I assume this is department-wide and not just basketball-specific, so all those tennis, volleyball, rowing, soccer, golf players at Gonzaga would then be traveling A LOT. This conference re-alignment stuff can actually often hurt non-revenue sport recruiting in that regard....
doesn't the crew team have its own form of transportation? can't the golf team just ride their golf carts?
Either way, if it does come to pass, i would expect some guarantee that the league would schedule back-back games for them or something. I would also expect they've done the math and some amount of increased TV revenue plus booster money makes it worth their while.
1200. DDMF.
Hurt them how?
They've gotten a #1 seed in four of the past five tournaments (as well as a #2 in 2015 and a #1 in 2013). They've been to the Final Four (actually final game) twice in those five years, with seven straight Sweet 16s (four Elite Eights in seven tournaments).
I admit I have not read anything about this but...
Why not just join the Pac-12 for some sports? Can't you do that?
Hurt them not with seeding, obviously. Hurt them in being prepared to win close games against better teams than they see the last ten weeks of the season.
You can be undefeated #1 seed and get the yips when you find yourself down two with four to go because you haven't seen a team like this in three months.
Yup. Stuff that works when the other guys are smaller and slower and less skilled tends to be less effective when the other guy is at least one of same size, same speed, and same skilled.
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Chet blocked shots because his opponents in conf hadn't seen a guy his size and athleticism. They'd seen a few guys close to his size, but not nearly as mobile. So they went in to shoot because that always worked vs other teams. It didn't work vs the Zags. But in the NCAAT, tons of teams have seen guys approximately as big as Chet. So they knew how to adapt. And the Zags were boned.
Like I said earlier, in the past seven tournaments, they've been to seven Sweet 16s (tops in NCAA in those seven seasons), four Elite Eights (tied for best), and two Final Fours (tied for 3rd-best, one behind the best). Are you saying they'd have done much better if they'd played a better schedule?