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They tried to get it the MVC but it was a bridge too far. I doubt they want to step back to the Southland but maybe the same conference UA Little Rock is in might work. There isn't a strong regional mid major conference that doesn't require football that I am aware of. Maybe CUSA will make an exception to get into DFW market.
If our reason for joining is to block TxSt and UTSA, then sure. That isn't good enough for me. Our reason should be that we are going all-in on basketball if we make this move. I mean all-freaking-in. Like TCU did for football when they joined the MWC. If we go out West and continue to do North Texas things (middling support and results) then we will wind up further behind than we are today. There is no question that the media exposure out West will be less than what we get today. None. And it'll be harder for our own fans to watch away games than it is today. However, if we go out there and dominate, continue to place top 2 in the conference every year, I'd expect that would be good enough to make the tourney every year since they get more than just the conference tourney champ in. That could be a launch pad.
I knew this would happen. No program in their right mind in Texas would want to do all that travel out west. It's a damn death sentence in today's environment.
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