Dorothy sez, SJSU isn't in the WAC anymore

San Jose State University basketball is now in the big leagues.

As Ken Cross reports:

The 2012-13 basketball season might be the year that the launch of Mountain West Conference basketball will be traced back to. The league put a record five teams in the NCAA Tournament and had Wyoming as fourth to the last team to lose as the Cowboys started 14-0.

The waters of the NCAA Tournament proved treacherous though as Colorado State and San Diego State were the only teams to pick up wins and then did not advance to the Sweet 16. Although the league had this amount of misfortune, it still did not deserve the pounding it took in the national media for it’s NCAA performance. The league as a whole had the No. 1 RPI in college basketball and the Rams, Aztecs, UNLV, New Mexico, and Boise State all had stays in the Top 25...

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It may take some adjusting for Spartan fans but the Mountain West Conference opponents, from top to bottom, will have the capability of doing some serious in-conference butt-kicking. On one hand, it will be enjoyable viewing higher quality ball but the corollary is SJSU hoops is in major, major need of a serious talent upgrade in order to just be competitive.

So two down and many more to go. Here's hoping the frontcourters to be donning Spartan uniforms have the same sort of potential as the backcourt firm of James and Muhammad.