Early Friday WAC links, news and notes

We lead with Ethan Conley's game report of Boise State's takedown of LA Tech.

Tech men suffer another difficult loss
Ethan Conley
The News Star
February 26, 2010

RUSTON -- Louisiana Tech's late-season slump continued on Thursday.

Boise State handed Tech one of its worst losses of the season, 72-59. The Broncos are fighting just to avoid a last-place finish in the Western Athletic Conference and secure the eighth and final spot in the conference tournament.

The Bulldogs have lost five of their last nine contests. The game continued a "win one, lose one" trend that stretches back to Jan. 14...

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Chris Murray, despite not being stuck in an airport for double-digit hours, still has a number of articles/posts on Nevada's last-second win at San Jose State. Here's his game report:

Pack pulls out win over SJSU
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
February 26, 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Nevada basketball team's hex over San Jose State continues -- although not without a scare.

The Wolf Pack rode a resurgent Brandon Fields and a couple of key defensive stops late in the game to notch an 83-79 victory over the Spartans in front of 2,385 fans at The Event Center.

It was the Wolf Pack's 16th victory in 17 games against SJSU and was nearly a mirror image of the team's previous game.

However, in that game -- a 62-60 loss to Missouri State -- Nevada couldn't make the big plays down the stretch. Thursday night, the Wolf Pack did make those plays...

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Brandon Fields earned the "en fuego" award last night -- Chris has the details here.

Also per Chris, there was a gaggle (what should it be called?) of NBA scouts at the game and their trek to SJSU proved worthwhile. We sort of like nebula but that's not exactly a positive connotation.

Chris also has yet another piece on Luke Babbitt receiving some national love here. Maybe it's just us so let's throw this out here: wouldn't Babbitt receive more national mention if he had a Berman-like nickname? Like the obvious "Cool Hand" -- yes? no?

Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News offers his take here.

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Dayton Morinaga has his report and Brian McInnis his on Hawaii's closer-than-expected loss to visiting Utah State.

There really aren't moral victories but n-o-b-o-d-y expected the matchup to be as close as it ended. The UH program deserves that acknowledgement.

Yes, an all points bulletin was issued last night for Jared Quayle. The imposter wearing his uniform had the audacity to commit a turnover.

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If we have any authority at all -- yes, we can get dogs to pay attention IF we lather ourselves with peanut butter and affix pig ears -- here is your command: bookmark The Bulletin in the Zone. GabeV and JimH are offering notes on each WAC game, game previews, and some great photos of New Mexico State hoops.