Drake, or Indiana State? What is the difference between those schools and Arkansas State, UL and La Tech? Nothing as far as I am concerned. I would much rather watch the shox play TCU, SMU, Rice and Houston then watch them play Bradley, Illinois State and Northern Iowa. It would suck to lose CU and SIU but we can live with what we would gain.
This also makes for a tidy little conference with excellent travel partners. In my little world we hold at ten until the league grows strong enough to support a Football championship game. Schools to keep an eye on would include Texas State, University of North Texas, UTSA, Illinois State and Southern Illinois.
PS...This will never happen as TCU would never leave the MWC and Houston will be in full freak out mode if Memphis goes Big East and they don't get their MWC invite. Now, where did I put that crack pipe?...
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