Oakland wants to join Horizon

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    Oakland University wants to be in the Horizon League and hopes it isn't kept out by the University of Detroit -- again.

    "About 10 years ago, there was interest in us from the Horizon League and Detroit stopped it," Oakland coach Greg Kampe recalled. "I know that's a fact because I called the athletic director then, Brad Kinsman, and he told me."

    Kinsman said Wednesday that Kampe's recollection is accurate.

    "The feeling back then was that it didn't make sense to share this market with another school in the same conference," said Kinsman, who retired in 2006. "Times have changed, coaches have changed, but I don't know what the thinking is now."

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