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  • #16
    Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
    Kansas City here I come!
    Without Creighton around, I wager they move it to Chicago before Kansas City.

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    • #17
      Probably, but at least we have a decent amount of leverage.
      Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
        Probably, but at least we have a decent amount of leverage.
        I think we ironically lose out because we travel so well. They know WSU fans will go damn near anywhere. If you go to KC, there are at least five schools that wouldn't have 250 fans in attendance. But logistically KC makes far more sense because there are no pro teams.

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        • #19
          Danny Ainge is THE powerbroker.
          “Losers Average Losers.” ― Paul Tudor Jones

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          • #20
            St. Louis is in the backyard for several of the MVC schools and their fans are the ones that don't come. The MVC, without Creighton's fans, will only have WSU as the cornerblock for attendance. You can't blame the Center for wanting to try to get something else in (the SEC Tournament) that will bring more money into the coffers.

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            • #21
              St. Louis is a 6 1/2 hr. drive, one way -- Chicago is 10 1/2 hrs. That would be an additional 8 hours on the road going to and from. Not liking that much.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by tw805 View Post
                I think we ironically lose out because we travel so well. They know WSU fans will go damn near anywhere. If you go to KC, there are at least five schools that wouldn't have 250 fans in attendance. But logistically KC makes far more sense because there are no pro teams.
                If they move it to Chicago, WSU fans should boycott the tournament.

                We want influence, that's the way to get it.

                Also, I'm assuming your comment about pro teams was regarding basketball, but it made me laugh at the Royals and Chiefs anyway.
                Last edited by Rlh04d; June 1, 2013, 12:14 AM.
                Originally posted by BleacherReport
                Fred VanVleet on Shockers' 3-Pt Shooting Confidence -- ' Honestly, I just tell these guys to let their nuts hang.'

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                • #23
                  Boycotting would only hurt the team. I suppose we should just wait to see what happens and then react.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by Shox21 View Post
                    Boycotting would only hurt the team. I suppose we should just wait to see what happens and then react.
                    It would hurt the team, but it wouldn't ONLY hurt the team. It would hurt the conference far more than it would hurt the team. We do just fine on the road, and a Valley tournament without Creighton or WSU fans would be a joke financially.

                    As long as we're in a position to get an at-large bid and don't need a conference championship to make the tournament ...
                    Originally posted by BleacherReport
                    Fred VanVleet on Shockers' 3-Pt Shooting Confidence -- ' Honestly, I just tell these guys to let their nuts hang.'

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                    • #25
                      The only reason that I will continue going back to St. Louis for the Valley Tournament is because I have made too many trips where I have left the Gateway City upset. Someday, Wichita State will cut down nets at Arch Madness, and you can be damn sure that I will be there when it happens. Once I can finally experience that feeling, I'm done with that trip and will just save money for NCAA Tournament trip travel. Maybe next year will be a better experience without the onslaught of the jackhole Creighton fanbase infestation, but I am getting to the "been-there, done-that" stage with travels to St. Louis. Great city and all, but you can only see the Arch, Busch factory, etc. so many times before you start to get bored with it.
                      78-65

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                      • #26
                        I wonder if the fact that MVC basketball media day will be back and in CHICAGO this year, instead of St Louis, is a little foreshadowing.......

                        https://twitter.com/paulsuellentrop/status/340533191653863425
                        "He called me around noon and was thrilled," Brandt said. "He said he was going to be a Shocker forever." -- RIP Guy, you WILL indeed be a Shocker forever!

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by shockerfan View Post
                          I wonder if the fact that MVC basketball media day will be back and in CHICAGO this year, instead of St Louis, is a little foreshadowing.......

                          https://twitter.com/paulsuellentrop/...33191653863425
                          It is. The Valley has wanted this for years and Creighton leaving finally gives them the opportunity to move their home to Chicago. We need to find a new conference. Drag Bradley with us and whatever conference it is will be just as good as the MVC.

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                          • #28
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                            Last edited by Guest; August 10, 2013, 06:29 PM.

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                            • #29
                              Originally posted by GoShockers89 View Post
                              This year's MVC Tournament will be hilarious. Creighton always traveled well to St. Louis, but they also always had a competitor who traveled in numbers almost as big (ISUr late 90s, SIU early-mid 2000s, WSU recently). This season will be the first time that one school has literally 10x more fans present than any other school. Think about that...WSU will have as many fans there are as the rest of the league combined.

                              The MVC is basically begging us to find a new conference. They couldn't make it any more clear that they want nothing to do with us...other than cashing our NCAA revenue checks. Life would be more harmonious for all involved if we took our business elsewhere.

                              Now if we could just find an adequate suitor.
                              What will be funny is that the MVC will give WSU all the bad WSU and CU seats, and the rest of the MVC will get the prime seats.

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                              • #30
                                Without CU anymore, we might as well have this thing at a high school somewhere. I figure 1,000-2,000WSU fans regardless of where it is and a grand total of 500 other mvc school fans.

                                Should about do it.

                                :)

                                Now if you move it to the sprint center, all the sudden you have 10k again. Should be obvious but it won't be.

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