Since he took over the Boise State men’s basketball program in the spring of 2010, Leon Rice hasn’t had any luck convincing his former team to play a nonconference game at Taco Bell Arena.
That may be about to change.
According to San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Mark Zeigler, Gonzaga has talked about the possibility of leaving the West Coast Conference for the Mountain West as early as next season.
“Since August, I have spoken to six university presidents and/or athletic directors that have called inquiring about whether we are going to expand, and the Zags are one of them,” Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson told the Union-Tribune.