Hawaii to join Mountain West

[madinmaryland]

HONOLULU (AP) -- The University of Hawaii is joining the Mountain West Conference for football and the Big West in other sports, abandoning the Western Athletic Conference after 32 years.

School President M.R.C. Greenwood said Friday that Hawaii will make the move in 2012, following Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State to the MWC.

The four schools represent the top football programs in the WAC, which is adding Texas-San Antonio, Texas State and the University of Denver on July 1, 2012. Denver doesn't have a football team.

School leaders at the MWC and Big West voted unanimously in favor of inviting Hawaii, which has been in the WAC since 1979.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/12/10/mountain-west-hawaii.ap/index.html#ixzz17lloeEbn

Hmmm.

As an aside, Notre Dame joins the Mid American Conference.

[El Supremo]

1. Al the WAC will be MWC soon.

[madinmaryland]

2. WAC, MWC, MAC, and the BWC. What the fuck is the difference.

All Light-weights!

[KamaAina]

3. The Big West?! Why couldn't they join the MWC in full?

They kick ass in V-ball (men's and wahine ) and give a reasonable account of themselves in hoops. Also, a resurgent baseball program has made the regionals the past couple of years.