WAC commissioner Karl Benson had the audacity to spend most of the weekly coaches conference call lamenting the lack of exposure his conference has received on ESPN this season, while coaches themselves grumbled about their lame pairings for the ESPN Bracket Buster event.
Reaction No. 1: The less seen of the WAC this season, the better. The conference stinks, with only the conference tournament winner likely to receive a bid for the Big Dance.
The WAC's cumulative record vs. Top 25 teams is 1-8 and only Boise State likely to finish the regular season with 20 wins. In fact, the WAC went 3-6 in the Bracket Busters, including surprising blowout losses by Boise State and Nevada.
Reaction No. 2: In each of the past two years, WAC ADs have rejected a chance to appear in a guaranteed 12 ESPN games that would triple the modest rights fees, holding out for more money and more games. As a result, the WAC will have only three-regular season and the conference tournament title game aired on ESPN.
Reaction No. 3: Spare us the lamentations of UH head coach Bob Nash about having to play in a less-than-compelling Bracket Buster matchup with UC Riverside. Especially, when the Bows suffered a 79-62 spanking at the hands of the lowly Highlanders, who are seventh in the nine-team in the Big West with a 3-9 mark and 7-17 overall.
A pair of simple solutions to the WAC's hoops woes: Agree to a TV deal with ESPN, and replace the whining with more winning.
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