They looked at Missouri Valley, Big West and West Coast...
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With the AAC currently only interested in adding Boise State’s football program according to Apsey’s email, the Broncos would need to find a home for the other sports in a different conference to make it work.
The ‘Athletics 2020 and Beyond’ document from Larrondo lists three conferences as possibilities in the second item under the “where should we focus our efforts to advance the programs” section.
“With a football move to the AAC, determine basketball programs and Olympic sports conference move that provides best opportunity for program success – West Coast Conference, Big West Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, etc,” the document said.
Boise State ended its season with a 34-20 loss to San Jose State in the Mountain West title game on Saturday. The Broncos elected not to participate in a bowl game.
Harsin was asked last week about Boise State’s place in the Mountain West and his push to leave the conference but declined to comment, saying “those are things we’ll get into later.”