American Athletic Conference

[ShockCrazy]

That would make sense, but the article said basketball only. The challenge for the AAC in having the shockers bring the olympic sports is travel costs and logistics. Not important in football and basketball, could be a deal breaker in volleyball, softball and baseball.

I'm not sure it's all that relevant in softball and baseball since it's road only every other year, and is WSU really worse for a division with SMU, Houston, Tulsa, Tulane and Memphis as opposed to another east coast game for travel?

[Play Angry]

Please God, please. Pretty please.

[shocka khan]

Gawd, this would be wonderful if it were true. IIRC, we would be a good fit for the AAC. Our school, academically, is not as strong as the strongest AAC schools, I'm thinking we would be somewhere in the low-to-middle part of the conference.

But at least we would be able to rid ourselves of the MVC. Being in the MVC is somewhat like having an STD.

[MoValley John]

Please let this be true! A true Christmas miracle?!

It's not true until you hear the Wichita State administration deny the rumors while fidgeting in their pockets, then respond with the all important "This is the first I have heard of it" followed by another denial. The coup de grace is when the weak denial is replaced by a no comment.

When your ad speaks of being in closed door meetings with another conference and your governor announces that it's all but a done deal, you're just like Mizzou, stuck for a few more years.

[MoValley John]

Meh. They don't mind Tulsa.

But Tulsa pretends to bring football.

[ShockerPrez]

Aside from basketball goals, this would be GM'S legacy pinnacle! A story like this makes me hope that our administration is full bore lobbying the AAC to make this happen. 2 or 3 years ago, this was a pipe dream... Cherry on top for all Shocker fans.

[ArtVandalay]

If there is any chance this is true, I hope it is and it happens asap. I'd hate to get Elgin'd over false rumors. Elgin'd one last time on our way out? Much easier to take.

[shocka khan]

By the way, and in case anyone was wondering, Houston is about 600 miles from ICT. Tulane is further.

But SMU (roughly 400 miles), Tulsa (about 160) and Memphis are probably at least as close as most of the Valley schools, so we would be a decent fit for that division geographically.

Remembering from my old Santa Fe railroad days, Newton is 639 miles from the terminal of that used-to-be railroad (Chicago). So we're already traveling roughly 600 miles to play LOLoyola once a year.

[wu_shizzle]

http://www.fanragsports.com/cbb/sour...-addition-aac/

From your lips to God's ears.

[SHOCKvalue]

Being in the MVC is somewhat like having an STD.

Of all the ways and years we've tried to make an analog between WSU and the MVC, this is quite possibly the most succinct to date.

[Play Angry]

Rothstein is legit, I trust his reporting on this.

Now whether the league administrators and presidents have the steam built up to ram this thing through....

Fingers crossed. All of them.

[WheatShock]

We fit in nicely with the western division from a geographic standpoint.

[ShockerPrez]

Rothstein is legit, I trust his reporting on this.

Now whether the league administrators and presidents have the steam built up to ram this thing through....

Fingers crossed. All of them.

Thats what has me excited. Rothstein is legit, and cites 4 different sources. I never understood why the AAC wouldnt want to have an even balance of teams for basketball. It does make sense and is completely plausible.

[SHOCKvalue]

[SHOCKvalue]

Lot of support from AAC member school fans:

http://csnbbs.com/thread-802480.html

Another one, which I haven't read:

http://csnbbs.com/thread-802005.html