Western Athletic
Summary: The Aggies
need to find a new conference. They are
a vastly different athletic department from the other seven schools here. The strength of schedule is weak enough to
take luster off 15-2, but in a row is 13 in a row. Bakersfield is still good enough to steal the
bid in a tourney, and GCU would be a nice story without those two brutal losses
to Edwardsville and Riverside. Utah Valley
beat BYU and hung in against all the Utah schools, but don’t have anything to
show for the effort that would indicate they are better than .500.
What I got wrong: No regression for NMST. They are clearly the class of the WAC. Not sure why Seattle hasn’t improved this
year, another dark horse that lost its way.
Cameron Dollar has been running that program long enough to get over the
top, but for what ever reason, they cannot score consistently with their size.
Prognosis: The Aggies
won’t run the table, but may get close (12-2 is about right). Martez Harrison’s dismissal
will prevent the Kangaroos from making a run.
Tracy Dildy continues to plug away and improve at Chicago St despite the
lack of funds and facilities… they may threaten to move out of the cellar.
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WAC
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Preseason
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Realtime
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1
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Grand
Canyon *
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New
Mexico State
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2
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Bakersfield
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Grand
Canyon *
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3
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New
Mexico State
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Bakersfield
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4
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Seattle
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Utah
Valley
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5
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Kansas
City
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Seattle
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6
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Utah
Valley
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UMKC
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7
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Rio
Grande Valley
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Rio
Grande Valley
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8
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Chicago
State
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Chicago
State
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