UC Davis Athletics Joining Mountain West - Football to Follow I think it may, but travel to SLC is easier than Hawaii IMO. Im conflicted on this idea for a few reasons. First of all, Utah Valley does have a large and growing enrollment, a good basketball program, nice arena, close to a big metro, and fits the football-less Big West. My issues pertain to UVU not having stellar attendance (although compared to the rest of the Big West its not bad), being a small fish in a big pond for SLC metro relevance, and with past reference to football (although that idea seems pushed back heavily), and geographic location, could be potentially temporary.
Now when it comes to Cal Baptist, I think it could be a good move, since they have decent facilities and donors, but I don't totally understand adding a private, religious university in the conference, especially with a smaller student population. I also don't see Cal Baptist having a historically big fan base or metro fanbase. More up in the air about that one.