Andy Katz- Montana would be nice addition to WAC

[BearIt]

...For the WAC to make a significant step, the league must convince Montana to join for 2012-13. The WAC can land Denver and/or Seattle and has Texas-San Antonio and Texas State lined up and ready to accept a bid.

The latter two aren't going to move the meter for men's basketball. Denver has shown signs of progress under coach Joe Scott and is in a position to contend in the Sun Belt this season. If Denver was able to snag an NCAA bid, the timing could work out well for the school and the WAC, since the Denver market yearns for a college basketball winner to call its own. And in Seattle, without the NBA in town, maybe coach Cameron Dollar and the Redhawks can create a niche fan base as an alternative to Washington.

But Montana offers the most traditional college basketball program that the WAC could land out West. The pickings are slim, and the WAC won't go after a Big West school, although WAC member Hawaii could still flirt with football independence and send the rest of its sports to the Big West. So if there is another school out there that makes sense for all sports, it is Montana...

That's just a snipit. Read the full article here:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...atz_andy/id/5736849/montana-nice-addition-wac

 

[keena52]

Nice comments and respect for the B-Ball program. I would like to play in the WAC multiple qualifiers every year for the tourney and a little higher seeding would be nice. We would compete nicely with them.