B.B. Hemingway Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Always loved/felt an attachment to the Missouri Valley conference. Live less then an hour away from a member (Missouri St.), and our best player on our litte town's high school team went to Bradley (another member). Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 No Escalators is a crazy account. Does stuff like that all the time just to get a rouse out of people. And it works. Every. Time. 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 And someone has already created the Wichita south Dakota twitter handle in response. Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 This is apparently a done deal FWIW. They're just waiting for the tournament to end to announce it. Should be within a week of tomorrow. https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/850358886402072577 Quote Link to comment
seaofred92 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2017/04/07/aac-conference-adds-wichita-state-shockers Wichita State and its juggernaut men’s basketball program will be joining the American Athletic Conference for the 2017-18 season, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. The American Athletic Conference Board of Directors held a 10:30 a.m. conference call on Friday morning and unanimously voted in the Shockers. A formal announcement is expected Friday after the paperwork is finalized. Wichita State’s departure from the Missouri Valley Conference ends an affiliation that stretches back to 1945. For the past month, the Shockers’ move to the AAC lurched toward inevitability. The last unknown was resolved this week, when Wichita State found out it would be admitted for the 2017-18 season. That led to the AAC presidents approving the expected on Friday, a step viewed as a formality with the details having already been settled. The Shockers are upgrading leagues in part because of the chilly reception they’ve received from the NCAA tournament selection committee. The committee gave Wichita State only a No. 10 seed after it posted a 30-4 record in the 2016-17 regular season. That seed, universally regarded as the committee’s worst in this tournament, came in part because of a schedule softened by playing Valley teams with low RPIs. (Wichita State also got seeded No. 11 in the 2016 tournament and got sent to the First Four in Dayton before stomping fellow No. 11 seed Vanderbilt and No. 6 seed Arizona). The AAC ranked seventh in conference RPI this season, compared to 12th for the Valley. By joining a league with consistently stronger teams top to bottom, Wichita State significantly increases its chances of consistently receiving an at-large bid to the NCAAs. 1 Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 now to take a couple days to come down from this high then go have a look see at the boneyard. Quote Link to comment
mrandyk Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I would guess Valpo goes, but should they? The gap between the Horizon and MVC is narrowing rapidly. Illinois State couldn't get a big at 27-6, how wise is it to switch one-bid leagues? Quote Link to comment
broganreynik Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 So, is this just for men's basketball? Maybe that Shockers football helmet tweeted by the A.D. could get some use lol. Quote Link to comment
desertshox Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 All sports but football. There won't be football at wsu for the foreseeable future. There's little support to bringing it back. Quote Link to comment
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