>But they absolutely SHOULD try to add Gonzaga, as the one
>trip a year out west per school would absolutely be worth
>while for the overall prestige of the league.

Earlier this week, West Virginia was complaining about all of the long trips they have to make in the Big 12, where all of their trips are 840-1200 miles away. The Zags' shortest road trip would be a 2 1/2 hour flight to Omaha, which isn't terrible on its own, but it's about 5 hours from Spokane to the East Coast.

There's also the issue of scheduling. How are the 4 pm Pacific weeknight games at Georgetown, Villanova, et al. going to go over with their fans? Similarly, I don't think the rest of the teams in the league would be thrilled about games starting at 9 or 10 pm on a Wednesday night. Certainly there are ways around this, but why should the other however many teams make a bunch of concessions for one outlier?