WCC Next Power Basketball Conference? This is a good article...

Feb 27, 2020
7:41:57am

UMWolverine Contributor

Would three NCAA tournament bids make the WCC a college basketball power conference?

Should the WCC be considered a basketball power conference? Gonzaga, BYU and Saint Mary's have helped its case.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28787171/would-three-ncaa-tournament-bids-make-wcc-college-basketball-power-conference

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WCC Next Power Basketball Conference? This is a good article...

UMWolverine

2/27/20 7:41am

Of course ESPN wants the WCC to be viewed as a power conference. They have a TV

cougarfan84

2/27/20 8:29am

I don't know how important or relevant the term power conference is anyway

BlueK

2/27/20 8:43am

The great thing about basketball is it is ALL marketing.

StalwartBraveTrue

2/27/20 3:29pm

The biggest difference is the access to higher-rated players

BYUHgrad

2/27/20 4:14pm

Aye. And most WCC schools are too small and under-supported. USF has a shot

Doogal McCougar

2/27/20 8:45am

Some history

flyzag

2/27/20 11:07am

So true

clocker

2/27/20 9:57am

Not that they can't show more improvement, but the reason the WCC

Gentleman Stan

2/27/20 10:17am

4 teams with 20 wins, and 2 more that should make it (1 in the regular season,

BYUHgrad

2/27/20 10:34am

Let's have 2 or 3 years like this year, and then re-evaluate.

BYUHgrad

2/27/20 10:32am

St Marys had a stronger non-conference schedule than us this year?

HootnHoller

2/27/20 10:37am

no, they didn't. According to NET, BYU is #9 non-conference schedule. SMC is

BlueK

2/27/20 11:04am

The WCC won't be a power conference until they regularly get 3+ teams

kudzucoug

2/27/20 10:50am

WCC is not strong enough top to bottom.

Zoobieman

2/27/20 1:28pm

By choosing to play less conference games they become a power conference. That

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