I'm just gonna drop this here

[Rogers101]

Mo State sure sticks out like a sore thumb.

[mvfcfan]

Mo State sure sticks out like a sore thumb.

UT Arlington would really stick out like a sore thumb though and in my opinion would be a horrible add as a 12th team. St Louis and Belmont are not happening. Omaha is only a few years removed from D2, so they are not a good add. That leaves Milwaukee as the only reasonable choice for a 12th team.

Now going out of the box a little bit I think SE Missouri State would be a decent add. It gives Murray State a rival from the OVC and it adds a school that is somewhat close to (SW) Missouri State. It also gives us a 13th football member (MVFC) and we could obviously set up divisions at that point. It also makes it more stable for the MVC teams, should the Summit League schools ever leave.

Now really going outside of the box I think it would be totally awesome if we moved the start of the FCS playoffs back a week. There's already a big gap (3 weeks) between when they play the FCS semifinals and the FCS Championship game. We could then try to set up at the FCS level that if you have at least 10 teams in your conference you can set up divisions and have a conference championship game (same as FBS). It might help bring in some money (no not a lot, but some) at the FCS level.

[Murraygrad05]

Love hoops in Peoria.

I just got finished watching the Murray State Board of Regents meeting and I came away realizing how fortunate we are in the MVC. Of course, we're used to the MVC so we're blinded and can't see how good we have it. We want more. And, we should. But, we shouldn't forget that it could be much, much worse. It's was painfully obvious how bad Murray State wants in the MVC and that should tell us something about our conference.

The truth is we just want out of a conference that is doing nothing to improve itself and I'm glad our BOR and President see it also.

[PantherU]

I have heard a few people bring up that Milwaukee's attendance is an issue, so I want to address that and end any worry about it right here, right now.

Several months before the 2015-16 season, our Director of Ticket Sales, Brian Morgan, left to go to Marquette. We were left with our assistant ticket manager, Eric Becker. He was running the office until August, when he took a similar job at Pitt.

The reason Morgan has not been replaced yet is because the athletic department is currently in a reshuffling to prepare for growth as a program. In short, they're currently trying to model the program after elite mid-majors and the spot just hasn't been filled yet.

So if you're wondering how attendance was bad this year, just know that Milwaukee Basketball was having tickets sold by student workers. That won't be the case moving forward.

[RacerJoeD]

I'm not sure if that explanation helps or hurts

[PantherU]

I'm not sure if that explanation helps or hurts

I know where you're coming from. But they've been preparing themselves to make a move like this for some time. They wanted to have it all organized under External Operations. They're making the hires needed, they're ready for the move.

[SMUfan]

Any thoughts on UALR or UMKC?

With all the negatives mentioned, Northern KY might be pretty good.

[BEARZ77]

Any thoughts on UALR or UMKC?

With all the negatives mentioned, Northern KY might be pretty good.

Haven't heard those three as under consideration; sorta surprised about UMKC, they almost always come up. UALR would be ok I guess, but again haven't seen their name mentioned.

[IllinoisState]

I have heard a few people bring up that Milwaukee's attendance is an issue, so I want to address that and end any worry about it right here, right now.

Several months before the 2015-16 season, our Director of Ticket Sales, Brian Morgan, left to go to Marquette. We were left with our assistant ticket manager, Eric Becker. He was running the office until August, when he took a similar job at Pitt.

The reason Morgan has not been replaced yet is because the athletic department is currently in a reshuffling to prepare for growth as a program. In short, they're currently trying to model the program after elite mid-majors and the spot just hasn't been filled yet.

So if you're wondering how attendance was bad this year, just know that Milwaukee Basketball was having tickets sold by student workers. That won't be the case moving forward.

Milwaukee hasn't had okay attendance since 2012.

[uniftw]

I have heard a few people bring up that Milwaukee's attendance is an issue, so I want to address that and end any worry about it right here, right now.

Several months before the 2015-16 season, our Director of Ticket Sales, Brian Morgan, left to go to Marquette. We were left with our assistant ticket manager, Eric Becker. He was running the office until August, when he took a similar job at Pitt.

The reason Morgan has not been replaced yet is because the athletic department is currently in a reshuffling to prepare for growth as a program. In short, they're currently trying to model the program after elite mid-majors and the spot just hasn't been filled yet.

So if you're wondering how attendance was bad this year, just know that Milwaukee Basketball was having tickets sold by student workers. That won't be the case moving forward.

UNI has had students selling tickets for decades.

The person taking the money for the ticket has zero impact on ticket sales. That's a bad excuse of an excuse.

Also, we shouldn't be concerned that it's taking over. A year to fill an important associate AD role at UWM? We should t be concerned that they haven't replaced the assistant that left after nearly 9 months after they left?

I've heard s bunch of stories about how messy the athletic department in a Milwaukee is. Stories like that don't help your case for "we are growing and will be great"