The WCC Won't Take Seattle U. for Basketball
We were jazzed, and, it appears, overly optimistic, when we heard Seattle U might go D1 in basketball again.
Having two Seattle colleges in Division 1 b-ball looks less likely, or at least less likely to happen soon, now that the West Coast Conference has decided not to expand.
The WCC--the one Gonzaga and U of P are in--seemed like a perfect fit for Seattle U: Most of the schools are Catholic ones, like Seattle U is, and the conference gets national TV time on ESPN.
The next obvious choice would be the less-glamorous Big Sky Conference (Eastern Washington, Portland State, etc). However, Big Sky schools play football, which Seattle U probably doesn't want to do.
The Times reports that the school will decide this May whether to try to go Division 1.
