Chicago State on NCAA’s “Death Row?”

A comment by Gregg Doyel on CBS Sportsline[*1] has set off a minor buzz on some fan bulletin boards:

Two Mid-Continent men’s basketball teams told SportsLine.com they’ve been advised to find non-conference replacements for 2006-07 in case Chicago State gets a department-wide death penalty, which would be the first since SMU football in 1987.

Why do I care? The Mid-Continent, Chicago State’s conference, might reach out to my alma mater, South Dakota State University, to beef up the conference and fill the hole left by Chicago State’s year-long NCAA-mandated sports time-out. That would be OK with me, living here in Kansas City which is Mid-Con territory with UMKC in town.