(Belmont left the Atlantic Sun in 2012 to join the OVC.) The Ohio Valley Conference is crossing the Missouri River and expanding west, with Wednesday's announcement that Lindenwood University will petition the NCAA to move up to Division I and join the . Realignment Realigns the Valleys. Ohio Valley Conference. January 20, 2022. Missouri Valley Basketball expansion is taking its next step. Currently, eight schools make up the OVC; Coal Grove, South Point, Rock Hill, Fairland, and Chesapeake have been. The plan for a new FCS football partnership between the Big South and Ohio Valley conferences beginning in 2023 made such sense that it moved the ball downfield for their commissioners to effectively operate as quarterbacks. According to Chagrin Valley Conference commissioner, Dr. Don Lewis, the league approved the addition of Conneaut, Jefferson, and Madison, pending each . The current realignment of the OVC is a new experience for Eastern Athletic Director Tom Michael. First-year Eastern Illinois head coach Chris Wilkerson's Panthers host new Ohio Valley Conference member Lindenwood Oct. 15 in Charleston. USI, which sponsors 16 of the OVC's 19 championship . Photo: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports. 1. Doubling up in the fall Eastern Illinois, a member of the Ohio Valley Conference since 1996, is certainly affected by the decision. The . This year, everyone will play one conference school TWICE, home and away. Conference realignment isn't stopping anytime soon Oct 1, 2021 Oct 1, 2021 ; 0; Facebook . The Ohio Valley Conference was founded in 1948 and is in its seventh decade of competition, making it the eighth-oldest Division I athletic conference. The Missouri Valley Conference, which this week is hosting its annual Arch Madness tournament at Enterprise Center, added three new members to its roster in the past six months. The St. Louis-based Missouri Valley Conference is adding to its roster. The third-largest high school athletic conference in Ohio will get a bit bigger beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. An in depth look at the MVC expansion candidates: UIC, Kansas City, Murray State, Omaha and UT-Arlington. The latest round of conference realignment in college sports, set off by the . JONESBORO, Ark. It'd be a much better fit than that mighty Missouri Valley Football . 11:00 am. . For a writer that covers the Missouri Valley and Ohio Valley Conferences, Friday was the perfect storm. Belmont is leaving the Ohio Valley Conference following the upcoming season, which will be the program's 10th in that conference. Joining: Lindenwood, Little Rock, Southern Indiana. With the Big 12 bailing on expansion last fall, conventional wisdom is that the next round of league musical chairs at the power five conference level will likely not come before 2023. After the Sun Belt's expansion, the thought was the two non football members (Little Rock and UT Arlington) would depart the conference. Little Rock was a member of the Sun Belt since 1991, they'll head to the Ohio Valley Conference on July 1st, 2022. (1-19-22) The expansion of three teams will bring the Chagrin Valley Conference (located in Northeast Ohio) to 25 teams…Madison, Jefferson and Conneaut (Pennsylvania).The three schools come from different conferences, Madison from the Western Reserve Conference. 8 seed SIU-Edwardsville.. The Ohio Valley Conference may be on the brink of expansion. September 29, 2021. MURRAY, Ky. (KFVS) - Murray State University's athletic director released a statement on the Ohio Valley Conference on Friday, September 24. The partnership allows the University to move forward with reclassification in the NCAA prior to a June 1 deadline. I've been hearing that the league would like to expand to 12 basketball playing members. Share on facebook. Report Save Follow. Feb 10, 2022 USI Athletics After losing four key schools to other leagues, the Brentwood-based Oho Valley Conference announced its second addition in the past two months, extending an invitation to. In that . One possibility is that the conference woos Western Illinois to leave the Summit League and Missouri Valley. Lee, who'd returned to his alma mater as an athletics administrator almost a decade after his graduation, didn't . The Missouri Valley will lose one of its top men's basketball brands in the summer of 2022, as Loyola Chicago departs for the Atlantic 10, but the Valley has been active on the expansion front as . The OVC dropped to 10 members after the 2020-21 school year, when founding member Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State left for the ASUN Conference. The Ohio Valley's path to expansion might include a school familiar to Bison fans. The OVC announced a scheduling . 