AAC adds Wichita State

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AAC adds Wichita State

Unread post by firemoose » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:10 am

The AAC has voted to add Wichita State as a full member. They don't have a football program but become one of the conferences top basketball programs from the start.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basket ... r-2017-18/

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Unread post by WVAPPeer » Fri Apr 07, 2017 12:46 pm

Also they have a tradition rich baseball program ---
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Unread post by appfanjj » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:32 pm

WSU football.....coming soon to a stadium near you.

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Unread post by Gonzo » Fri Apr 07, 2017 3:40 pm

You have to think App would have been a front runner if we had even a decent basketball team. Having one of the worst basketball programs in D1 for almost a decade is a huge drag on an otherwise spectacular athletic department.

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Re: AAC adds Wichita State

Unread post by hapapp » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:32 pm

Gonzo wrote:You have to think App would have been a front runner if we had even a decent basketball team. Having one of the worst basketball programs in D1 for almost a decade is a huge drag on an otherwise spectacular athletic department.
What constitutes spectacular?

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Re: AAC adds Wichita State

Unread post by /\PP ST/\TE GRAD 09 » Sat Apr 08, 2017 4:59 am

That's a shocker
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Unread post by EastHallApp » Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:00 pm

Gonzo wrote:You have to think App would have been a front runner if we had even a decent basketball team. Having one of the worst basketball programs in D1 for almost a decade is a huge drag on an otherwise spectacular athletic department.
It would also help if we had a Koch brother willing to pour unlimited funds into our athletic department like Wichita does.

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Re: AAC adds Wichita State

Unread post by T-Dog » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:39 pm

appfanjj wrote:WSU football.....coming soon to a stadium near you.
Nope. Maybe down the road, but not now. The AAC now has 12 non-football members and 12 football members.

Funny thing about this move is that John Bardo, the chancellor who infamously FUBAR'ed Western Carolina's football team in the early 2000's (although he was a fantastic academic chancellor), is now the president of Wichita State.

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