400 MILE RULE

[PurpleGeezer]

I checked to see what effect the new 400 mile rule would have on what schools were eligible to be added to UP's list of hosting partners. Here's what I came up with using the NCAA TES calculator,which the NCAA states can be used for travel calculations.

https://web1.ncaa.org/TES/exec/miles

Oregon: no change- the schools are
U of O
OSU
PSU

Washington
Eastern Washington 340 miles - no change

Gonzaga 351 miles I think they would have been included anyway because of the airport rule, but they are in conference, and the non conference rule is still in effect pending membership approval. so - no change. They aren't making the tournament this year anyway.

UW 176 miles - no change

WSU 350 miles -no change

Idaho

Boise State 436 miles - still too far -

Idaho State 669 miles - way too far

U of Idaho - 395 miles Added They may have made it under airport rules anyway, since they fly out of Spokane.
But they are 1-11-2 this year, so they won't be joining us.

California

None - the closest is Pacific - 632 miles

Nevada

None - the closest is Nevada Reno - 586 miles

Montana, Utah, and the rest of the world

May as well be Middle Earth.

So, while the 400 mile rule may benefit some Eastern schools, it doesn't really do anything for us in the NW. It will do nothing to ease the NCAA concerns about the travel budgets in this part of the world, either.