880. After losing Austin Peay, Belmont, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State this calendar year, the Ohio Valley Conference finally went public with a response. A young George Lee spent many days in Richard Turner's office in the late 1990s. The Valley is also a perennial multi-bid contender. The conference is poised to add Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a new member, sources told the Southeast Missourian on Friday. Now in its 74th year, OVC teams have garnered national championships in football along with national team or individual titles in the sports of rifle, cross country, track and golf. Yet as the inevitable fallout - see the CFP's stalled expansion; Conference USA has dug in against members who have declared their imminent departures -- unfolded across the collegiate landscape, Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Beth DeBauche and her Big South counterpart, Kyle Kallander, explored the purview of the situation from a . Once a cornerstone in the Ohio Valley Conference, the Gamecocks of JSU moved to the ASUN earlier this year while the Bearkats are in the midst of their first season in the newly resurrected WAC. This is especially true after the MVC sent two teams to the NCAA Tournament last year. by AMP Staff December 8, 2021 0 comment. The league has so far hit back by adding Little Rock, which comes from the Sun Belt in 2022-2023. Western Illinois is specifically mentioned as a possibility for OVC membership, it seems due to the idea that they have MVFC football and Summit Conference everything else. 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Forecast. That conference is the Southland. (only applicable toward future conference realignment potential: Stony Brook joins CAA in all sports) OVC (loses one, adds one, now at 7) Austin Peay leaves for ASUN. The Screaming Eagles, under the guidance of veteran coach Stan Gouard, will be a problematic issue for the remainder of the OVC men's basketball programs from day one. According to a report from CollegeAD, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is set to leave its longtime home the Sun Belt Conference and join the Ohio Valley Conference later this week. USA TODAY Sports spoke to 17 people across college sports who described the far-reaching impact of Texas and Oklahoma's SEC move and how their school or conference is positioned for the next round . Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent . . (photo courtesy Sandy King, EIU Athletics) Perhaps . The Missouri Valley has been aggressive in realignment, particularly since Loyola Chicago will be leaving the conference after a nine-year stint in the league to join the Atlantic 10 following the . The OVC will lose three programs in 2022-2023, with Austin Peay (ASUN), Belmont (Missouri Valley) and Murray State (Missouri Valley) leaving a conference that lost Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State in a previous round of realignment. Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State are. IRONTON, Ohio (WSAZ) - The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is considering expansion. The conference didn't waste any time in finding new members, adding Liberty from the Atlantic Sun Conference, New Mexico State from the Western Athletic Conference, Jacksonville State from the Ohio Valley Conference and Sam Houston State from the Southland Conference. CollegeAD.com is reporting that UA Little Rock will leave the Sun Belt Conference to join the Ohio Valley Conference. The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, Summit League, and Southwestern Athletic Conference are among the conferences contacted, according to . The conference is currently at 10 members, and will drop down to eight on July 1, 2022. Reply. The OVC lost two members to the ASUN last year, dropping from 12 full . The conference had been 12 schools strong when Michael took over at Eastern in 2014, and remained that way until earlier this year. ESPN was turned on at 11 a.m. to hear about the College. Lee, who'd returned to his alma mater as an athletics administrator almost a decade after his graduation, didn't . The . From January 3 through the beginning of the regular season, we're going to take a look at every Division 1 conference and Forecast what to expect in each league this season. . January 27, 2022. Missouri State is the largest university in the Valley and Smart has been a leader on the expansion committee. Covering Missouri Valley Conference Basketball, MVFC Football, and other mid-major college sports. . Ohio Valley. OVC commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher would not confirm the report, though he did say […] Of the 10 FBS conferences, 5 will undergo changes in membership, while an additional 3 conferences (Atlantic . 