Thursday's WAC news and links

Sam Wasson has a game report from last night's New Mexico State loss to SJSU.

Here is our one-game snapshot take of the pairing last night:

Does Wil Carter desire to be an astronaut? Because he sure has some liftoff as Tyrone Watson experienced ... the white SJSU uniforms are apparently mothballed ... Justin Graham has a new BFF (check the urban dictionary if you are over 30) in Matt Ballard with those passes that led to a dunk and then a layup ... Troy Gillenwater: if he's not hitting, what does he offer? TG's run at WAC MVP ended last night with that last shot ... Tyrone Watson's dribble-drive proficiency surprised us ... New Mexico State's freshman center Tshilidzi Nephawe has the most effortless free throw shooting technique we've witnessed in a very long time for a college big ... The absence of Jahmar Young and Jonathan Gibson is apparent for the Aggies -- an outside sniper/individual creator is missing ... we think television agrees with AO, that is besides "Entourage" ... And finally, to ESPN: a shot of a cable car? Really?

The Aggie defeat makes it official -- Utah State wins another WAC basketball championship.

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Dayton Morinaga previews the UH - Louisiana Tech matchup tonight in the islands, complete with print, video and photos. All games probably qualify as such now but the Bulldogs especially cannot afford any more losses or it's no Vegas for them.

Beian McInnis covers Hiram (No Drama) Thompson. Brian also offers a Court Sense post on UH scheduling and names a name in recruiting.

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Gotta like Nevada's chances for the two spot in WAC tourney seeding, as Chris Murray details. Here is Chris previewing the Wolf Pack - Idaho contest tonight in Reno. For the trifecta, Chris offers a notes column.

Joe Santoro also checks in with his look at tonight plus the remainder of the season.

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Nick Jezierny profiles a Boise State walk-on who is producing more than anyone expected.

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Shawn Harrison writes about Pooh Williams and shooting, especially at the line.

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So, it's UH hosting LT tonight, Nevada welcoming Idaho and Boise State in Fresno.