Evansville to the Horizon

by **stl scooter** » September 26th, 2012, 7:43 pm

@PantherU on twitter:

Not able to confirm this 100%, but it looks like Belmont, Oakland and Evansville will be joining the Horizon League. I'm not hearing any other schools brought up by my contacts, and too many contacts are using those three together. Either everyone I talk to is conferring with each other, or where there's smoke there's fire. I'm thinking the latter.

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by **Ricardo del Rio** » September 26th, 2012, 7:50 pm

stl scooter wrote:@PantherU on twitter:

Not able to confirm this 100%, but it looks like Belmont, Oakland and Evansville will be joining the Horizon League. I'm not hearing any other schools brought up by my contacts, and too many contacts are using those three together. Either everyone I talk to is conferring with each other, or where there's smoke there's fire. I'm thinking the latter.

Are you saying it is all smoke and no fire?

by **stl scooter** » September 26th, 2012, 7:54 pm

Ricardo del Rio wrote:
stl scooter wrote:@PantherU on twitter:

Not able to confirm this 100%, but it looks like Belmont, Oakland and Evansville will be joining the Horizon League. I'm not hearing any other schools brought up by my contacts, and too many contacts are using those three together. Either everyone I talk to is conferring with each other, or where there's smoke there's fire. I'm thinking the latter.

Are you saying it is all smoke and no fire?

Not sure, the person tweeting this is a fan or affiliated somehow with UW-Milwaukee. I'm trying to get more info.

by **DoubleJayAlum** » September 26th, 2012, 7:56 pm

I'm not going to buy it until I hear about a secret envelope.

by **valleychamp** » September 26th, 2012, 8:23 pm

Reps with Horizon Conf blazers were seen exiting a private jet in Evansville yesterday afternoon.

by **stl scooter** » September 26th, 2012, 8:26 pm

valleychamp wrote:Reps with Horizon Conf blazers were seen exiting a private jet in Evansville yesterday afternoon.

Was the jet complete with the Horizon League Logo painted on the outside? LOL!

by **MVCfans** » September 26th, 2012, 8:40 pm

What advantage would Evansville gain?

by **stl scooter** » September 26th, 2012, 8:43 pm

Interesting, could be University of Soulthern Indiana in Evansville: http://www.d2messageboard.com/showthread.php?49006-Rumor-USI-in-preliminary-talks-with-Horizon-League

by **stl scooter** » September 26th, 2012, 8:51 pm

MVCfans wrote:What advantage would Evansville gain?

The Horizon plays it tournaments on teams home courts and the travel might be just a little shorter (Nashville and Carbondale are about the same distance to Evansville).

FYI...I'd prefer the Aces stay in the Valley.

by **MVCfans** » September 26th, 2012, 8:52 pm

stl scooter wrote:
MVCfans wrote:What advantage would Evansville gain?

The Horizon plays it tournaments on teams home courts and the travel might be just a little shorter (Nashville and Carbondale are about the same distance to Evansville).

FYI...I'd prefer the Aces stay in the Valley.

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of how the financials would compare.