This appears to be the BIG 12's next focus and that is building an income stream from the basketball programs and bringing in Gonzaga is a big key in this. From reports they are finalizing details at this point. As I pointed out earlier, Gonzaga wanted out of the WCC BADLY! There was a problem because the BIG 12 wanted to bring in UCON, but the BIG 12 didn't want UCON's football program and UCON refused to drop football, so that kind of went nowhere.
I had hoped if we could have moved fast enough that with the 2 PAC schools that maybe Gonzaga could be lured to stay closer to home, but with how everything that is being dragged out in the PAC division and the money that the BIG 12 can offer, that Gonzaga will not be coming along with the MWC and the PAC2. Frankly I knew it was a stretch, but apparently it has been in Gonzaga's AD's mind that the earlier communication with the BIG 12 should be reawakened now that there has been some cooling off since the football realignment.
I had hoped if we could have moved fast enough that with the 2 PAC schools that maybe Gonzaga could be lured to stay closer to home, but with how everything that is being dragged out in the PAC division and the money that the BIG 12 can offer, that Gonzaga will not be coming along with the MWC and the PAC2. Frankly I knew it was a stretch, but apparently it has been in Gonzaga's AD's mind that the earlier communication with the BIG 12 should be reawakened now that there has been some cooling off since the football realignment.
