Fan support, donations, boosters, etc. The money for that and the facilities to recruit better athletes don't just materialize out of thin air. The pitiful fan support of the lower level WCC teams directly relates to their inability to get better.
I'm in the group that isn't going to criticize the small gyms. It's the small gyms that are 10% full that I will criticize. It's BYU having 75% of the fans at the LMU game last Saturday. That is small time.
I'm still grateful for the WCC and what they have done for us, but there are some pitiful basketball programs in our league.
Again, Nick shouldn't have done what he did. Especially to one of the programs in the league that actually does care and actually does have fan support.