Butler to move to the A-10?

[valpotx]

Georgia State had already been confirmed to leave for the Sun Belt, so he is fine 

[bbtds]

Georgia State had already been confirmed to leave for the Sun Belt, so he is fine 

Thanks. Obviously I hadn't heard that. It does sound like a good move for the more southern of the soon to be ex-CAA schools.

[vu84v2]

The solution for dealing with Butler leaving and the future of the Horizon League is very clear - develop other winning basketball programs and have success in the tournament with them.  There is no reason why this can't be done.  Many of the programs have had periodic success and now they just need to take it to another level.  College basketball has never been more competitive and wide open.  Teams and conference with good players that are well coached can and do play with the big conference teams. 

The conference does need a 10th team - get Oakland if it can be worked out with Detroit or, alternatively, get IUPUI (if they can agree to upgrade all of their sports programs).  Northern Kentucky is way too new, Murray State will never happen, and no one is going to leave the "ever solid" MVC.  I am not very keen on IPFW or Western Illinois, though both would fit in the "tight geographic" nature of the conference.

[StlVUFan]

Georgia State had already been confirmed to leave for the Sun Belt, so he is fine 

Though he was pissed at the time

[dylanrocks]

The conference does need a 10th team - get Oakland if it can be worked out with Detroit or, alternatively, get IUPUI (if they can agree to upgrade all of their sports programs).  Northern Kentucky is way too new, Murray State will never happen, and no one is going to leave the "ever solid" MVC.  I am not very keen on IPFW or Western Illinois, though both would fit in the "tight geographic" nature of the conference.

Nope. A better answer would be to sever ties with Youngstown State and go back to eight teams.

This would do more to raise the league's profile and RPI than adding IUPUI, IPFW or Western Illinois.

[valpotx]

Other than the need for baseball teams, that would be a great idea!  If we lost YSU as well, we would have to abandon baseball probably, with only 4 teams.