American Athletic Conference

[Shockers5150]

Just need to be healthy and schedule as many P5 teams as possible. Eff the valley.

[cjp27]

One of the conferences we want to move to just had its 16-2 league champion excluded from the tournament. I would like the Shox to get out of the Valley just as much as the next guy, but that is food for thought.

[AZ Shocker]

Just need to be healthy and schedule as many P5 teams as possible. Eff the valley.

Yep. Just the disrepect he gets as a top-level (one of the highest paid Division 1 coach) in a crap league run by a commishiner who is more than happy to "fix" things has kinda run its course.

[pinstripers]

I have had this same thought throughout the year. I have this feeling this may be Marshall's final season at Wichita St. Certainly hope not but my gut tells me there's a better than 50% chance he feels its time to move on to a better league. I think Elgin wins this juvenille battle unless a new conference invites us like quick.

Leaving the Valley, either with us or without us? Yeah, had the same worry.

[AZ Shocker]

I suppose at the end of the day it is what it is. Here's to hoping Bardo capitalizing on what he's got going and positioning our Shocker program to a big boy league!!!

GO SHOCKS!!!!

[pie n eye]

I have had this same thought throughout the year. I have this feeling this may be Marshall's final season at Wichita St. Certainly hope not but my gut tells me there's a better than 50% chance he feels its time to move on to a better league. I think Elgin wins this juvenille battle unless a new conference invites us like quick.

How many years in a row have you said this same exact thing now? Going on 9?

[ShockTalk]

One of the conferences we want to move to just had its 16-2 league champion excluded from the tournament. I would like the Shox to get out of the Valley just as much as the next guy, but that is food for thought.

Two points:

1) Just a couple of years ago, that conference had a higher RPI than some P5s I believe. They had an incredibly down year as they are getting use to life after Utah and BYU, but they still have a number of quality schools.

2) They would have been better as a conference had WSU been a part of it (maybe enough to have had 3 bids) and would be in the future. This could be good food for thought on their part.

[cjp27]

Two points:

1) Just a couple of years ago, that conference had a higher RPI than some P5s I believe. They had an incredibly down year as they are getting use to life after Utah and BYU, but they still have a number of quality schools.

2) They would have been better as a conference had WSU been a part of it (maybe enough to have had 3 bids) and would be in the future. This could be good food for thought on their part.

Agree 100%, and if you told me tomorrow that WSU was leaving for the Mountain West, I would be thrilled. Clearly it was a down year for the MWC. I just found it interesting that a team with a 16-2 record from that league got left out.

[WheatShock]

Agree 100%, and if you told me tomorrow that WSU was leaving for the Mountain West, I would be thrilled. Clearly it was a down year for the MWC. I just found it interesting that a team with a 16-2 record from that league got left out.

The MWC is also less likely to be effected by any potential Big 12 expansion than the AAC.

[12eagle]

Would the valley even have had a top 100 team without Wsu propping up every other teams RPI

[Dave Stalwart]

Would the valley even have had a top 100 team without Wsu propping up every other teams RPI

Nope.

[kochHead]

After watching the post selection interview with hcgm I got the feeling he was sick of the bs that comes with being at wsu.

[ShockerFever]

After watching the post selection interview with hcgm I got the feeling he was sick of the bs that comes with being at wsu.

So what are you trying to say?

[shockmonster]

After watching the post selection interview with hcgm I got the feeling he was sick of the bs that comes with being at wsu.

I know I am.

[DwShock]

After watching the post selection interview with hcgm I got the feeling he was sick of the bs that comes with being at wsu.

Surprised this wasn't posted in that other deeply buried thread.