(04-04-2018 05:11 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  It's good that in the Mountain West, there isn't another Gonzaga type, who isn't propping up the conference. Problem is, there aren't consistent programs in general within it. So, maybe there isn't one team doing a lot of the work (it used to be UNM and UNLV), but lately, there hasn't been anyone reliable in general. You don't have a Gonzaga in the MWC, but you don't have a St. Mary's or BYU, either.

I just don't think Gonzaga realizes how much of the uplift they get from the WCC is due to their own success. I mean, yeah, they know they prop up the conference...are they aware BYU and SMC are just trying to keep up and not be something different or better? They'd get that in the MWC, because UNLV and UNM know a thing or two about the game, and aren't just trying to keep appearances with some other school. That makes the MWC more like the AAC, and why Wichita's a good comparison, imo...Wichita doesn't need the MVC or AAC to define it, but does need programs who know the sport intimately to help refine their own program. WCC will never be good for that.

I think the team in the MWC that get screwed a lot by the basketball committee is Boise State. They have won more than 20 games, and sometimes 19 games the past 6 or 7 years, and they only got 1 invite in that time period. They are the one that seems to be not up and down like a Yo-Yo in men's basketball with their wins and loses.