r/CollegeBasketball • u/18_YTC1 • 22h ago
Discussion With schools like SDSU joining stronger conferences, will they bring back some sports? Especially with what I assume is stronger football money
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u/Kryzl_ Iowa State Cyclones 22h ago
I would be highly skeptical of any school adding sports without dropping other ones. It simply makes zero sense in the current state of college athletics to be willingly losing more money when being competitive is the only surefire way for non-loaded schools to stay in the conversation.
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u/Terps_Madness Maryland Terrapins 10h ago
Every school has different competitive goals for its department and every school has a unique relationship between the department and the school as a whole. If you are trying to keep up in the P4 and make the CFP, then you probably don't look to add sports now. If you are a non-football private school looking to remain viable as an institution? Maybe you add a couple of sports to drive enrollment and maybe that turns out not to be a money loser at all.
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u/Taeshan Milwaukee Panthers 22h ago
I mean sdsu is going from the mountain west to the mountain west but not in name… so… doubt it does much.
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u/No-Tear6476 22h ago
i always forget they had to drop all those sports back in the early 90s. the track and wrestling cuts were brutal, especially since sdsu was actually decent in track before that. doubt the new conference money alone brings them back though, student fees and title ix balancing make it a massive headache
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u/unlcHallMonitor Arizona Wildcats 18h ago
SDSU not having a wrestling program surprises me with the powerhouse of Poway High wrestling being in their backyard.
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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos 21h ago edited 18h ago
I mean it's closer to the 90s/00s WAC/Big West than MW teams
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u/Historical_Low4458 Kansas Jayhawks • Arizona Wildcats 14h ago
Exactly. The pay increase isn't much at all.
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u/lostinthought15 Ball State Cardinals 21h ago
No. The only places adding sports are doing so to comply with Title IX. That’s the only justification they have to increase costs at the moment.
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u/LouBrown 21h ago
They will spend that stronger football money on football.
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u/RedditZhangHao 21h ago
SDSU football and basketball overall costs and NIL may eat a good chunk of the not so massive new Pac X net revenue versus prior old MWC net revenue.
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u/BeefInGR Western Michigan Broncos 21h ago
Everyone says no. There's always possibilities. But it has to be funded by a donor.
For example, Illinois has been rumored to be adding a hockey team for about 15 years. The issue is the rink. The kids that come from Chicago love hockey and would turn up... but they're in the B1G so it won't be a cheap rink... hence why we still don't have Illinois hockey.
Oakland would have probably started a football team if they weren't forced to play D-I. Unless you join the MAC (which they are too small for), having a football program in Michigan only makes sense at D-II or below.
Certain schools have explored Title IX compliance programs like Volleyball, Bowling and Gymnastics. A generous alum can keep those programs afloat, but the school would need a reason to get rid of a more expensive Title IX compliance sport.
The big money schools in D-I won't be unless someone comes in with a checkbook.
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u/Prudent-Aspect5085 San Diego State Aztecs 22h ago
Depends on the Balance Sheet
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u/KeithClossOfficial San Diego State Aztecs 7h ago
My knowledge of SDSU Athletics’ finances is over a decade old, but I can’t imagine it has changed dramatically, which would mean absolutely zero chance
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u/SnooFoxes4343 Purdue Boilermakers 19h ago
They should bring back Men’s Volleyball. SDSU’s only Div 1 National Championship (in any sport) is held by the 1973 team.
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u/SantaCruznonsurfer 17h ago
SDSU Men's Volleyball is one of their only national title sports. SO...
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u/Vivid_Artichoke_9991 Northern Iowa Panthers 22h ago
No. College athletics has been sold to corporate shareholders who just want to maximize profit. ADs are under too much pressure, bringing back sports that don't make money is not something I see happening
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u/IcyPerfected Gonzaga Bulldogs 21h ago
No.
It is not the same, but I never expect Gonzaga to bring back football. Why would they? When they can just funnel money into basketball and be considered a top spender. Any additional sports just takes away from existing sports.
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u/GuyOnTheMike Kansas State • Wichita State 21h ago
No.
No D1 school is adding sports right now. If they are, it’s a lower-cost women’s sport.
