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    WAC gets a new member

    The WAC just announced the addition of California Baptist University as a new member. They will begin the transition in 2018. They are currently finishing transition from DIII to DII. Provides the WAC with some stability considering that there are several factors that could result in one or more teams leaving such as Chicago State's financial problems, NMSU's lack of a home for football and other issues. CBU apparently has a strong academic record, a good athletic tradition and about 9000 students so could be a good get for the WAC.
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    Re: WAC gets a new member

    Originally posted by Rabbit74 View Post
    The WAC just announced the addition of California Baptist University as a new member. They will begin the transition in 2018. They are currently finishing transition from DIII to DII. Provides the WAC with some stability considering that there are several factors that could result in one or more teams leaving such as Chicago State's financial problems, NMSU's lack of a home for football and other issues. CBU apparently has a strong academic record, a good athletic tradition and about 9000 students so could be a good get for the WAC.
    I assume you mean transitioning from DII to DI?

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      Re: WAC gets a new member

      Originally posted by FeaRed View Post
      I assume you mean transitioning from DII to DI?
      He ment what he wrote I think.. They moved up to DII from DIII I believe. Now they are jumping to DI

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        Re: WAC gets a new member

        Originally posted by MontanaRabbit View Post
        He ment what he wrote I think.. They moved up to DII from DIII I believe. Now they are jumping to DI
        That is correct. You have to have I believe 5 years at DII before you can move up. They complete the 5 years next year and therefore can start the transition to DI in 18. So they were very recently D III

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          Re: WAC gets a new member

          Originally posted by Rabbit74 View Post
          That is correct. You have to have I believe 5 years at DII before you can move up. They complete the 5 years next year and therefore can start the transition to DI in 18. So they were very recently D III
          DII must not have the postseason ban. Their women made the elite eight a couple years ago.

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            Re: WAC gets a new member

            Originally posted by Rabbit74 View Post
            The WAC just announced the addition of California Baptist University as a new member. They will begin the transition in 2018. They are currently finishing transition from DIII to DII. Provides the WAC with some stability considering that there are several factors that could result in one or more teams leaving such as Chicago State's financial problems, NMSU's lack of a home for football and other issues. CBU apparently has a strong academic record, a good athletic tradition and about 9000 students so could be a good get for the WAC.
            From the 9000 students they can put some real cash in the budget with just a slight increase in student fees. Students now days dont seem to mind. In my day, Stadium for State was a huge uproar. "How dare you build an Ohio State Stadium our campus". I think the WAC have a good candidate here.

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              Re: WAC gets a new member

              One of the problems the WAC has is that they don't have a Sioux Falls tourney to feed the mother ship.

              Playing the BB tourneys at The Orleans casino in Vegas is a bit like playing at ORU.

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                Re: WAC gets a new member

                Originally posted by Roy View Post
                One of the problems the WAC has is that they don't have a Sioux Falls tourney to feed the mother ship.

                Playing the BB tourneys at The Orleans casino in Vegas is a bit like playing at ORU.
                The bitch from DU when they joined the Summit was that they liked the Vegas tournament. Probably didn't care that there were 300 in the stands.

                Now I'd like to see UMKC come back in. Compared to ORU and IUPUI the thousand people or so that packed the Swinney were the height of fan involvement. Don't know what the larger digs off campus are like.

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                • #9
                  Re: WAC gets a new member

                  I think it is a bit of a stretch to call them a good get at this point. Check out their facilities. Arguably, their nicest facility is their aquatics. Their newest facility is for the cheerleaders. Basketball has a capacity of 1,100. (If it didn't have chair back seating, it would not be much different than a small high school gym.)

                  I'm curious if they plan to keep wrestling at the D1 level and if so, I'd suspect they'd be interested in the Pac 12? (Pac 12 has six teams.)

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                  • #10
                    Re: WAC gets a new member

                    They are moving into an new arena that is supposed to be completed this year:
                    CBU ARENA.jpg
                    USD Fan

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                    • #11
                      Re: WAC gets a new member

                      Originally posted by hareball View Post
                      They are moving into an new arena that is supposed to be completed this year:
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                      Did they do it without raising student fees?

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