Welcome to The Summit League Daily - the newest blog covering the ten hoops programs that make up The Summit League. The idea to create such a blog formed in a dorm room after some healthy prodding from a friend with a mutual interest in The Summit League's relevance. Over the course of the 2008-2009 season, a love of all things Summit began to form, namely around the interests of a certain team, but bound by the collective excitement that came from North Dakota State's run, Oral Roberts' end, and Oakland's constant nudging of the status quo.
Thanks in large part to continued visits to The Mid Majority, it was determined that there was in fact a market for blogs covering mid-major hoops, but we're just attempting to do it on a much smaller and more compact level for a league we feel is growing in quality and caliber of play.
It is our goal to cover the daily happenings of Summit League hoops. While we are restricted as viewers by location and lack of national television coverage, it is our aim to utilize the power of the Internet to keep tabs on all ten teams in an unbiased manner, although more poignant observations may be delivered to teams on the eastern side of the league due to our location.
We hope with the help of fans that we can make this blog the one-stop-shop for all things basketball in The Summmit League. We'll offer weekly analysis of teams on Sundays and/or Mondays in a feature we call "The Internal Audit." This has been strategically placed to follow league action which normally falls on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Tuesdays will be dedicated to shining some light on action in the women's realm, while Fridays will serve up a weekly "Game Of The Weekend," highlighting the best game featuring a Summit League team for the following weekend.
Other features may come and go throughout the year, including plenty of lists, but those outlined above will make up the basics. In-between weekly features will be regular updates and random blog posts that will hopefully make this a "daily" blog as we attempt to make the SLD a regular stop for readers looking for analysis, stories, links, and general coverage of the conference. As with any successful blog, we welcome any and all submissions, comments, tips, leads, and inquiries in order to make this a better place. Just e-mail at the address provided on the right underneath the RSS feed link (while you're there, please subscribe!).
Thank you for your interest. We hope to earn a place in your feed reader, bookmarks, or general site-checking circuit.
