Maurer committed to Grand Canyon earlier this afternoon.

Top player in the state of Oregon.

Second 4 ⭐️ commit in the last month.

An already strong program continuing to grow 📈.pic.twitter.com/NEBdlmFwIe

— Mid-Major Madness (@mid_madness) October 29, 2023

Atmosphere and NIL is good at GCU.

Who does the WAC add, when Tarleton announces their move to CUSA?

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Oh dear.... hope we see a major change by the time the year is over.

This GCU being sued by the feds, is an embarrassment for the conference.

Grand Canyon is killing it in the WAC!

Baseball - WAC Champions
M. Basketball - 1st Place
W. Basketball - 1st Place
Softball - WAC Champions
Volleyball - 2nd Place

SFAXE93 said:

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Grand Canyon is killing it in the WAC!

Baseball - WAC Champions
M. Basketball - 1st Place
W. Basketball - 1st Place
Softball - WAC Champions
Volleyball - 2nd Place

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Money and talent. GCU has tons of it.

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Ugh.

I put this here, as it would impact the WAC if SFA left the WAC for the SLC.

Is it a coincidence, or do we seem to be playing more SLC teams in golf/tennis … (almost every sport) than the previous 2 years combined?

NEWS | The Big Sky, Big West, Western Athletic, and West Coast Conferences will join the Big 12 and Missouri Valley men’s basketball officiating consortium, forming the Collegiate Officiating Consortium - MBB (COC-MBB)
🗞️ https://t.co/qZnhNTXjRG#OneWAC x #WAChoops pic.twitter.com/BMzxUCe3VG

— The Western Athletic Conference (@WACsports) April 11, 2024

🎾 The 2024 @HerculesTires WAC Women's Tennis Tournament Bracket is set!

1️⃣ @GCU_WTennis
2️⃣ @TarletonTennis
3️⃣ @UTAMavsWTennis
4️⃣ @seattleutennis
5️⃣ @ACU_WTEN
6️⃣ @UTRGVWmnsTennis
7️⃣ @SFA_Tennis
8️⃣ @UtahTech_WTEN

📲: https://t.co/27ePfYL88K#OneWAC x #WACten pic.twitter.com/scgeFy5h4c

— The Western Athletic Conference (@WACsports) April 15, 2024

Matt Norlander is reporting that GCU and Seattle are headed to the WCC in 2025. Imho the WAC is no longer sustainable unless they can pull in a Denver, ORU and UNC (Northern Colorado). Even with those adds it's a stretch. The writing appears to be on the wall. The WAC is dead unless Brian Thornton has a magic trick ready.

Looks like we can be headed back to the Southland.
https://www.ksl.com/article/51009328/gcu-seattle-departures-puts-wac-its-3-utah-schools-back-in-limbo

UT Arlington to the MVC? One article (Peoria Journal Star) has UT Arlington as a top candidate. ORU also listed.

Matt Brown(Extra Points) had some interesting reporting on the future of the WAC today.

The remaining 7 members(post 2025) are looking at a 2 year agreement that increases exit fees, but invests the exit money directly in the remaining programs(better broadcast quality, payouts to reduce House settlements, etc).

All 7 members have taken calls from other conferences, some have had site visits, and 2 have current, commitable offers from other conferences.

But the current consensus is wait 2 years and see how the Pac2 shakeout goes. They could either have more candidates to add in expansion, or better landing spots than they currently posses(or the same landing spots,but ability to snag the 6 million in exit cash split across 7 members).

Obviously CBU/WCC is not one of the commitable offers or they'd already be gone. My sincere guess is that either the Southland or the ASUN made a run at ACU/Tarleton.

So looks like we may not be reunited with ACU for another few years at earliest.

TallTexan said:

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Matt Brown(Extra Points) had some interesting reporting on the future of the WAC today.

The remaining 7 members(post 2025) are looking at a 2 year agreement that increases exit fees, but invests the exit money directly in the remaining programs(better broadcast quality, payouts to reduce House settlements, etc).

All 7 members have taken calls from other conferences, some have had site visits, and 2 have current, commitable offers from other conferences.

But the current consensus is wait 2 years and see how the Pac2 shakeout goes. They could either have more candidates to add in expansion, or better landing spots than they currently posses(or the same landing spots,but ability to snag the 6 million in exit cash split across 7 members).

Obviously CBU/WCC is not one of the commitable offers or they'd already be gone. My sincere guess is that either the Southland or the ASUN made a run at ACU/Tarleton.

So looks like we may not be reunited with ACU for another few years at earliest.

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I know the exit fees that we pay will prop up the WAC for a short while. In the end , traveling (in some cases - CBU) across two time zones, is really detrimental to the student athletes. Tarleton has lofty ambitions. There ambitions may end up being a mirage as CUSA seems to have hit a workable roster.

If the MWC and the PAC2 combine in some way, we might see another opportunity. We could factor into a CUSA rebuild around 2026. Who knows. It seems to me that huddling in the SLC is not the worst decision we could have made.