Well, Wichita State fled for the American Athletic Conference, so the Missouri Valley Conference is going to be dreadful for the rest of time.
No one cares that Illinois State was good last season. Didn’t the Redbirds lose their entire starting lineup and all of their best players? They will be virtually irrelevant in 2017.
And don’t even get me started on Missouri State. They’re predicted to win the Valley after finishing sixth a season ago. … There’s just no way this league gets an at-large bid come March.
Let’s not talk about the depth of the league, either, because there certainly are some embarrassing teams at the bottom.