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Author:  GoRamblers [ Tue May 07, 2013 3:07 pm ]
Post subject:  HL adds Oakland
Just made official. They'll start this year.
Author:  Rip Van Ramble [ Wed May 08, 2013 5:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HL adds Oakland
Now the HL really looks like the old Mid-Con.
Author:  GoRamblers [ Wed May 08, 2013 8:41 am ]
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Our old friend Chuck A from UIC had this to say on the MVC board

Quote:
We the fans of the Horizon League would like to thank The Valley for taking Loyola off our hands, which allowed the HL to invite a program that's leaps and bounds ahead of LU. We finished 3 spots behind the MVC. With our respective additions, The HL has just closed the gap further.

http://www.oakland.edu/view_news.aspx?sid=34&nid=10102


Sour grapes much?
Author:  Rambler63 [ Wed May 08, 2013 8:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HL adds Oakland
I was reading the Detroit message board yesterday after this news was confirmed, and man, do I feel sorry for those guys. Detroit is now the only school in the conference that didn't come from the Mid-Con/Summit. Detroit and Valpo are the only two private schools in the 9-member conference. They now have to share the Detroit market with another team within the conference-- with a rival has been elevated to their level, has a much higher enrollment, and caters to the suburbs.

Apparently, UDM's financial problems are such that they don't really have a hope of escaping the HL anytime soon. If they had the money, I'd suggest they'd be a great school to replace one of the departing A-10 schools, but their budget, endowment, and enrollment numbers won't really allow it.
Author:  ahunte1 [ Wed May 08, 2013 8:55 am ]
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GoRamblers wrote:
Our old friend Chuck A from UIC had this to say on the MVC board

Quote:
We the fans of the Horizon League would like to thank The Valley for taking Loyola off our hands, which allowed the HL to invite a program that's leaps and bounds ahead of LU. We finished 3 spots behind the MVC. With our respective additions, The HL has just closed the gap further.

http://www.oakland.edu/view_news.aspx?sid=34&nid=10102


Sour grapes much?


Makes perfect sense.... :roll:

Of course, the HL really has traded Butler and Loyola for Oakland. Not quite as great of a move. Also, leaps and bounds ahead? I know Oakland was in the tournament two years ago, but our Kenpom rating was 167, compared to Oakland's 210.
Author:  Rambler63 [ Wed May 08, 2013 8:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HL adds Oakland
GoRamblers wrote:
Our old friend Chuck A from UIC had this to say on the MVC board

Quote:
We the fans of the Horizon League would like to thank The Valley for taking Loyola off our hands, which allowed the HL to invite a program that's leaps and bounds ahead of LU. We finished 3 spots behind the MVC. With our respective additions, The HL has just closed the gap further.

http://www.oakland.edu/view_news.aspx?sid=34&nid=10102


Sour grapes much?


Does anyone know if Chuck A is the fan also known as "Stompy?"

Too bad the MVC is going to miss out on "The Lighting of the Flame."


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Author:  GoRamblers [ Wed May 08, 2013 12:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: HL adds Oakland
That was Stomper. He seems to have disappeared from that board.

Oh Stompy. He's poor knees.
Author:  CigarBoy [ Mon May 13, 2013 4:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: HL adds Oakland
As I speculated five weeks ago. I think this works out well for LU, the Horizon League and Oakland.

Loyola gets to play in a conference they want to play in, that has had very good success the last decade. The HL gets a comparable basketball program, plus a coveted baseball program and Oakland gets to join a better conference. Everybody wins and that is rare in these conference re-alignment changes.
Author:  GoRamblers [ Mon May 13, 2013 8:45 am ]
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Cigar's first post is an on topic, basketball post?

This is my reaction:
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Author:  Mike Angelitis05 [ Wed May 15, 2013 10:13 am ]
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When the MVC toured UIC the school did the lighting of the flame ceremony with the corny song and it's scared the Valley away.
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