Yes. Which is interesting because UCSD Was deemed an affiliate for Big West while the rest of the school is also moving to the WCC
which would make a lot more sense when it comes to the teams needed for a conference to have an AQ!
Ran across this article in my news feed.
As they would be key to make WCC women’s water polo happen in 2027-2028, hope this is just a minor blip for St. Mary’s, as their President says they are in progress of a 3 year plan to address.
Word is IU is leaving the MPSF as well.
The travel for IU has to be killing them
I agree 
.. it makes sense for them to be in the CWPA with Michigan/Princeton/Harvard, etc
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Sounds like MPSF will only have 5 schools with IU leaving for CWPA and SJ leaving for GCC / Big West.
6 is the magic number - UCLA, USC, Cal, Stan, & ASU will need to bring in a 6th member if they want to retain their AQ - but no one wants to be in that conference, I think the MPSF used to be about 13 schools back in ~2006, but slowly everyone has fled to other conferences with better chances to make NCAAs.
I see 2 options:
#1) Davis may be forced to join if the WCC won’t take affiliate members and the Big West says “no”
#2 Get a patsy like the MPSF men did - Austin College or a D3 CWPA team?
Anyone have another idea / option?
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