I would assume geography has alot to do with it.  The new DI conference
has mostly Eastern teams as far as I know.  The closest to Mankato, if
I'm not mistaken, would be Canisius (in western NY) which is a LONG way
away.  It would be like Minnesota playing in the ECAC.  Simply not very
feasible.
 
        Conference USA in DI basketball is not exactly a weak conference
with basketball powers like Cincinnati, Marquette, and several others.
It's not like a bunch of schools just joining competitive DI (like say
Wofford).  This is not similar to the situation here.
 
                                                Billy Lustgarten
                                                Cornell '98
On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Timothy Somers wrote:
 
> And this just may be my ignorance showing, but why couldn't Makato join
> such a conference..?????  Especially since teams like Anchorage and
> Fairbanks have joined midewestern conferences.....Granted, they are the
> EXTREME, but I don't know....Why put a team like Makato into a
> conference with the national champion and other like them, when they
> could join one that is like Conference USA in D. I Basketball..???
>
> I don't know...:)
>
>
> Tim Somers
> "Voice of the Pointers"
>
>
> Adam Wodon-Around the Rinks wrote:
> >
> > > How about a team like Mankato as a team for the new conference?
> > >
> > > any thoughts?
> >
> > It's too far West.  These teams will be teams from southern New England and New
> > York -- and perhaps some from Pennsylvania.
> >
> > Mankato is going to apply to join the WCHA, and I don't see why they wouldn't
> > get in within a couple years.
>
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