While Texas and Oklahoma will leave the Big 12 conference in 2025, Gonzaga could well go the opposite way in the near future.
This is what ESPN reports, who says conference commissioner Brett Yormark and program athletic director Chris Standifort met in person last week. ” The discussions are concrete but still very exploratory » declares a source familiar with the matter, for The Athletic.
If this “move” were to succeed, it would be a huge upheaval in the university landscape, since the Big 12 is widely considered to be the most competitive conference in the country (Kansas conference and Baylor, the last two national champions ), while Gonzaga has established itself for a good ten years as one of the very best programs, with in particular two finals (lost) in 2017 and 2021.
It would therefore be a beneficial union for both sides, since the Big 12 would continue to establish its domination over the rest of the conferences, while Gonzaga would face much more adversity and media coverage than in the modest WCC. (West Coast Conference), its current conference.
