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The University of South Dakota will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. this afternoon in Vermillion to announce its athletic programs will join the 10-school Summit League beginning in 2011.
On Tuesday, the league’s Presidents Council voted unanimously to invite the school into the conference beginning July 1, 2011, according to an email sent to Summit League member schools. USD will not compete in team tournaments that season, the last that the Coyotes are ineligible for NCAA postseason competitions.


In 2012-13 USD will be an active member of NCAA Division I and will participate in Summit League tournaments.


USD announced it would lift its athletic programs from NCAA Division II to Division I in 2006 and is now competing as a Division I independent.

http://www.argusleader.com/article/2009 ... S/90415031

wow, I am a little surprised about that. UND next? GWC dead?

Where are they going for football?

This doesn't affect football. They will stay in the GWFC for Football.


UND will not get an invite until they settle the nickname issue.

They will become an all sports member so this hurts GWC all-sports legitimacy.

rofls at UND

welcome to the Summit 'yotes!

the Fighting Engelstad's are sooo screwed.

lose that 185 million dollar arena... or never get a conference... decisions, decisions.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:rofls at UND

welcome to the Summit 'yotes!

the Fighting Engelstad's are sooo screwed.

lose that 185 million dollar arena... or never get a conference... decisions, decisions.

You must be enjoying this...

dgreco wrote:They will become an all sports member so this hurts GWC all-sports legitimacy.

summit doesn't sponsor football... can't imagine USD leaving GWFC without an invite from the Mo. Valley...

dbackjon wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:rofls at UND

welcome to the Summit 'yotes!

the Fighting Engelstad's are sooo screwed.

lose that 185 million dollar arena... or never get a conference... decisions, decisions.

You must be enjoying this...

like a fat kid loves cake. shoe, meet other foot. wish Gil was here to enjoy this with...

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

dgreco wrote:They will become an all sports member so this hurts GWC all-sports legitimacy.

summit doesn't sponsor football... can't imagine USD leaving GWFC without an invite from the Mo. Valley...

I am not talking about football. I am saying this is going to hurt the GWC as an all-sports conference. USD/UND were supposed to help be backbones to the conference.

dgreco wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
summit doesn't sponsor football... can't imagine USD leaving GWFC without an invite from the Mo. Valley...

I am not talking about football. I am saying this is going to hurt the GWC as an all-sports conference. USD/UND were supposed to help be backbones to the conference.

i keep forgetting that... isn't the GW just a mish-mash of every independent left in college hoops?

UND (damn near canada)
UTPA (damn near mexio)
UC Bakersfield (West Coast)
NJIT (east coast)

and i thought the summit was far-flung...

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

dgreco wrote:
I am not talking about football. I am saying this is going to hurt the GWC as an all-sports conference. USD/UND were supposed to help be backbones to the conference.

i keep forgetting that... isn't the GW just a mish-mash of every independent left in college hoops?

UND (damn near canada)
UTPA (damn near mexio)
UC Bakersfield (West Coast)
NJIT (east coast)

and i thought the summit was far-flung...

Bakersfield is in the Cal State system, not the UC system. I am unsure of what athletics they sponsor (I know they don’t have football), but I imagine they will be invited into the Big West when/if they will meet the requirements.

dbackjon wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:rofls at UND

welcome to the Summit 'yotes!

the Fighting Engelstad's are sooo screwed.

lose that 185 million dollar arena... or never get a conference... decisions, decisions.

You must be enjoying this...

count me in with the party enjoying it wow.

I'll shed some light here.

GWC all sports
Utah Valley
UTPA
N.Dakota
NJIT
Chicago St.
Houston Baptist

Independent
Seattle
Longwood
CS Bakersfield
NCCU (applied for MEAC)
Savannah St. (applied for MEAC)

Schools that will probably join the GWC in 2011 when the Moratorium is up....
Grand Canyon
Oklahoma City

if the moratorium has a few teams ie. Monmouth, CCSU become full sports members in another conference, new or AE, I think NJIT and Longwood would both be invited to the NEC. I am sure the A-Sun wishes they had Longwood now, or the Big South.

I wonder if the A-Sun will wait until 2011 to add W.Florida who is looking at moving up. N.Kentucky too (a bit north though). I know that LeMoyne wants in the AEC in 2011.

Are you hearing something about CCSU and Monmouth joining the AEC?

nothing about Monmouth, but CCSU to AEC just makes a lot of sense. mid-sized public university, they will help bring football and it will be more of a fit than the NEC.

Not good news for the Great West Conference.

I wonder if the invite for 2011 has something to do with an expected departure by one of the existing ten teams in the Summit League. 11 is a strange number. Perhaps just hedging their bets if somebody leaves and if nobody leaves, UND would jump at a Summit League invite, pretty much guaranteeing 12.

Mike Johnson wrote:Not good news for the Great West Conference.

I wonder if the invite for 2011 has something to do with an expected departure by one of the existing ten teams in the Summit League. 11 is a strange number. Perhaps just hedging their bets if somebody leaves and if nobody leaves, UND would jump at a Summit League invite, pretty much guaranteeing 12.

Welcome Mr. Johnson.

Good first post and I'm pretty sure you are the first Utah Valley guy on the board.

Mike Johnson wrote:Not good news for the Great West Conference.

I wonder if the invite for 2011 has something to do with an expected departure by one of the existing ten teams in the Summit League. 11 is a strange number. Perhaps just hedging their bets if somebody leaves and if nobody leaves, UND would jump at a Summit League invite, pretty much guaranteeing 12.

Ditto Ursus's welcome.

Who do you think is going to leave the Summit?

I know Mike very well from the D-II board. He is one of my 2 info men out west.

Long time no see, hehe

dbackjon wrote: Ditto Ursus's welcome.

Who do you think is going to leave the Summit?

Thanks to the Welcome.

The Summit (MidContenent) has been an unstable league with teams constantly moving in and out. I had nobody in mind, just wondering if there isn't more movement because of the historical instability.

Mike Johnson wrote:

dbackjon wrote: Ditto Ursus's welcome.

Who do you think is going to leave the Summit?

Thanks to the Welcome.

The Summit (MidContenent) has been an unstable league with teams constantly moving in and out. I had nobody in mind, just wondering if there isn't more movement because of the historical instability.

And as long as it is so stretched, it will remain that way.
Ideal would be to lose the Indiana/Michigan schools, add UVU and UND (over time, of course).

Some would say it would be more ideal to lose Southern Utah. Oakland, IPFW, and IUPUI are at least fairly close to each other, with similar missions.