Thanks. Not bad schools, but clearly below the WCC rankings.

Jan 24, 2020
2:13:53pm

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If I could choose one school for the WCC to add, based on fit, it'd be Rice University. Great academics. But the geography is probably too far.

The WAC has a Texas school, but I don't think the WCC wants one.

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According to the U.S. and World News, the WCC became the highest ranked academic

Gentleman Stan

1/24/20 12:24pm

Despite all the hand-wringing by some, BYU fits much better in the WCC than in

Mitty

1/24/20 12:32pm

True. And over the past few years, the WCC is also the stronger basketball

Gentleman Stan

1/24/20 12:39pm

Even considering athletics first the only one that doesn't fit is mens basketbal

Schultz is back

1/24/20 12:58pm

Only gripe I've read about the WCC is mediocre fan support

dtcoug

1/24/20 1:52pm

These gripes are really just about arena size. But outside of a couple of

mannheimadler

1/24/20 4:26pm

They compare what it was from about 2007-2011.

Gentleman Stan

1/24/20 4:28pm

Yep, since that's when we left, people only remember the good times.

Mitty

1/24/20 6:51pm

The vast majority of MWC schools draw no better fan support than the WCC schools

Mitty

1/24/20 6:50pm

Typically BYU gets dinged for how long it takes people to graduate. So many RMs

Forzaitalia

1/25/20 10:29am

So how come "academics" seems to be a reason that the P12 doesn't want us?

BlueVU

1/24/20 12:59pm

You know the stock answer. BYU is a great undergrad school, but not a heavy

LiveCoug

1/24/20 1:00pm

So it's not so much the "academics", but the focus of the school on undergrads?

BlueVU

1/24/20 1:04pm

correct

BlueK

1/24/20 1:22pm

I think that grad school knock also hurts even though it is an undergrad rating.

Forzaitalia

1/25/20 10:32am

Who told you that? Anyone honest knows it has nothing to do with academics.

Mitty

1/24/20 6:53pm

IMO, we're fortunate Hair torpedoed our move to the WAC and we found a spot in

ManicBlue

1/24/20 1:27pm

Agreed. The WAC would have been bad.

dtcoug

1/24/20 1:53pm

Absolutely, he did us a huge solid actually if the story as told is true.

Mitty

1/24/20 6:54pm

and he thought he was sinking our plans by ripping the heart out of

ManicBlue

1/24/20 11:39pm

I'd be curious to see the numbers for the MWC

dtcoug

1/24/20 1:55pm

Here they are from my post:

Gentleman Stan

1/24/20 2:07pm

Thanks. Not bad schools, but clearly below the WCC rankings.

dtcoug

1/24/20 2:13pm

Yep. The highest ranked Mountain West school is 41 spots below the lowest WCC

Gentleman Stan

1/24/20 3:02pm

Rice would probably fit in just fine if they went that far east.

Mitty

1/24/20 6:55pm

The WCC is also a group of faith based schools which I don't believe Rice is so

ManicBlue

1/24/20 11:48pm

Denver, Seattle U. (former member), and Grand Canyon have all openly

Gentleman Stan

1/25/20 1:49am

Thanks

Cougarpride

1/24/20 2:17pm

Interesting. So using this method, who's the best? I'm guessing ACC then Big 10

The Chelsea Dagger

1/24/20 4:07pm

I'd say you're right. Among Top 10 basketball leagues, the ACC, Big 10, then

Gentleman Stan

1/24/20 4:15pm

Surprised Washington at 62 and not higher

YSeattle

1/24/20 4:12pm

Interesting, I was surprised to see them that high.

Mitty

1/24/20 6:56pm

Thank you, you are a scholar and a gentleman, Stan.

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