Wichita St. to AAC Next Year (Officially Official)

[RayIsTheGOAT]

Report: Wichita State to Join AAC

Effective 2017-18

 

[JMick]

I don't love it but I do like that it's immediate. They're going to be really good next year

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Wow.

 

[RUSS56]

Will help the RPI's, much needed, as long as they stay good.

 

[Kemba429]

Gives the conference a better basketball wrap for now... Hopefully Marshall will stay at WSU because of this.

 

[superjohn]

Anyone who doesn't like this is a fool. None of us like our situation but unless we are moving back to the Big East and finding another home for football or something else changes drastically in realignment, this is our reality. We are adding a top 10 team next year, it's a no-brainer.

 

[krinklecut]

Awesome. I am all for any team that will make the AAC better.

 

[huskyniner]

Is the TV contract growing larger with this addition? No? Not worth it.

This is gross.

 

[joober jones]

Let the "shocker" jokes commence.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

The University of Connecticut and Wichita State University in the same conference.

Unbelievable.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Great, add Kansas to our list of in-conference road trips - that should help recruiting. And more than that, I would much prefer not be affiliated with a school being floated by the Koch brothers.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Is the TV contract growing larger with this addition? No? Not worth it.

This is gross.

The NCAA tournament win-shares from adding Wichita surely outweight the 1/11 of the pennies we lose in cutting a non-football school into the TV deal, no?

 

[UCDaveD]

Yay, another mouth to feed.

Can we at least kick someone out while we're at it?

 

[WestHartHusk]

Yay, another mouth to feed.

Can we at least kick someone out while we're at it?

May I suggest UConn?

 

[UC1995]

The Frankenstein conference is continuing its journey. No longer about good academic schools... no longer about markets... no longer about improving the football side to get a bigger contract heading forward. This only looks good on paper.

 

[Chely's Home]

Dayton
Vcu
i can see them adding these schools if this works out, and if the programs maintain success with their new coaches

 

[krinklecut]

The University of Connecticut and Wichita State University in the same conference.

Unbelievable.

You need to take a good look at UConn of late.

Yes, this is a shortsighted move. WSU is not a long term powerhouse. But right now, it will help us. By the time that wears out I'm really hoping we're playing basketball in a conference that isn't AAC.

 

[superjohn]

The University of Connecticut and Wichita State University in the same conference.

Unbelievable.

We are already in a league with 7 or 8 other worse basketball schools, Wichita is currently better than any team in this conference. Did you not realize we are already sharing a conference with Tulane and Tulsa?

 

[King Husky]

Yay, another mouth to feed.

Can we at least kick someone out while we're at it?

Is the argument against this that they will be given more money than they bring in? Isn't there a way to allocate the league money they get based on not having football? I'm sure they would still want to be in the conference if this were the case.

 

[superjohn]

You need to take a good look at UConn of late.

Yes, this is a shortsighted move. WSU is not a long term powerhouse. But right now, it will help us. By the time that wears out I'm really hoping we're playing basketball in a conference that isn't AAC.

They are the best available basketball school, no basketball powerhouse is going to leave the P5 to join the AAC.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

We are already in a league with 7 or 8 other worse basketball schools, Wichita is currently better than any team in this conference. Did you not realize we are already sharing a conference with Tulane and Tulsa?

So when Wichita regresses to the mean, which I think is a lot more likely to happen then them staying as a Top 15 Ken Pom darling, we'll have another Tulsa on our hands.

Just great.

 

[krinklecut]

So when Wichita regresses to the mean, which I think is a lot more likely to happen then them staying as a Top 15 Ken Pom darling, we'll have another Tulsa on our hands.

Just great.

Yeah, that team Tulsa we always beat handily.

 

[UC313]

At bare minimum, this will boost attendance in the short term. Id much rather go see a game against a ranked Wichita St. than Tulane, E. Carolina or USF. We need to concentrate on making ourselves look great over the next 8 years until realignment rears its ugly head again. This is a short term decision for us. I could care less if it waters down the AAC once (hopefully) we've left for greener pastures.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Yeah, that team Tulsa we always beat handily.

What don't you understand about adding a team that a) nobody cares about b) in an area nobody lives in c) that's located halfway across the country.

I mean, hey, anytime you can the 3rd most popular program in Kansas in combination with the 3rd most popular program in Oklahoma you just gotta do it.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

This is good news right now for us, no matter how you spin it.
Potential for at least 5 or 6 good conference games now. On top of our loaded non-conference.