The KenPom results came out and he has the WAC as the 21st best conference. This is a drop from where we finished last year (#17).
Here are his rankings for the WAC teams with their overall # in parentheses:
NMSU (112)
GCU (141)
CSUB (152)
UVU (166)
SU (278)
UTRGV (281)
UMKC (308)
CSU (334)

I guess the season will play itself out but I think this season's WAC basketball is actually stronger than a year ago. NMSU will not finish with 28 wins this season. And, Cal State Bakersfield might arguably be slightly down from a season ago. However, I see GCU having a real good record... And, UVU and Seattle closing the gap on the big three (NMSU, CSUB, GCU) in the conference.

(10-24-2017 01:24 PM)NMSUPistolPete Wrote:  I guess the season will play itself out but I think this season's WAC basketball is actually stronger than a year ago. NMSU will not finish with 28 wins this season. And, Cal State Bakersfield might arguably be slightly down from a season ago. However, I see GCU having a real good record... And, UVU and Seattle closing the gap on the big three (NMSU, CSUB, GCU) in the conference.

Take this rankings with a grain of salt. I saw Mizzou play Kansas (5th) this weekend and they are way better than 81. Just no sample size in this yet.

Lets hope for some good out of conference wins

(10-24-2017 03:15 PM)RoosHouse Wrote:  Lets hope for some good out of conference wins

In my opinion, here are some winnable non-conference games that KenPom predicts the WAC will lose. I selected two for each team:
SU over Saint Louis (11/10)
CSBU over Georgia Southern (11/13)
SU over Washington State (11/15)
UMKC over Loyola Chicago (11/16) - home game
UVU over BYU (11/29) - home game
UMKC over South Dakota (11/30) - home game
CSU over Northern Illinois (12/2) - home game
CSUB over Fresno State (12/5)
UTRGV over UC Irvine (12/9) -home game
GCU over Boise State (12/13)
UTRGV over UT Arlington (12/16) - home game
NMSU over Illinois (12/16)
UVU over Hawaii (12/17)
CSU over SIU Edwardsville (12/19)
NMSU over Davidson (12/22)
GCU over Illinois (12/30)