[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by pbear19

I'm from MO, and it took me a while to figure out she meant SW region of MO only. Springfield is (I believe) less than 3 hours from Fayetteville AR, and within 4 of Stillwater OK, Columbia MO and Lawrence KS. So it's not crazy isolated within it's 'region', but I guess if the region is SWMO only, then sure. But then there is also only one largish system in Central MO, one in NE MO, one in NW MO, one in SE MO...

Yep ... now for your Missouri geography lesson for the day as it relates to the university system:

Central MO - University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University) in Warrensberg, MO
NE MO - Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University, changed name to become more "selective", e.i. "we're going to charge more for tuition") in Kirksville, MO
NW MO - Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, MO
SW MO - The OP's school, Missouri State University (formerly Southwest Missouri State University, changed their name to sound as big as Mizzou, but they aren't) in Springfield, MO
SE MO - Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO

Univeristy of Missouri (Mizzou) in Columbia, MO is a Big 12 school and probably the largest university in the state with regards to students and a Greek system.