KUTV, the CBS affiliate in Salt Lake is reporting the following...It will be announced on Tuesday that Utah Valley and CS Bakersfield have accepted an invitation to join the WAC. The main reason...to get an NCAA auto bid in all sports. Official announcement on Tuesday.
Details to follow when they are known.
The non-football WAC in 2013 is now:
Denver
Idaho
NM State
Seattle
Utah Valley
CS Bakersfield
1 more school needs to be added for the conference to maintain it's status and keep it's automatic bids into the NCAA tournaments. I doubt that UVU and CSUB would join without that other member, so who is it? That is one mystery that needs to be solved.
My speculation is that the other member member will be absorbed from the GWC. Meaning either UT Pan American, Houston Baptist or Chicago State.
It has also been reported that the WAC has a 2-year waiver from the NCAA to the 7-team rule. The august conference would have until the 2015/16 academic year to reconstitute itself. The Great West also includes New Jersey Tech. If nothing else, the WAC is more travel friendly for the Wolverines than the GWC.
Read the report at NBC.
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Grand Canyon (in Phoenix) moving up from Division II is my best bet. I thought UC San Diego, but the students turned down a fee increase to be able to go to Division I last spring.
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