The Mountain West conference is reportedly "amid a significant push to keep its core of eight schools together, which includes one-time payments of

We spoke with a dozen people involved in the discussions and no one sees an easy move, making it hard to predict realignment resolution.

• The poaching penalty that was written into the 2024 scheduling agreement between the Pac-12 and Mountain West and equates to $43 million for the four schools combined. In all, the Pac-12 and its new members are staring at approximately $115 million, or $28.8 million per school.

"I think at the end of the day for Lobo basketball, if we continue to get 15,000 (fans) a game, and we continue to get the support that we're getting,

UTEP and Texas State are options for the Mountain West Conference after Boise State, others left for the Pac-12 in another expansion move.