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I did a little research on where we stand regarding our Men's Basketball Budget as compared to both the MVC and the Summit. It makes for an interesting read. This is where we would be if we were in the MVC in the 2015-16 basketball season, the first figure establishes where the school ranks MBB budget wise in the MVC, the second figure establishes the respective school's MBB budget, and the third figure establishes where that school's MBB budget ranks in D-I basketball in the nation: Wichita State - $6,920,933 - 56 Bradley - $3,128,419 - 121 UNI - $2,899,699 - 132 Evansville - $2,899,667 - 133 Loyola - $2,745,553 - 139 ORU - $2,741,483 - 140 Drake - $2,472,212 - 153 Illinois State - $2,452,961 - 156 Missouri State - $2,279,917 - 171 SIU - $2,241,413 - 175 Indiana State - $1,832,975 - 208. If you remove Wichita State from the equation, the separation between Bradley (who is the next highest in the MVC) and us is $386,936. However, the separation between us and the next highest (UNI) is only $158,216 which in today's world is not a very big gap to overcome. When you look at the Summit, using the same reporting criteria for the 2015-16 basketball season, it is as follows: Denver - $3,361,111 - 114 ORU - $2,741,483 - 140 UND - $1,579,108 - 251 IUPUI - $1,564,479 - 253 SDSU - $1,443,001 - 274 NDSU - $1,417,450 - 278 UNO - $1,288,481 - 300 IPFW - 1,269,206 - 303 WIU - 1,238,197 - 304 USD - $1,156,551 - 313. Even though our fellow comrades in the Summit are spending less than what our MVC counterparts are spending, I still feel that the Summit is equal to the MVC without Wichita State when it comes to upside. What the Summit may want to do is look to raid the MVC when Wichita State leaves and get a couple of their better teams to come to the Summit.

It's the pattern of assistants leaving without team success. If we are winning and assisants leave that is normal and makes sense. Losing assistants while the program flounders tells a different story. Hard to build recruiting continuity when assistants are changing every year.