...it sound like this was a done deal, even to the point of saying that Gonzaga had "1 and a half feet or more already in the MWC."

The latest CBS article is the exact opposite.

It's nothing more than "maybes" and "possibilities" and "hopefullys" all coming from Hair.

Heck, Hair hasn't even talked to other MWC schools about Gonzaga, and Gonzaga is still talking to other conferences. And they haven't even talked to gonna about what membership in the MWC would even look like. And Gonzaga's AD doesn't even remotely say they want to go to the MWC, only that they're considering different options.

That San Diego reporter was waaaaaaaay off in his article and during his interview with Criddle.