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Valpo Sports => Valpo Basketball => Topic started by: bw12 on July 14, 2014, 01:03:58 PM

Title: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: bw12 on July 14, 2014, 01:03:58 PM
So the men's soccer schedule was released and lists Belmont as a conference opponent. Guess we have a new team this year!


Fri, Sep 26   at Belmont *   Nashville, Tenn.    7:00 p.m.


# = Exhibition; * = Conference; Home Games Shaded; All Times Central
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: bw12 on July 14, 2014, 01:06:16 PM
Nevermind my fault for being an amateur. I just saw the posts from last August.  ???
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: valpotx on July 14, 2014, 01:08:40 PM
See the below announcement, as it is only for soccer:

http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/belmont-university-to-join-horizon-league-as-affiliate-member.html (http://www.horizonleague.org/blog/belmont-university-to-join-horizon-league-as-affiliate-member.html)
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: crusadermoe on July 14, 2014, 05:29:18 PM
Wow,......"affiliate"....that seems to be a lot more than a small foot in the door for Belmont and the Horizon.
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: VULB#62 on July 14, 2014, 05:56:16 PM
Maybe.... 

They have no FB program and the OVC is FCS scholarship --- and we all know that, when FB is scholarship, it rules the athletic budget and the conference mentality.  Morehead is the only non-scholarship FB school and SIU-Edwardsville is the only other non-FB school period among the 12 schools.  IMO affinity-wise, they are in the wrong conference.

Personally, I'd like to see another private university in the HL mix.  But we've  ...  :deadhorse:
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: wh on August 06, 2014, 11:27:46 PM
Just noticed this on the Milwaukee board:

...the UWM Panthers Men's Basketball program Facebook page posted "The Horizon League welcomes the Belmont Bruins Men's Basketball team to the 2014 - 2015 Season"

I went to their Facebook page and there it was, bigger than life:

https://www.facebook.com/uwmmensbasketball (https://www.facebook.com/uwmmensbasketball)

Interesting...

Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: valpotx on August 07, 2014, 01:01:17 AM
I think that one of their fans misread the article about their soccer team joining the HL...
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: wh on August 07, 2014, 04:32:38 AM
Quote from: valpotx on August 07, 2014, 01:01:17 AM
I think that one of their fans misread the article about their soccer team joining the HL...

I was trying to see if someone would bite on this, but you took all the fun out of it.  ;)
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: a3uge on August 07, 2014, 10:53:32 AM
Can we just switch out UWM and Belmont this year now that UWM is ineligible?
Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: LaPorteAveApostle on August 07, 2014, 03:17:07 PM
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Title: Re: Belmont Announcement to come?
Post by: valpotx on August 08, 2014, 12:58:55 AM
Haha, he is technically correct :)
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