Propelled by two conference championships today, Boise State shot to the front in the race for the Western Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cup. The Cup rewards the conference school with the best overall sports program. Boise State tied Utah State for the men's track championship this afternoon in Nampa and the Bronco swimming and diving team defended their title in San Antonio. Louisiana Tech once again won the women's track title, edging Utah State.
Boise State won the Cup last year for the second time and is trying to make its final year in the WAC its best. Basketball is the next sport to be decided early in March and gymnastics will be the last of the winter sports to wrap up. That would leave just men's and women's golf, tennis and outdoor track, softball and baseball.
The best way to view the Cup competition is comparing the schools with how they did last year to find gains and losses. The standings below show the difference from this year compared to last year.
Here are the standings after the competition today:
1. Boise State 48.25 (+2.75)
2. Utah State 42.00 (+1.75)
3. New Mexico State 31.25 (-9.00)
4. Hawai'i 30.50 (+3.50)
4. Idaho 30.50 (-1.25)
6. Fresno State 29.75 (-1.25)
7. Nevada 28.00 (-8.00)
8. Louisiana Tech 23.50 (+5.50)
9. San Jose State 20.25 (-1.00)
The year-to-year difference shows the schools doing the best and the worst from last year's Cup race. Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State always have the best spring sports and will gain the most from here.
If you add the year-to-year difference to last year's Cup Standings, you would have:
1. Boise State 95.00
2. Fresno State 82.50
3. Utah State 75.75
4. Hawai'i 72.00
5. New Mexico State 71.75
6. Nevada 68.50
7. Idaho 66.75
8. Louisiana Tech 63.00
9. San Jose State 50.75
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