5-seeded Tennessee State vs. No. A young George Lee spent many days in Richard Turner's office in the late 1990s. If I were the Ohio Valley Conference I would also take a look at Southern Indiana, Western Illinois and maybe Bellarmine and another Kentucky school with football? Five months ago, Lindenwood was approached by the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), an NCAA Division I conference, regarding our interest in a possible transition. Missouri State President Clif Smart served as the chair of the Valley's expansion group. An announcement could come as soon as this week. I was saddened that one of the teams I cover in a league I highly value was leaving. After losing Austin Peay, Belmont, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State this calendar year, the Ohio Valley Conference finally went public with a response. The Ohio Valley Conference was founded in 1948 and is in its seventh decade of competition, making it the eighth-oldest Division I athletic conference. . CVC expansion gains approval. Under the cost-control / institutional-alignment model, you'd probably expect any expansion candidates to closely align to the current Midwestern footprint…think Horizon League, for example, or Ohio Valley Conference. The WAC scooped up four of its teams (Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, Abilene Christian, and Lamar) at the end of the 2020-21 year. According to multiple reports, Murray State will be joining the 115-year-old conference. He said credible people among his sources were giving it credence. Feb. 9, 2022. Nashville's location also makes it a manageable road trip for most schools in the conference. Once EKU . Today, we take a look at the Ohio Valley Conference. By Justin McLeod. So this winter and spring will mark the final conference clashes between Arkansas. Several reporters have claimed the Presidents primary expansion interests involve larger markets. 0. "We are delighted to add Lindenwood University as the 10th member of the OVC for the 2022-23 academic year," said OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche in the release. Murray State (33-25, 18-10) led the conference in overall and conference wins last season, and although big bats in Jordan Cozart and Brock Anderson graduated, the duo of fifth-year senior third . (only applicable toward future conference realignment potential: Stony Brook joins CAA in all sports) OVC (loses one, adds one, now at 7) Austin Peay leaves for ASUN. As the NCAA . Lindenwood, which is located in St. Charles, Missouri, marks only the 24th full-time member in the 74-year history of the Ohio Valley Conference. Belmont was also mentioned as an expansion candidate in 2017 when Wichita . who are leaving the Ohio Valley Conference, and North Alabama and Kennesaw State. As January wound down, news broke that the Ohio Valley Conference was losing two of its valued members effective at the end of this academic year. "We are delighted that the University of Southern Indiana will become the newest member of the Ohio Valley Conference," OVC Commissioner Beth DeBauche said in a release. Loyola University Chicago and Drake both received bids in 2021, with Missouri State finishing behind them but still in the KenPom top 100. A fifth, Central . College football conference realignment and expansion has returned in 2021, with several conferences set to add members . . USI would begin competing in the Ohio Valley Conference at the start of the 2022-23 academic year and would leave the Great Lakes Valley Conference at the end of this academic year. He's writing about the Ohio Valley Conference, which is down to 7 football members. Extra Points accurately reported Austin Peay's move from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Atlantic Sun last week. Industry sources told Extra Points that Southland leaders were even considering a potential merger with the Ohio Valley Conference. This year, though, the conference they're currently in—the Ohio Valley—is bleeding members. And hey, that's certainly possible. . The Missouri Valley Conference presidents and athletic directors met this past Sunday and have been rather noncommittal in any response from this meeting. The school will join the MVC in 2022 as it moves over from the Ohio Valley Conference. The Ohio Valley Conference is crossing the Missouri River and expanding west, with Wednesday's announcement that Lindenwood University will petition the NCAA to move up to Division I and join the . On Wednesday, February 9, the University of Southern Indiana accepted an invitation to join the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) as it's Division I partner. Last Tuesday, McNeese State made the surprising announcement that they would remain in the Southland, instead of the WAC. Upon acceptance, the transition process takes four years to complete. These additions were announced on Nov. 6. By Kevin Kelley - November 5, 2021. Leaving: Austin Peay, Belmont, Murray State. Over its 73 years, OVC teams have garnered national championships in football along with national team or individual titles in the sports of rifle, cross country, track and golf. But then, last weekend, everything changed. There has yet to be . The following is a statement released by