2024-2025 Games of Interest

[mattdalt]

Don't think you're crazy...risky walking away from almost 70 years membership in the MVC plus a dominant basketball position which had been put into place by coachs Turgeon and Marshall. Always thought Wichita had more in common with the Missouri Valley schools.

Wichita State had virtually nothing in common with the other valley schools. A mostly urban university, that trended toward a more adult aged population. And perhaps most important to Bardo, WSU brought in more grant money than all the other Valley schools combined. It is easy and obvious for us to focus on the athletic part of the realignment, but it was about so much more than basketball.

[ShockTalk]

Wichita State had virtually nothing in common with the other valley schools. A mostly urban university, that trended toward a more adult aged population. And perhaps most important to Bardo, WSU brought in more grant money than all the other Valley schools combined. It is easy and obvious for us to focus on the athletic part of the realignment, but it was about so much more than basketball.

Please indulge me. It appears you are telling me all the things we were already doing while in the Valley. Are you saying that all the recent growth is something that we could not have done based on our athletic conference affiliation?

[SubGod22]

Please indulge me. It appears you are telling me all the things we were already doing while in the Valley. Are you saying that all the recent growth is something that we could not have done based on our athletic conference affiliation?

Being associated with other urban research universities has expanded opportunities for the school and increased the amounts coming in to fund that research. I believe we've also engaged in some research opportunities with our peers that wouldn't be available if we were still associated with a bunch of teachers colleges and such.

I also wouldn't be surprised that due to our affiliation with the AAC and like minded schools if it helps us land the dental school we're currently pushing for compared to if we were still connected to the MVC. Now, I can't prove that one way or the other, but perception goes a long way in education and we are definitely grouped with better universities on the whole, outside of Memphis, in that regards.

Bardo was big on what the new group of peers would do for the university outside of athletics.

[ShockTalk]

Being associated with other urban research universities has expanded opportunities for the school and increased the amounts coming in to fund that research. I believe we've also engaged in some research opportunities with our peers that wouldn't be available if we were still associated with a bunch of teachers colleges and such.

I also wouldn't be surprised that due to our affiliation with the AAC and like minded schools if it helps us land the dental school we're currently pushing for compared to if we were still connected to the MVC. Now, I can't prove that one way or the other, but perception goes a long way in education and we are definitely grouped with better universities on the whole, outside of Memphis, in that regards.

Bardo was big on what the new group of peers would do for the university outside of athletics.

Not saying any the above is not true, however, Bardo started the Innovation Campus in 2014, three years before joining the American.

[WstateU]

Not saying any the above is not true, however, Bardo started the Innovation Campus in 2014, three years before joining the American.

He planted the seeds…

[WuShock Reaper]

Games of Interest 01/06/25:

CONFERENCE TEAM MEMBERS GAMES


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[WuShock Reaper]

Florida has held Tennessee, the undefeated and #1 team in the nation to 15 points in the half.
The Shockers scored 18 points.
We don't suck Tennessee bad..

[ShockTalk]

Final: #8 Florida 73 - #1 Tennessee 43


KState loses at OSU 79-66

[ShockTalk]

UAB 81 - Tulane 69


Coming from 9 down at the half, Tulsa 82 at UTSA 77

[WuShock Reaper]

Games of Interest 01/07/25:

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