RacerJoeD wrote:Summit is more stable than the WAC. If IUPUI and FW both end up in the horizon (a good move as they both fit), look for the summit to raid the WAC and the WAC fall apart.
The Summit is not more stable the WAC - especially if IPFW gets an invite for next year. The Summit is then down to 5 baseball members.
The WAC and Summit would be smart to merge and form two geogrpahic divisions. This would mean IUPUI, IPFW and WIU take off to the Horizon/OVC but it creates a real nice 16 team divisional conference.
WIU has been in the Summit forever, but if that footprint keeps growing like it's going to have too they aren't sticking around - especially when the Indiana's leave.
NDSU will never get into the MWC. They are happy at 11, and if they add a 12 it will be after the B12 implodes in a few years when KU and OU end up in the B10 and the rest split between the PAC 12, SEC, AAC and MWC. That is all significantly more likely than NDSU in the MWC.
Make fun of a bus league all you want, the reality is by being able to send teams on a 4 hour bus trip we can have basketball budgets where we do rather than having to keep them at 1.3-1.4m because we having to fly our teams halfway across the country to play on a Tuesday night.