Ladies and gentlemen, that's the official word of the King's College athletic department, as delivered by it's spokesman!

I was not aware it was the job of the SID to add fuel to a rivalry fire that way. Good show!

Quote from: kate on May 12, 2007, 08:21:41 PM
O.K., ten years ago when we started following DVC Women's b'ball, Drew was a great institution, but a subpar b'ball team

Don't think that second part matters -- only the part about Drew being a great institution. Schools want to associate with like-minded institutions.

Not sure what editorial you're referring to but if it's the one where it was suggested that Del Val football drove all this MAC breakup, you might need to look in the mirror. GA Mangus got questionable students into Widener when he was there, questionable students at Ursinus (I forget which of the schools had the kid do time for stealing shoes -- I think he transferred from one to the other) and did it again at Del Val. True Florida Gator, through and through. And Susquehanna, Moravian and Juniata decided they could not be associated with that kind of a program and want to be held to a higher standard.

Kate, a league is more than a collection of schools playing women's basketball. It's a group of schools that are supposed to share common ideals and goals. Perhaps the MAC at 16 schools was too big for that -- I don't know. But right now it appears the MAC's common ideal is having two automatic bids. Nothing more, nothing less.

If I were Etown or Leb Val or Messiah I would be trying to find a way out of this conference. It's a far less prestigious group than the one those schools were in two years ago.