Fresno State, Nevada to stay in the WAC till 2012

Fresno State and Nevada will remain in the NCAA’s Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in all sports until July 2012 before leaving for the Mountain West Conference (MWC), ESPN reported. This means the WAC will have eight members in football and men’s and women’s basketball and other sports in 2011-12 after Boise State leaves for the MWC. The membership would include Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, San Jose State, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada and Utah State.

The 2012-13 WAC membership would include Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, San Jose State, Hawaii, Idaho and Utah State pending new arrivals.