the Ohio Valley Conference today. Share. A respected colleague who covers one of the Ohio Valley Conference schools asked me if ISU was considering a move to the OVC. "President Porter's vision for the . Murray State fans traditionally take over the Ohio Valley Tournament and would likely bring a large contingent to . MISSOURI VALLEY BEAT. Five months ago, Lindenwood was approached by the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), an NCAA Division I conference, regarding our interest in a possible transition. . The Ohio Valley Conference was born in 1948 as a Kentucky-centric league, its founding members Eastern Kentucky, Evansville, Louisville, Morehead State, Murray State and Western Kentucky. The OVC enters the fall season with seven football members:. The Lindenwood Lions celebrate their Great Lakes Valley Conference championship after beating Missouri S&T 37-31 in overtime on Nov. 9, 2019. Matt Norlander's reporting indicated that UT Arlington (Dallas) and Kansas City were two of the three universities with which the . . As the league evaluates expansion opportunities, the 10 outstanding members, including Morehead State, remain committed to one another and to the student-athletes they serve. Lindenwood's membership in the GLVC was short-lived . It is the fourth team to depart the Ohio Valley . The Ohio Valley Conference is going through a major shake-up this week after Belmont announced Tuesday it will be leaving the league for the Missouri Valley Conference to become its 11th member. Murray State (7-1) is the current pride of the Ohio Valley and the Racers' starting point guard is Justice Hill from Little Rock. Most of these changes have involved conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of Division I. If the Ohio Valley doesn't want the Racers' football team any longer, the new Atlantic Sun Conference needs a program or three. Share on twitter. In 2013, when Creighton left for the reincarnation of the Big East, and 2017, when Wichita State left for the American Athletic Conference, Belmont was at the head of conversations for expansion, but never agreed to a deal. The 2022 OVC Tournament concludes with the championship game at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 5. The NCAA Division 1 collegiate athletic conference said Friday that Murray State University, based in Murray, Kentucky, has . . But speculation by many other media outlets have the following schools listed as possible expansion candidates: Belmont (current Ohio Valley Conference member located in Nashville, Tennessee) . (KAIT) - The Sun Belt realignment saga has another chapter. Little Rock was a member of the Sun Belt since 1991, they'll head to the Ohio Valley Conference on July 1st, 2022. . First-year Eastern Illinois head coach Chris Wilkerson&#8217;s Panthers host new Ohio Valley Conference member Lindenwood Oct. 15 in Charleston. Belmont is leaving the Ohio Valley Conference amid the recent conference realignment shift that was sparked when Oklahoma and Texas announced their move from the Big 12 to the SEC. Opinion: The 5 Best Quarterbacks in AAC History As the AAC approaches its 10th season and a massive conference realignment, let's look back at . The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West, with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma. The 2021-2022 NCAA conference realignment refers to extensive changes in NCAA conference membership, primarily at the Division I level, beginning in the 2021-22 academic year.. Founded by six schools, the expansions of 2007 and 2011 brought the Ohio Valley Conference membership to twelve schools, the most in its history. By Steve Hare. The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is scheduled to take place March 2-5 in Evansville, Indiana.. The OVC announced a scheduling . "When something comes together as quickly as this did, you have to believe it is right," Beth DeBauche of the OVC said. Drama Builds in Conference USA The Missouri Valley consistently performs a notch better than the Ohio Valley, at least in basketball, leading to more exposure for the Bruins. Morehead State is an original member of the league that formed in 1948. . Conference Expansion Tag Archives: Ohio Valley Conference The Case for Jackson State Posted on October 12, 2013 by kclifton Standard 10 There has been quite a few thinking outside the box decisions that have been made in regards to expansion. (photo courtesy Sandy King, EIU Athletics) Perhaps . Published: Sep. 24, 2021 at 12:48 PM PDT. (St. Louis, MO) - Belmont is moving to the Missouri Valley Conference. USI to Join Ohio Valley Conference Wednesday, February 9, 2022 11:44 AM EDT Updated: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 01:50 PM EDT By Alex Brown , Assistant Managing Editor UA Little Rock is one of just two non-football playing members of the Sun Belt, along with Texas-Arlington. 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