Oregon State and Washington State are nearing an agreement to join the West Coast Conference as affiliate members next year in multiple sports, most notably men's and women's basketball, sources told ESPN, confirming multiple reports.
It is a similar agreement to the one the schools reached with the Mountain West to play six football games against MWC teams next year with a major difference. While the Beavers' and Cougars' games against MWC schools in football will not count toward the conference standings, there is an expectation their games will count toward the standings for other sports in the WCC.