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• Gonzaga’s three victories in the NCAA tournament are a relative windfall for the West Coast Conference, projected to be about $4,680,000 in the NCAA’s six-year rolling window.
Conferences are due $260,525 per unit — or games played — over a six-year stretch. That figure likely will increase somewhat during that period, but each extra game in 2015 would be worth at least $1.56 million total over that period.
The Zags’ victories would multiply that total by three, which is the highest collective win total by the WCC since 2010, when Gonzaga won a game and Saint Mary’s went to the Sweet 16.
Pac-12 representation, which combined to go 8-4, was eliminated with Arizona’s Elite Eight loss to Wisconsin. The league would figure to realize about $18,720,000 over that six-year stretch, divided among the membership.
• Duke point guard Tyus Jones was named outstanding player of the region, joined on the all-tournament team by Blue Devils Justise Winslow and Matt Jones and Zags Kyle Wiltjer and Domas Sabonis.
• Wiltjer, a fourth-year junior, was asked if he was committed to returning to what should be another talented GU team. “Of course,” he said. “I’ve got one more year of eligibility.”
Conferences are due $260,525 per unit — or games played — over a six-year stretch. That figure likely will increase somewhat during that period, but each extra game in 2015 would be worth at least $1.56 million total over that period.
The Zags’ victories would multiply that total by three, which is the highest collective win total by the WCC since 2010, when Gonzaga won a game and Saint Mary’s went to the Sweet 16.
Pac-12 representation, which combined to go 8-4, was eliminated with Arizona’s Elite Eight loss to Wisconsin. The league would figure to realize about $18,720,000 over that six-year stretch, divided among the membership.
• Duke point guard Tyus Jones was named outstanding player of the region, joined on the all-tournament team by Blue Devils Justise Winslow and Matt Jones and Zags Kyle Wiltjer and Domas Sabonis.
• Wiltjer, a fourth-year junior, was asked if he was committed to returning to what should be another talented GU team. “Of course,” he said. “I’ve got one more year of eligibility.”
I wonder if the WCC Conference Athletic Directors will be sending us a nice Thank You card. A cake would be nice also.
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