Adding Valpo is what the MVC should have done when Creighton left. Loyola was a long term gamble, and what the conference needed was a short term boost. Loyola has done nothing of significance the past 4 years, whereas Valpo could have immediately added to the competitiveness of the league. The MVC should have known we were tip toeing towards the door, but instead they thought we were being too big for our britches. The pickin's are gettin' slim for quality programs below the MVC--its best hope may be trying to improve within its current membership. It has programs with historical success (Bradley, SIU, UNI), but what it's lacking most is vision and a strong desire to improve. That's a culture problem.
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Originally posted by BOBB View PostI had to look this up, because I never understood what a travel partner was. So for those, like me, that don't understand it. UCONN volleyball can fly into Wichita play a match, bus to Tulsa, then fly out. So Wichita and Tulsa would travel at the same time, giving the opponents opportunities to consolidate travel. Given the rising cost of hotel space and the decreasing cost of-albeit increasingly frustrating-air travel, I'm not sure how much of a win this is economically. Certainly less disruptive to the players as a bus can take them directly from point A to point B.
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I think the only Wichita State sport that has a travel partner system is Volleyball. The difference between the Valley and the AAC is that in the Valley they typically played matches on back-to-back days, usuallly Friday and Saturday. Always made a tough trip or home stand for travel partners having to face WSU and MSU on back-to-back days. In the AAC it looks liek they take a day off in between matches playing either Friday-Sunday or Thursday-Saturday (based on last year's schedule). It also looked like travel partners played their matches on Wednesday. So the extra day of travel every weekend will add a layer of costs to the Volleyball program as well as the increase in flying required.
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@RoyalShock: if not too much trouble I am just curious what Wichita State's average KenPom rating over the past 7 years has been?
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Originally posted by 1972Shocker View Post@RoyalShock if not too much trouble I am just curious what Wichita State's average KenPom rating over the past 7 years has been?
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Originally posted by Rocky Mountain Shock View PostAdding Valpo is what the MVC should have done when Creighton left. Loyola was a long term gamble, and what the conference needed was a short term boost. Loyola has done nothing of significance the past 4 years, whereas Valpo could have immediately added to the competitiveness of the league. The MVC should have known we were tip toeing towards the door, but instead they thought we were being too big for our britches. The pickin's are gettin' slim for quality programs below the MVC--its best hope may be trying to improve within its current membership. It has programs with historical success (Bradley, SIU, UNI), but what it's lacking most is vision and a strong desire to improve. That's a culture problem.ShockerNet is a rat infested cess pool.
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Originally posted by Shocker-maniac View PostThis - The thing that has most disappointed me about adding Loyola was there was all this talk that Loyola had lots of money that they were going to invest in their athletic facilities and programs. Since that time, I have never heard one thing about facility or program upgrades. Then of course there was all of the talk about them being in a huge media market. Only problem is there are only about 500 people in that market that care one bit about Loyola sports.Wichita State, home of the All-Americans.
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Originally posted by BOBB View PostThat being said a trip on the El will show you any number of B1G flags flying on people's decks, but I have never, never ever, never ever seen a Loyola flag.Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!
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Originally posted by Shoxcity View PostHow political would you say it is regarding the voting process between public and private schools voting in new members?
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Originally posted by RoyalShock View PostThis is only my gut feeling, but the privates will probably always feel defensive and protective of the public/private ratio, especially after what WSU did in terms of budget. And they have enough votes to block any school they want from joining. Assuming Valpo gets added, bringing the split to 5/5, they could easily keep Murray or any other public from tipping the balance back in favor of the publics. Would they? Who knows. Bradley is the only one of the current privates who, IMO, could excel no matter what the league dynamics are.
Whether that was ever eve a thought or even a reasonable possiblity I couldn't say.
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