JCT wrote:
LOL.... The last time we joined a new conference, this is how it went...
https://mvcfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3068The last 11 pages of posts are Wichita State fans looking to have a fist-fight with all comers....
Great find, JCT.
I’m particularly struck by the eventual irony of this statement:
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I calculated the RPI numbers of the MVC without CU and WSU, but with Loyola and compared that to the RPI of the Horizon without Loyola. Guess what - The Valley is the Horizon in that scenario.
Fast forward to the Summer of 2017. Wichita State leaves, and the Valley could potentially be on its way to being the Horizon. Except for one thing: Our run to the Final Four a few months later. Some fans of other Valley schools will refuse or struggle to admit it, but….we saved the reputation of the MVC. The Valley today would be as strong as ever if the traditional MVC schools had upheld their end of the bargain and gotten back to being potential top 100 schools. They didn’t. As such, this move by us is overall a smart move, even though I love the Valley and the local relationships to other schools. Almost every face to face interaction I’ve had with fans/alums of other schools has been met with a complete understanding the move. There have only been one or two who were a little mad about us leaving, and to them I simply had one reply: You didn’t want us anyway.