I'm going to be honest...I do believe the ship has sailed on any hope that Mid-Majors will elevate to where the power-conferences. It's just a delusion. Akron, Kent and Ohio haven't become perennial power-houses that the nation at large cares about despite having a nearly 20-year domination between the three schools, with Ohio even making the Sweet-16.
Mid-Majors that have become something on the national-scale, either fall quickly because they cannot hold onto the coaches that made them that (Shaka Smart and VCU comes to mind) or they built it during a time when there was more parity almost a half century ago at this point.