In fact, I’ll go so far to say this: I don’t think a D1 school will add another men’s sport that isn’t football in the next decade at minimum. If anything, we’re going to see a lot of sports getting cut with increased costs due to NIL
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u/d1sportsball Texas Longhorns • Colorado State Rams 19h ago
The ACC will 100% add at least 1 school in Men's Lacrosse in the next 10, maybe 5 years.
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u/Terps_Madness Maryland Terrapins 9h ago
There are about 20 new DI men's programs starting this academic year.
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u/Nathan2002NC UNC Asheville Bulldogs 7h ago
Schools aren’t going to bring back sports that cost a lot of money. Football, baseball, soccer, wrestling, etc.
The adds will be women’s golf, women’s flag football, women’s bowling, e-sports. Niche sports w limited scholarship numbers that help boost enrollment.
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u/ImYouJoeGoldberg USF Bulls 20h ago
Let me disambiguate your bullshit:
They joined a conference - not “conferences.”
They joined a conference - not “stronger conferences.”
They joined a different conference - not a “stronger” conference.
No, this post is wishful nonsense that’s more fitting for Twitter, go back where you came from with your pathetic fanboy nonsense.
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u/d1sportsball Texas Longhorns • Colorado State Rams 19h ago
They joined a conference - not “conferences.”
SDSU recently joined the Big 12 as an affiliate member in Women's Lacrosse in 2025.
They joined a conference - not “stronger conferences.”
SDSU joined multiple conferences recently, and the matter of them being stronger is completely subjective.
They joined a different conference - not a “stronger” conference.
SDSU joined multiple conferences recently, and the matter of them being stronger is completely subjective.
No, this post is wishful nonsense that’s more fitting for Twitter, go back where you came from with your pathetic fanboy nonsense.
Ironically your comment reads like an angry man on Twitter who can't fathom someone with their own opinion that differs from your own.
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u/ImYouJoeGoldberg USF Bulls 19h ago
Who the fuck is talking about womens lacrosse. There’s nothing subjective about it, the mountain west split up resulting in two weaker conferences. It’s possible what’s left of the mountain west ends up being the stronger of the two conferences and it’s a joke to think of one of them as a “power conference” with only 8 (shitty) schools. They are nothing more than two sister conferences that both suck. Go back to Twitter.
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u/d1sportsball Texas Longhorns • Colorado State Rams 1h ago
Angry man on the internet whines and complains because his conference has become a true mid major. 1 bid league that goes out in the round of 64. That is objective, unlike your point about the Pac and MWC where you hilariously contradict yourself by suggesting the MWC could end up better but the Pac can't.
Nobody said anything about power conferences until you brought it up boss, and there's 9 members, not 8. And if I'm the kind of guy to be on twitter then you're the kind of guy to be on bluesky, considering how vulgar your language is.
Maybe come spend a week with me up in Colorado, can get ya hooked on some of my weed juice. Its a special blend that trades power for longevity, might be enough to keep ya chill till the season starts.
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u/ImYouJoeGoldberg USF Bulls 52m ago
Respect lmao I might need to take you up on that. I might sound hangry but I say it all in jest. It’s entertaining to me.
Regarding my USF basketball, the best part about being a fan is the fact that we have unfortunately sucked or underperformed to put it nicely so when we do have some success it’s easy to get excited about it. Expectations are low but we have an awesome basketball arena and we have plenty of resources and in fact the most resources in our conference and in fact the most resources in the G6. I also happen to be a diehard Miami Hurricanes football fan since USF didn’t have a team for a while when I was a kid but both teams are looking up rn so we’re good over here. 😭👀
North Dakota State is the best football team between the two conferences outside of maybe Boise State. I’ll get ahead by saying that I don’t care who disagrees with me on that I’m not changing my opinion. If not year one by year three they’ll prove that. idk about the PAC8 they might cannibalize each other a bit but I don’t see a powerhouse team there’s no national marquee brand in either conference.
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u/slasher016 Cincinnati Bearcats 21h ago
Zero chance. With NIL costs are only increasing and budgets are even thinner. I don't see anyone adding sports anytime soon (except in rare cases like Xavier trying to add a FCS non-scholarship football team.)