Regardless of not profitable a nationwide championship, there’s an argument that the Gonzaga males’s basketball program has been the usual for the final 5 to 10 years, excluding Villanova. Mark Few has produced a stage of consistency that’s tough to match. Regardless of this, the attainable transfer to a Energy 6 convention appears to be too large of a carrot for the Zags basketball program to disregard.

Large 12

A number of stories say Large 12 commissioner Brett Yormak is aggressively courting Gonzaga. Final month, Sports activities Illustrated’s Ross Dellenger reported, “The convention has aggressively courted a number of Pac-12 faculties, in addition to Gonzaga, in a bid to additional broaden.”

Gonzaga’s present West Coast Convention rival, BYU, has already accepted a bid to hitch the Large 12 subsequent faculty 12 months. Texas and Oklahoma will head to the SEC in 2024. The Large 12 additionally provides Houston, UCF, and Cincinnati in response.

The chance of Gonzaga having a number of wars a season with basketball powerhouses Kansas, Baylor, and Houston could be very compelling. The Large 12 has been one of the best and deepest convention in basketball the previous few seasons, and the hole would solely widen with the attainable addition of Gonzaga.

It’s straightforward to see why Gonzaga could be a draw for any convention. In a 2021 report, the boys’s and girls’s basketball packages earned $20 million in income. Nonetheless, a union with the Large 12 would create large journey bills for the opposite sports activities groups.

Pac-12

The Pac-12 would appear to be a pure geographical match for Gonzaga. Along with the convenience of journey, there could be a seamless transition for the opposite sports activities Gonzaga gives. The foremost roadblock is on the Pac-12’s aspect. They’ve but to conform to a dedication with a TV community or streaming service to broadcast their video games, which is able to probably prioritize soccer. Apple is reported to be contemplating buying the printed rights for Pac-12 sports activities.

With its two most outstanding manufacturers leaving the convention, the Pac-12 is in disarray. Finally, this causes some hang-ups in any potential deal between Gonzaga and the Pac-12, however the voids left by USC and UCLA nonetheless must be stuffed.