This is getting ridiculous......Not a great time for the Big West- going downhill

Out:
UC San Diego
UC Davis
Hawaii (mostly)

In:
Sac St.
Cal Baptist
Utah Valley

Happy we are leaving

Interesting California blueprint in the future: From Cal Poly to the Los Angeles area schools with the Utah Valley outlier

Here comes the rumors. JY also said TV said no for UCI and UCSB/UCR to MW.

The WCC is a good landing place, as well as an upgrade, for UCSD - and UCI, if they're moving. It's a non-football conference, with basketball and soccer as the headline sports. The big difference is enrollment. The other WCC schools are small, religiously affiliated schools. In the long run, UCSD could become like the 800lb. gorilla in the chimpanzee exhibit.

I remember listening to the basketball game in which UCD won the D2 national championship. The enrollment differential was all the announcers talked about. Similar thing here.

I don't know if UCSD will be an 800 pound gorilla when there are still three schools in the top 100 in St. Mary's, USF, and Santa Clara. The WCC will be a nice conference with the addition of UCI and UCSB.

It’s a big move for those two. I wonder how the WCC fits their other sports? Seems like a drop off for baseball.

What will happen to the other UC's specifically UCI and UCSB? Riverside is probably staying in BW.

More about perception, perhaps.

I'm curious if UCSD's success is sustainable since their head coach left followed by some players via the portal. I haven't paid attention to their recruitment since then.

I don’t follow other schools, so I didn’t know that. Probably depends on the new coach and if he was able to bring in some players.

Kind of like Traci Joyner leaving and taking 5-6 transfers and 2-3 recruits with her. If the current UCD WSOC team had those several starters - 4 of whom are among the top XI at Oregon - I doubt our record would be 1-2-2. Plus one of the recruits is the top sub. It probably will take Kat Mertz a couple of years to rebuild our WSOC program.

It sure can be. SD and UCI are providing their programs with the resources to be successful.

Yeah. If one factors collectives, then I presume non-football schools like UCSD, UCI, and UCSB should perform significantly better than a typical mid-major non-football school.

This sucks for Sac.

it still seems like a better fit for most of their sports. Beats basketball trips to Montana or Idaho in the winter!

Mainly it’s just the budget. The collectives aren’t doing much at either place although they do have aspirations.

Definately agree it’s a better fit, but not as good of a conference without UCSD and UCI.

Could St Mary's end up moving to the Mountain West Conference....?

https://herosports.com/cbb-realignment-never-sleeps-big-west-west-coast-denver-ksks/

Is the idea that st Mary’s would be going to a multiple bid conference (even after the Pac12 departures) and that makes it a jump up?