WAC Basketball Notebook (1/18-1/24)

Last week was a wild week in the WAC basketball rankings. The week started with Fresno State atop the rankings only to drop from the top spot for the first time under Head Coach Ray Lopes two-year tenure. The Rice Owls stay at the top was short-lived after being soundly thumped by the Nevada Wolfpack leaving things clear for the Hawai'i Warriors. Expect more this week as #1 Hawai'i faces #2 Rice and #2 Fresno faces #4 Nevada.

Conference Standings
School		WAC	Overall
1	Hawai'i	6-1	14-3
2	Fresno State	6-2	10-7
3	Rice	5-2	13-5
4	Nevada	5-3	11-6
5	UTEP	4-3	13-4
6	Boise State	3-4	10-6
7	LA Tech	3-4	9-8
8	SMU	2-5	8-9
9	Tulsa	2-5	6-10
10	San Jose State	0-7	5-12

Results from the week of January 18th
Tuesday, January 20
Home	Visitor
Rice 80	SMU 40
Thursday, January 22
Home	Visitor
SJSU 54	Boise St 70
Fresno St 63	Rice 65
Nevada 80	Tulsa 71
Hawai'i 85	UTEP 63
Saturday, January 24
Home	Visitor
SMU 61	La Tech 75
SJSU 72	UTEP 80
Fresno St 68	Tulsa 61
Nevada 101	Rice 76
Hawai'i 64	Boise St 58

Games the week of January 25th
Wednesday, January 28
Hawai'i at Rice *	7:05 PM	Radio
Thursday, January 29
SJSU at Tulsa	7:05 PM	Radio
SMU at UTEP	7:05 PM	Radio
La Tech at Boise St	7:05 PM	Radio
Saturday, January 31
SJSU at Rice	1:05 PM	Radio
SMU at Boise St	2:00 PM	Radio
Hawai'i at Tulsa	2:05 PM	Radio
La Tech at UTEP	7:05 PM	Radio
Fresno St at Nevada *	7:05 PM	Radio!
* Indicates game(s) of the week
! Indicates a fee is associated with a broadcast

Team of the Week: (1/18- 1/24)

The Nevada Wolfpack is the BarkBoard team of the week. They took care of business on their home court with victories over Tulsa (80-71) and first place Rice (101-76).

Player of the Week
Kirk Snyder (Nevada - F)	In two games last week, he had 47 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists and was 18 of 24 from the free throw line.
Other nominees- Paul Millsap (La Tech-F), Filberto Rivera (UTEP-G), Jason Parker (Tulsa-G), Terry Pettis (Fresno St-G) and Nick Fazekas-F)

WAC's Heaviest Players
Jack Marlow	Fresno St	6'11" - 215 lbs
Haim Shimonovich	Hawai'i	6'-10" - 265 lbs
Wayne Powell	La Tech	6'-8" - 260 lbs
Jeremy Johnston	La Tech	6'-8" - 260 lbs
Chad Bell *	Nevada	6'-11" - 250 lbs
Eric Castro	SMU	6'-8" - 250 lbs
Sean Paul	Nevada	6'-9" - 245 lbs
* Sitting out 2003-04 season because of NCAA transfer rules