Why Aren't We After This Area Kid?

[georgethedog]

I just watched the video... I think the MVC is too high for him.

[ph]

Why would we want a guy who is only getting interest from Low-major schools (other than Wichita State)? Yes, I consider Evansville a Low-major and wish they would leave the conference and be replaced by someone like St. Louis or Butler.

But,last summer, you would almost say the same thing about Drake.
(Although Drake had at least made an attempt of running a basketball program by hiring Dr Tom)

[lefty]

But,last summer, you would almost say the same thing about Drake.
(Although Drake had at least made an attempt of running a basketball program by hiring Dr Tom)

People were saying the same thing about Nortehern Iowa too for awhile until McD took them to a couple of NCAA tourneys
I always remember Snell saying "why we ever let these guys in the conference I'll never know"

[tornado]

lefty-- in defense of Dave Snell, I don't think he ever said that because of the teams or the quality of the players.
He used to say that because of where they played, so far out into the sticks in Iowa, and the facility they played in that was more of a football stadium than a basketball facility.
It was like playing in the Pekin Dragon Dome.

[Double D]

People were saying the same thing about Nortehern Iowa too for awhile until McD took them to a couple of NCAA tourneys
I always remember Snell saying "why we ever let these guys in the conference I'll never know"

Because for YEARS they were a lower division, directional school that played in front of about 2800 people in a IAA football stadium.

The Valley has historically been a balance between public and private institutions that ALL would consider themselves basketball schools FIRST.

Certainly UNI's success (and construction of the McLoud Center) the last few years has been admirable and encouraging, but it has not been the norm since their entrance in the league.