A recent Bleacher Report article compares the WAC to a game of Jenga that is about to end. One more block could bring the entire conference down. The WAC may not even survive as a basketball school, the addition of Pacific to the WCC spells bad news. The main reason for the addition of Pacific was to balance the conference, to give BYU a travel partner. What happens if BYU goes to the Big 12, what happens if they do not? Does the WCC add Seattle and/or Denver? If so, is the WAC just finished?
The WAC probably needs to act BEFORE the MWC adds Utah State and San Jose State or C-USA adds Louisiana Tech and/or UTSA. There is not much time left.
Here is the long list of programs for the WAC:
Big Sky Conference
Montana
Montana State
Sacramento State (CA)
Portland State (OR)
Weber State (UT)
Northern Arizona
Eastern Washington
Cal Poly (Football Only)
UC Davis (Football Only)
Missouri Valley Football Conference
Missouri State
North Dakota State
Northern Iowa
South Dakota State
Southland Conference
Lamar (TX)
McNeese State (LA)
Northwestern State (LA)
Sam Houston State (TX)
Stephen F. Austin (TX)
Schools that could add football programs and join the WAC.
Big West Conference
Cal State Fullerton
UC Santa Barbara
Long Beach State (CA)
West Coast Conference
Santa Clara (CA)
Gonzaga (WA)
WAC non-football schools
Denver (CO)
Seattle (WA)
UT Arlington
Others
UC Santa Barbara
Wichita State (KS)
Utah Valley
Pick 4, any 4 and the WAC will survive.
Current 2013 WAC alignment...
Football Schools
Idaho
Louisiana Tech (Candidate for C-USA)
New Mexico State
San Jose State (Candidate for MWC)
Texas State
Texas San Antonio (Candidate for C-USA)
Utah State (Candidate for MWC)
Non-football Schools
Boise State
Denver
Seattle
Texas Arlington
(Boise State will have their football program in the Big East while the other 3 non-football schools do not sponsor football.)
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No matter who the WAC invites, the MWC will invite Utah State and SJSU; and CUSA will invite LaTech. The WAC will need to add at least four, not three. Four will get them back to 8. That is if NMSU, UTSA, and Texas State all stay put. Of those three only UTSA is likely to go as well. Idaho, btw, is going nowhere. I doubt the Big Sky would even take them back.
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