(03-10-2018 01:25 PM)Sactowndog Wrote:  

(02-28-2018 06:54 PM)Wedge Wrote:  That article has an extremely rosy MWC spin. Gonzaga's RPI is "dragged down" by the bottom of the WCC? The answer to that problem is not the bottom of the MWC: CSU at 215, AFA at 239, and SJSU at 304 is an extremely small "improvement" over Loyola at 260, Portland at 275, and Pepperdine at 325. "Assuming San Diego State, UNLV and New Mexico can return to their past levels" -- C'mon. They're all struggling now. Assuming that all of them will somehow start to win every year as much as they did in their best two or three years out of the past 20 or 30 years is not a reasonable assumption, it's just a dream. The best argument that you could make for the MWC over the WCC is that most of the MWC's bottom feeders at least have the ambition to become much better in men's hoops at some point in the future, whereas I don't know that you could say that about Portland or Pepperdine.

But if this ever did happen, then it would be another potential extinction event for the WAC. Seattle would undoubtedly move to the WCC if they have to replace the Zags.

Also, I know that we should never expect anyone to "do the right thing" in college sports, but if the MWC is really looking to add new members to beef up their basketball, NMSU should be on the list.

CSU isn’t a long term problem but AF and San Jose are. If the go to 14 or 16 you can probably avoid playing them both.

The MWC has 2 bottom feeders SJSU and Air Force. CSU is a recent tournament team. 2 out of 11 with 9 of the 11 going to the NCAA’s regularly for years. Even Air Force has a ranked team a decade ago and 2 NCAA tournaments in the 2000’s.
The WCC has 6 bottom feeders. 6 out of 9 who haven’t been to a NCAA tournament in decades. The other WCC heavyweight, St Mary’s has 9 NCAA tournaments—ever
I see see a difference, but there seems to be a lot of WCC fans on this thread.