WCC Lunchtime Links and News: 8/14/13

Dec. 8, 2012; Provo, UT, USA; Brigham Young Cougars cheerleaders do a back flip to celebrate a free throw against the Utah Utes during the second half at the Marriott Center. Mandatory Credit: Douglas C. Pizac-USA Today Sports

Usually I don’t do link dumps, but a lot of noteworthy news has broke the last day or two, so I thought something like this would be fitting. Here’s what is new in the world of the West Coast Conference.

• Portland is on a tour through Europe, and have been playing some countries respective national teams. Check out there progress in the following links:

http://portlandpilots.com/news/2013/8/2/MBB_0802131305.aspx 

http://portlandpilots.com/news/2013/8/12/MBB_0812135226.aspx

http://www.portlandpilots.com/news/2013/8/12/MBB_0812134336.aspx

http://portlandpilots.com/news/2013/8/13/MBB_0813135935.aspx

• Saint Mary’s has been traveling around Australia playing some of the professional teams down under. They are currently 3-0, and have games against the Melbourne Tigers and the Cairns Taipans remaining. Follow @smcgaels on twitter for some updates and you can visit here for there game schedule.
• The College Gameday schedule for the 2013-2014 season was announced this morning, and fans of the Bulldogs and Tigers can finally find out when there schools would be playing. Gonzaga will play at Memphis on February 8th, with the College Gameday crew present. For the complete schedule, click here.
• Priority Gonzaga target Josh Perkins has moved his college announcement date from August 25th to August 24th. Read up on this development here.
• In a recent study which ranked the attendance of NCAA Men’s Basketball games, BYU was ranked 13th and Gonzaga was ranked 94th. The study only takes in account total attendance, so the small arenas of the WCC are not going to be well represented. This is not something to dwell over too much. For the complete study, click here.