![]() Grand Canyon has consistently been one of the better mid-major programs in the country. The Wolverines will be led by first year head coach Todd Phillips this coming season. They were coached by Mark Madsen who has taken over as head coach at Cal. Utah Valley reached the Final Four of the NIT before falling to UAB. The Wolverines finished the season with a 28-9 overall record, advancing to the NIT just like Liberty. Utah Valley finished as the regular season champions in the WAC last season with 15-3 conference record. The CUSA and WAC were ranked as the 10th and 11th best conference, respectively, in the country last year according to KenPom. The Flames’ are reportedly scheduled to play at Utah Valley on December 20 and host Grand Canyon on either Dec. This is a unique opportunity for all nine members of the CUSA to get two strong games, one at home and one on the road. The baseball team left for the Summit League after the 2021 spring season (2020–21 school year) but the school remains a WAC affiliate in women's swimming & diving.According to WAC Hoops Digest, the dates and matchups have been finalized for the inaugural WAC-Conference USA Alliance which will be played during the 2023-24 men’s basketball. ^ Northern Colorado joined the WAC for baseball for the 2014 spring season (2013–14 school year).^ Sacramento State was formerly an associate member of the WAC in baseball from 1992–93 to 1995–96. ![]() ^ a b c Four schools (three of which are former WAC full members: Air Force, UNLV, and Wyoming and North Dakota) became affiliate members in men's swimming and diving in July 2013 the WAC announced on that it would reinstate the sport, which it had sponsored from 1962 to 2000.In addition, Utah Valley added the sport for 2014, UT-Pan American (now known as UT Rio Grande Valley) added it for 2015, and Chicago State was slated to add it for 2016 but did not do so until 2020 (by which time UMKC returned to the Summit League under its current athletic identity of Kansas City). ![]() After the WAC announced it would add men's soccer, the conference gained an eighth soccer school for the 2013 season when UMKC, which already sponsored the sport, joined. Three of these schools have past WAC connections-former full members Air Force, UNLV, and San Jose State. It chose men's soccer because three of the confirmed members for 2013–14 (CSU Bakersfield, Grand Canyon, and Seattle) already sponsored the sport, and filled out its soccer ranks by attracting four schools from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Because the conference previously dropped football, it was necessary to add a new men's team sport to maintain its Division I status.
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