No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
I saw that too, and while that's great, that's another skewed stat in my opinion. The WAC used to be know for the old football programs, but they had good basketball programs too before they all left. Utah State, UNLV, Fresno State, New Mexico, BYU, San Diego State were all programs that were consistently battling for (deserved) at-large bids.wahlwesle said:No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
According to Ivey's email, two WAC teams have made the tournament 28 out of 45 seasons.
With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
Doubt it. With the loss of Chicago St. and the 4 TX adds, there will be 12 teams next season. 22 games is too long. My guess is we'll get all TX teams twice and others once (16 games?).No-look said:
Another question. Will we be playing every team twice?
Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:nacluth said:With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.
It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.
Rev007 said:
All we need is slightly better guard play, and that could come this year if we can get Posey on the court.
These pics make me wish, even more, that we would do away with the purple barrier surrounding the court. It's a seriously antiquated design that you don't see anymore, for good reason.PurpleOut said:Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:nacluth said:With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.
It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.
New Mexico State
Grand Canyon
Cal Baptist
Utah Valley
Dixie State
Tarleton State
UTRGV
Seattle (they also play a lot of games in Key Arena where the Sonics used to play)
Obviously not all of these places will be full like these pics, but it's going to be 10x better. As Keller said, "we are going to a real basketball league where people come to the games." Hopefully we step up and continue to increase attendance.
I'll tweet all these out tomorrow.
So are you saying everyone should do away with it because almost all have their school colors surrounding the court?LUMBERJACK2005 said:These pics make me wish, even more, that we would do away with the purple barrier surrounding the court. It's a seriously antiquated design that you don't see anymore, for good reason.PurpleOut said:Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:nacluth said:With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.
It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.
New Mexico State
Grand Canyon
Cal Baptist
Utah Valley
Dixie State
Tarleton State
UTRGV
Seattle (they also play a lot of games in Key Arena where the Sonics used to play)
Obviously not all of these places will be full like these pics, but it's going to be 10x better. As Keller said, "we are going to a real basketball league where people come to the games." Hopefully we step up and continue to increase attendance.
I'll tweet all these out tomorrow.
I agree for the most part, at least along the sidelines. You could add an extra row of seats closer to the court.LUMBERJACK2005 said:These pics make me wish, even more, that we would do away with the purple barrier surrounding the court. It's a seriously antiquated design that you don't see anymore, for good reason.PurpleOut said:Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:nacluth said:With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.
It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.
New Mexico State
Grand Canyon
Cal Baptist
Utah Valley
Dixie State
Tarleton State
UTRGV
Seattle (they also play a lot of games in Key Arena where the Sonics used to play)
Obviously not all of these places will be full like these pics, but it's going to be 10x better. As Keller said, "we are going to a real basketball league where people come to the games." Hopefully we step up and continue to increase attendance.
I'll tweet all these out tomorrow.
PurpleOut said:I agree for the most part, at least along the sidelines. You could add an extra row of seats closer to the court.LUMBERJACK2005 said:These pics make me wish, even more, that we would do away with the purple barrier surrounding the court. It's a seriously antiquated design that you don't see anymore, for good reason.PurpleOut said:Agreed. The bright side is that all of these current WAC programs have a much higher ceiling, better facilities and trajectory compared to middle and low end SLC teams. Just in case you haven't seen some of these places:nacluth said:With the current membership, there has never been an at-large berth. Only three current WAC teams have been to the NCAA's: NMST 26 times, Cal Baptist once in 2016, and Seattle 11 times but the last was in 1969.No-look said:
Will the WAC be a one bid conference to the Dance?
There's work to be done, but as far as basketball goes, we're really getting to play New Mexico St. and our other rivals. GCU is a great place to play, but they have been lackluster historically. Cal Baptist has been solid in the short term. Expect the SLC teams to be at the top with NMSU.
It's not a powerhouse basketball league yet despite the hype. It has a better potential than the Southland, but our main competitors are still going to be local.
New Mexico State
Grand Canyon
Cal Baptist
Utah Valley
Dixie State
Tarleton State
UTRGV
Seattle (they also play a lot of games in Key Arena where the Sonics used to play)
Obviously not all of these places will be full like these pics, but it's going to be 10x better. As Keller said, "we are going to a real basketball league where people come to the games." Hopefully we step up and continue to increase attendance.
I'll tweet all these out tomorrow.
TallTexan said:
One thing you really notice with the new building is that the WRJ facade is really aged.
Gonna need to work on that part or atleast a fresh coat of paint.
Sweet.PurpleOut said:TallTexan said:
One thing you really notice with the new building is that the WRJ facade is really aged.
Gonna need to work on that part or atleast a fresh coat of paint.
New facade is part of the construction to be completed with the practice facility.
All the more reason to beat the snot out of Sam.PurpleOut said:
Don't think it's been officially announced, but Keller mentioned tonight that there would be no tournament this season for these guys.
I know there's no guarantee of a tournament period this year, but this has to be a gut punch to our seniors. All JUCO transfers who helped drive the team to a three loss season including knocking off the #1 team. No postseason, and then now starting conference very strong with no chance of postseason.PurpleOut said:
Don't think it's been officially announced, but Keller mentioned tonight that there would be no tournament this season for these guys.
