For Funsies: Conference Reallignment/Creation

BigE said:

West Coast Conference Adds Oregon State and Washington State as Affiliate Members​

The WCC extended invitations to OSU and WSU in 12 sports, with both institutions set to compete as affiliate members in men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s golf, women’s golf, women’s cross country and women’s rowing. Oregon State will also participate in the Conference in men’s soccer and softball, and Washington State will also compete in the WCC in women’s tennis and men’s cross country.

“The West Coast Conference provides an exceptional experience with strong values that are shared across its membership,” said Dr. Thayne McCulloh, President of Gonzaga University and the Chair of the WCC Presidents’ Council. “We are pleased with the opportunity to support Oregon State and Washington State with affiliate membership. Their addition to the WCC augments the national competitive excellence and fortifies the strength of the Conference across these 12 sports. We look forward to partnering with these institutions as we continue to support our student-athletes, coaches, and programs across the full range of our sponsored sports.”

The addition of Oregon State and Washington State gives the Conference 11 teams in men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, volleyball and women’s cross country; 10 teams in men’s golf and women’s tennis; nine in men’s soccer, men’s cross country and women’s rowing; and six in softball and women’s golf.

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West Coast Conference Adds Oregon State and Washington State as Affiliate Members

The West Coast Conference has announced the addition of Oregon State University and Washington State University as affiliate members across 12 sports for a two-year term, beginning with the 2024-25 academic year.
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This is probably only a 2-3 year deal while they protect the PAC 12 revenue they plan on collecting while keeping the PAC 12 doors open for football only. Oregon State and Washington State also have an OOC football schedule that they agreed to with the Mountain West that will also probably last 2-3 years. After that, you can expect the Mountain West and Oregon State/Washington State to merge into one conference for all sports.
 
Wolfpack Ram said:
This is probably only a 2-3 year deal while they protect the PAC 12 revenue they plan on collecting while keeping the PAC 12 doors open for football only. Oregon State and Washington State also have an OOC football schedule that they agreed to with the Mountain West that will also probably last 2-3 years. After that, you can expect the Mountain West and Oregon State/Washington State to merge into one conference for all sports.
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Wolfpack Ram said:
This is probably only a 2-3 year deal while they protect the PAC 12 revenue they plan on collecting while keeping the PAC 12 doors open for football only. Oregon State and Washington State also have an OOC football schedule that they agreed to with the Mountain West that will also probably last 2-3 years. After that, you can expect the Mountain West and Oregon State/Washington State to merge into one conference for all sports.
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two years
as is the football only deal with the MWC.
 

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UMass is reportedly heading back to the MAC​

The Minutemen had been an FBS independent member since 2016.​

  • DOUG SAMUELS
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  • Don Brown and UMass are heading back to the conference they called home for a few seasons.

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Once a Division I-AA (now FCS) power, UMass won the national title and set all kinds of records under Mark Whipple in his first season leading the Minutemen back in 1998.​

In 2011, a few seasons following success during Don Brown's first stint as head coach, UMass made the jump to the FBS level as a member of the MAC for the 2012 season. By 2013 they played a full FBS and MAC schedule.​

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SteveMM said:
That was the first thing that caught my eye. It would have made more sense to take St. Joe's. Sure, you lose the New York market, but you pick up Philly and a team that has the potential to actually be good for more than one year at a time.
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Does the A-10 really have the New York City market with Fordham? The size of their gym and their attendance figures speak otherwise. They are averaging 1,805 per home game this year in a 3,200 seat gym. I also can't believe there are a lot of people in NYC glued to their TV's watching Fordham basketball. Just because a conference has a school in a particular TV market, it doesn't guarantee the conference a significant piece of that market.
 
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