Primarily a collection of news links about all 12 Missouri Valley League teams on a daily basis, culled from online newspapers, school athletic websites, the conference website, and school newspapers, plus some other content from time to time.
Future conference realignment took center stage in college sports this week, when news broke Thursday that USC and UCLA
will be on their way to the Big Ten in 2024. The move marks the latest
shakeup in a series of changes sparked last year by the announcement
that Texas and Oklahoma will transition from the Big 12 to the SEC in the coming years.
While looming additions to the Big Ten and SEC are seismic changes and will have a particularly striking impact on college football,
they will change the basketball dynamics of those leagues as well. But
before we look ahead to theoretical weeknight basketball matchups
between USC and Rutgers
involving five-hour cross-country flights, there are plenty of other
conference moves going on that will have an impact on college basketball
even sooner.
With more than 350 Division I basketball programs
all vying for the same national title from 32 conferences — versus just
10 leagues in the FBS level of college football — the changes can be
difficult to track. As we flip the page from 2021-22 hoops season to the
2022-23 campaign, you may notice some teams in new leagues, most of
which became official Friday with July being the start of the 2022-23
athletic calendar.
To simplify things, here is a rundown of the
most impactful conference changes in Division I college basketball for
the 2022-23 season.
3. MVC gets a shakeup
While the departure of a banner program in Loyola Chicago
for the Atlantic 10 is a tough blow for the Missouri Valley, it
rebounded nicely. With Belmont and Murray State on the way in from the
OVC, the league is gaining a pair of strong basketball programs with a
great coaching lineage and a track record of competitive play in early
round NCAA Tournament games. Also joining the MVC is Illinois-Chicago
from the Horizon League. While the Flames haven't been to the Big Dance
since 2004 and have never won an NCAA Tournament game, their addition
gets the Missouri Valley to an even 12 members.
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