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trying to keep score... Georgia Southern and Appalachian State announced full Sun Belt affiliation today Idaho SBoHE meeting at 4 pm Mountain Time today New Mexico State Press Conference at 5:20 today

Oral Roberts talking to Missouri Valley Conference

Disagree with your post, but that is funny.

I think y'all are selling Penn State short... They have this huge benefactor and no basketball program to speak of. Pennsylvania is not out of the national hockey footprint by any stretch, in fact you might say that they are in the middle of it. The Nittany Lions will be one of the stronger B1G teams sooner rather than later. They may be coming from nowhere, but they are coming in with more cash (and maybe more commitment) than any new program has for decades. As for the breakup, I would rather that we went back to the old WCHA from the time I was at UND and that would be UND, UM, UW, Duluth, CC, Denver, Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan Tech and Notre Dame. THAT was a conference! We will never get back there again, so we have to move on. The B1G is one of the most recognizable conferences in college athletics and their members have deep pockets. We will mourn the passing of the old WCHA, some of us mourn the passing of the original version, but life will go on. It's kinda like missing the old rivalries of the NCC, but now preferring to build the new rivalries in the Big Sky.

Article is from Nov 2012, but saw a quote from Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson this morning on ESPN.com that NMSU and Idaho are being talked about by Sun Belt presidents. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/9099719/idaho-vandals-new-mexico-state-aggies-headed-sun-belt-conference-2014-sources-say

So the Quinnipiac coach signed off on BC in their region?! Guess I'll take QU in the brackets.

iirc?? 7 minutes into the 3rd period

Would Oakland have a shot as their (Youngstown's) replacement in the Horizon League? or maybe Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne? more issues for the Summit? just asking...

Might have said the same thing about Colorado College last Friday.

As bad as this is for UND, why do Mami and Notre Dame, the only two teams from the CCHA get put in the same region? One way to make sure there is not an all WCHA final is to put all 6 teams into 3 regions and leave Boston all alone.

Alabama Huntsville was accepted into the new WCHA wasn't it?

It may be a sentimental thought, but how appropriate for the final WCHA Broadmoor to be taken home by Colorado College. One more game out of Howe like the last 2 and they will accomplish the improbable.

Tigers 2 Gophers 0 end of 2!

4 - 1 Wisconsin. Is CC over Minny next?

Yes and probably not

Bucky Popcorn leading the Clowns 2 - 1 after 2

and now, back to the topic Board of Higher Ed passes resolution supporting Shirvani

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Saul should be pointing fingers at the NCAA for passing over defending champion and 21 game winner Kentucky. Since Kentucky didn't get invited to the big dance, they must be the team that took NDSU's place in the NIT.

That may be, but wasn't Ben Jacobson's Northern Iowa #9 the year they beat #1 Kansas? Went to the sweet 16 in 2010.

Can't any of these conferences east of the Rockies count? Atlantic 10 (16 soon to be 12?) Big 12 (10) Big Ten (12 going on 14) And they are teaching our children.

I'm wondering why it would not be their goal ... every year!

think bale31 is Minnesota State

Bringing credence to the axiom that it is university presidents, not athletic directors and coaches and especially not fan board trolls, that decide who gets in to a conference and who doesn't. As has often been said about the Montana's pulling strings to get UND into the Big Sky - they are looking to add schools with the same mission. And probably a big part of why Denver did not want to stay in the new WAC.