Congrats to the Summit

[IndyValpo]

The Summit League thought by some a few years ago to be on death's door has comeback nicely.

The latest example, U of North Dakota is leaving the Big Sky to become the 10th member of the league.

[oklahomamick]

After losing valpo and Oakland things didn't look good.  Almost half the schools are the Dakota state schools.  Summit have rebounded nicely adding and the new Dakota - forgot which one.

however the summit will be back to 9 when valpo leaves the HL and IPFW joins.

[VULB#62]

 

[IndyValpo]

however the summit will be back to 9 when valpo leaves the HL and IPFW joins.

If we leave the HL I suspect that several conferences will be affected.

[bbtds]

After losing valpo and Oakland things didn't look good.  Almost half the schools are the Dakota state schools.  Summit have rebounded nicely adding and the new Dakota - forgot which one.

however the summit will be back to 9 when valpo leaves the HL and IPFW joins.

For clarity the four Dakota schools are

North Dakota State in Fargo (Bison, pronounced bI-zon),


South Dakota in Vermillion, SD (near the southeast corner SD) are the Coyotes.


South Dakota State in Brookings (1.5 hours north of USD on I-29, level north & south with Mankato, MN, so southwest of the Twin Cities) are the Jackrabbits or just the Jacks


The new school to the Summit League is North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND  (1 hour north of Fargo on I-29, the farthest north school in the Summit) are formerly the Fighting Sioux but were forced to go nicknameless for a few years before finally getting the nickname Fighting Hawks in 2015.