Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2022 11:38:05 GMT -6
The long-suffering Oklahoma City University Chiefs, after a disastrous final season in the MCC, were essentially booted out after a 6-20 1984-85 season that apparently was more about human drama than lack of ability. Abe Lemons was quoted in the OKC papers as saying he was happy the year ended with a loss to Loyola in the MCC tournament.
The following season, the Chiefs went out the door, joined the NAIA, cut its expenses and left the MCC with 7 teams, including the Aces. A couple of years later, the Oral Roberts Miracles departed and left the league with only 6 members.
OCU's departure was also linked to an MCC directive that demanded their teams have a fieldhouse with 7,500 permanent seats -- statistically silly since nobody ever averaged that, including Evansville.
It seems as though the whole of OCU's final year in the MCC was a mess, and most likely the players knew well in advance they were going back to NAIA, where their best years happened in the 1940s. They were a charter member of the MCC in 1979, along with UE, Loyola, Oral, Butler and Xavier.
Based on this April story from 1985, Evansville was one of the schools that effectively booted the Chiefs by voting to maintain the fieldhouse capacity rule.
Reading about the 1985 OCU team and how it started the year, and how it ended -- reminded me a little of the Aces' 2019-20 season.
The following season, the Chiefs went out the door, joined the NAIA, cut its expenses and left the MCC with 7 teams, including the Aces. A couple of years later, the Oral Roberts Miracles departed and left the league with only 6 members.
OCU's departure was also linked to an MCC directive that demanded their teams have a fieldhouse with 7,500 permanent seats -- statistically silly since nobody ever averaged that, including Evansville.
It seems as though the whole of OCU's final year in the MCC was a mess, and most likely the players knew well in advance they were going back to NAIA, where their best years happened in the 1940s. They were a charter member of the MCC in 1979, along with UE, Loyola, Oral, Butler and Xavier.
Based on this April story from 1985, Evansville was one of the schools that effectively booted the Chiefs by voting to maintain the fieldhouse capacity rule.
Reading about the 1985 OCU team and how it started the year, and how it ended -- reminded me a little of the Aces' 2019-20 season.
