After weeks of speculation and talks that Gonzaga would bolt to the Mountain West Conference, MWC Commissioner Craig Thomson told the Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Tribune that Gonzaga to the MWC “doesn’t look promising.”
“For next season, it doesn’t look promising (of Gonzaga joining MWC),” Thompson said shortly before Loyola Chicago and Michigan tipped off in the first semifinal at the Alamodome. “I’d put it like this: Today is today, none of us can predict tomorrow.”
The WCC’s recent announcements of scheduling changes (18 to 16 conference games) and tourney changes (top two seeds get byes to semifinals) no doubt factored into Gonzaga’s decision to stay in the WCC, for now.