BCPanther wrote:jsaluki080 wrote:Why is the MVC so adverse to an odd number? There isn’t a great 12th team willing to join yet. So I say we add only Murray for next season (18-19), then we wait another season or 2 to see if NKU, Milwaukee, or another school is looking better and/or if something happens (realignment) and Belmont/SLU change their minds.
An odd number makes WBB and VB scheduling a nightmare and really, really shafts Missouri State. They'd be the odd team out without a travel partner and would lead to either the other schools having to play 3 days in a row or make Missouri State have to play all their games on weeknights and miss a ton of class when nobody else is in that situation.
An odd number works just fine for Men's Basketball but really isn't sustainable long term.
I agree with BC. Mo State has to have a suitable travel partner to make this thing work and the head of the expansion committee is the President of MSU. Whatever decisions are made will be made with that in mind.