8th best? That just sounds so awful. Is awful. And this as about as good as the WCC can get. It. Is. Not. A. Good. Conference. It has one terrific team year in and year out. Every three years there MAY BE a 2nd NCAA tourney team.
Are you a Cougar fan looking at the current situation in the WCC as “glass is half full” or are you a WCC PR honk? Gonzaga, the only team worth a spit, wanted out. ‘Nuff said.