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Posted by NinerNation
on 9/16/2023, 1:07 pm, in reply to "Re: D1 Ticker on west coast talk between WCC and WAC"
Article in Sacramento Bee with the idea that baseball should move to BW.
“Should the Big West or any other conference have interest in us, then certainly we’re willing to listen." - Sacramento State AD
“It’d be great to have Sac State in the Big West,” UCD coach Tommy Nicholson said. “Imagine how fun the UCD-Sac State games would be.” Sac State represents the state capital, and along with UCD, it would provide a bit more Northern California punch. Sac State has a nice home venue, with lights, with tradition. The Hornets have the pedigree to be that 12th Big West program. The Big West will have meetings next month to discuss adding another school. The earliest a 12th could be added would be for the 2024 season.
https://csnbbs.com/thread-947936.html
Agree
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Extra Points publisher Matt Brown reports the “rapid deterioration of the Pac-12, along with the challenges in scheduling (particularly for Olympic sports), have led some campus-based leaders [in the West Coast Conference] to push for the league to be a bit more aggressive” with expansion.” Brown adds there has been mutual interest between the WCC and Grand Canyon but so far the Lopes don’t have the seven votes necessary to secure an invite. “For what it’s worth, virtually every single person I’ve talked to has identified [San Francisco] as the swing vote.” However, Brown believes it’s not a given that GCU would accept an invite because “there is a possibility that whatever configuration the Mountain West + Oregon State + [Washington State] takes…there’s a chance that league could also seek to add non-football members, such as Grand Canyon, Gonzaga, or other members of the WCC or WAC.”