Jeff Welsch: In hoops, the '80s and '90s probably aren't coming back, and that's OK

Another draining factor: The Big Sky didn't help when it kicked its appealing mountain brand to the curb in the late 1980s and went money-lusting for Portland State, Sacramento State, Cal Davis, Cal State-Northridge and Cal Poly. They're all credible schools, but none have the cachet to lure folks out on a blizzardy night the way Boise State, Idaho and Nevada-Reno did when the league was an intimate eight teams.

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