UIC, VALPO, LOYOLA, UM-KC - Favorites for MVC membership

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/03/31...onference.html

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...issouri-valley

UMKC is also moving back to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municip...ity,_Missouri) this upcoming season.

some fan reaction - http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f...t=11429629&p=1

Looks like some of the Valley schools pushing for UMKC. Not surprised.

UMKC was gonna go to the WAC, which to me is a better conference in the MVC eyes than the Horizon.

KC is in the heart of the Valley, as conference offices are in St.Louis.

as for UIC, Loyola and Valpo.

UIC has the Chicago Market ( they want to get into that market), and Valpo has basketball and the Indiana Schools.

Loyola to me seems a bit odd.

My money is on a 1 or 3 team expansion -

Milwaukee has the bigger athletic budget than any of those schools, but location , and media market not as big as Chicago, and does not own or play at the Cell and is way way way behind all of these schools in regards to facilities ( if we get the cell owned its bigger than renting it), and baseball is a joke.

Personally, I feel the move back to the Klotsche has destroyed any opportunity of getting MVC membership in July, even if we move back to the Cell for the upcoming 13-14 season.

Overall, Lovell dropped the ball bigtime, as he is not committed to athletics, and the Lacrone / Geiger tag team has screwed Milwaukee.

If we had our act together, it would have been super easy to have KC, UIC and Milwaukee and make the decision as easy as 1-2-3

The leadership on this campus sucks , as evidenced since Haidet has left, and under Lovell's term.

Horizon League forever -MILWAUKEE !

enjoy your 5k's lovell

I'm hoping for a one-team expansion this year, and a two team expansion next year. If that happens, we may still have a shot, depending on how quickly Amanda Braun can get things done. I don't doubt her ability to accomplish what she needs to, but will she have enough time?

I would think the MVC stays at 10 schools.

I don't think the MVC is against the idea of 12 schools. They've been talking about going to 12 for awhile now.

Something else to consider... the MVC probably isn't as stable as everyone thinks. Granted, I'd still have Milwaukee join if it were up to me (because f**k the H-League and f**k LeCrone), but's rapidly coming to light how unsustainable scholarship football programs are at the FCS level. Schools that have such programs are under more pressure than every to move up to the FBS level or scrap football altogether, and as we all know, football is whats been driving all this realignment in the first place.

In other words there are five MVC schools that could soon be pining to join the MAC, and I would especially watch for Northern Iowa and Missouri State to make such a jump. Granted I could be full of sh*t, but I did call UIC joining the MVC.

I just can't see the MAC accepting five new schools...if they did, however, YSU might join. I don't know if Kent State and Akron would be so anti-YSU if the conference grows to 18.

I doubt all five will jump either, but if I had to put money on it, I'd bet one or two probably will.

Get this: Missouri State mentioned as a possible school to jump to Conference USA and FBS:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoot...-16-team-model

This would drop the MVC to 8. I seriously doubt they'll stay at 8, so that would bring their need to 10.

In my opinion, I don't think MSU will make the jump. But speculation is fun!

Missouri State, oh boy.