(09-24-2020 10:54 AM)Wahoowa84 Wrote:  

(09-24-2020 09:11 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  When making my personal tiers, the most fascinating and interesting case in ranking was Gonzaga.

Gonzaga is a great case study on upward mobility.

Some of Gonzaga's conference mates in the WCC, particularly BYU - - which has finished among the top 3 in the past 3 seasons, may also be showing increased potential for upward mobility.

The WCC achieved near-parity with the PAC-12, in some respects, in 2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20.

Average # of teams in AP Final Top 25:

2020: WCC 2, PAC 1

2019: WCC 1, PAC 0

2018: WCC 2, PAC 1

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2019-20:

Gonzaga 31-2
BYU 24-8
St. Mary's 26-8
Pacific 23-10
San Francisco 22-12
Santa Clara 20-13

2018-19

Gonzaga 33-4
St. Mary's 22-12
BYU 19-13
San Francisco 21-10
Loyola Marymount 22-12
San Diego 21-15

2017-18

Gonzaga 32-5
St. Mary's 30-6
BYU 24-11
San Diego 20-14
San Francisco 22-17

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Perhaps it's possible that the competition between the PAC-12 and WCC for basketball dominance on the West Coast will begin to resemble the decades-long competition between the AAC and Big East along the East Coast.