WAC Basketball Notebook (2/9-2/15)

The cream has begun to rise to the top of the WAC. Hawai'i, Nevada, UTEP and Rice begin to separate themselves from the pack. Nevada makes the strongest move with big wins over Boise St and UTEP and bosts the most wins(10) in the WAC. SJSU garneres it's first WAC victory of the season and Hawai'i still sits atop the standings depsite a loss at home.

Conference Standings
School		WAC	Overall
1	Hawai'i	9-3	17-5
3	Nevada	10-4	16-7
2	UTEP	9-4	18-5
4	Rice	8-4	16-7
6	Boise State	7-6	14-8
5	Fresno State	7-6	11-11
7	LA Tech	6-7	12-11
8	SMU	4-9	10-13
9	Tulsa	3-10	7-15
10	San Jose State	1-11	6-16

Results from the week of February 9th
Thursday, February 12
Home	Visitor
Fresno State 55	UTEP 58
SJSU 55	SMU 62
Hawai'i 61	La Tech 62
UTEP 105	Rice 62
Nevada 92	Boise St 78
Saturday, February 14
Home	Visitor
Rice 111	Tulsa 103 (2OT)
SJSU 56	La Tech 53 (OT)
Fresno St 44	Boise St 55
Nevada 92	UTEP 63
Hawai'i 62	SMU 59

Games the week of February 16th
Wednesday February 18th
Nevada @ Rice *	7:05 PM	Radio
Fresno St @ Tulsa	7:05 PM	Radio
Hawai'i @ Boise St	7:30 PM	Radio
Thursday, February 19th
SJSU @ UTEP	7:05 PM	Radio
Saturday, February 21st
ETSU @ Fresno St #	12:00 PM	Radio
UL-Lafayette @ Rice #	12:00 PM	Radio
SJSU @ Boise St	2:00 PM	Radio
* Indicates game(s) of the week
! Indicates a fee is associated with the broadcast
# Indicates these games are ESPN Bracket Buster games

Team of the Week: (2/2-2/8)

The Wolfpack to care of business at home this week with blow out victories of Boise State (92-78) and UTEP (92-63). They are now 10-4 in WAC and 16-7 overall.

Player of the Week
Nick Fazekas (F-Nevada)	In 2 games this week, the fabulous freshman scored 53 points and had 22 rebounds. He also added 5 blocked shots.
Other Nominees: Shantay Legans (G-FS), Bryan Hopkins (G-SMU), Michael Kuebler (G-Hawaii), Aaron Haynes (F- Boise State) and Jason McKrieth (G/F- Rice)