Notebook
Tuesday, February 24, 1998
Men
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. x-Texas Christian 12 0 1.000 24 4 .857 Fresno State 9 3 .750 16 9 .640 Tulsa 8 4 .667 17 10 .630 Hawaii 6 6 .455 17 7 .708 So. Methodist 5 7 .417 16 8 .667 San Diego State 5 7 .417 12 12 .500 Rice 3 9 .250 6 20 .231 San Jose State 0 12 .000 2 22 .083Mountain Division
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. New Mexico 11 1 .917 21 4 .840 Utah 10 2 .833 23 2 .920 Wyoming 8 4 .667 18 6 .750 Colorado State 7 5 .583 19 6 .760 Nevada-Las Vegas 5 7 .417 14 12 .538 Texas-El Paso 3 9 .250 12 12 .500 Air Force 2 10 .167 9 14 .391 Brigham Young 2 10 .167 7 20 .259x-won regular-season title
Last night's result
Utah 79, Nevada-Las Vegas 68
Today's game
Air Force at Denver
Thursday's games
Hawaii at San Jose State, 5:35 p.m.
Southern Methodist at Rice
San Diego State at Fresno State
Texas Christian at Tulsa
Brigham Young at New Mexico
Utah at Texas-El Paso
Colorado State at Air Force
Wyoming at Nevada-Las Vegas
Saturday's games
Hawaii at Fresno State, 5:05 p.m.
Southern Methodist at Tulsa
San Diego State at San Jose State
Texas Christian at Rice
Brigham Young at Texas-El Paso
New Mexico at Utah
Wyoming at Air Force
Colorado State at Nevada-Las Vegas
End regular season
WAC Tournament
At Las Vegas
March 3-7
What if:
Hawaii wins tiebreaker with SMU.
San Diego State wins tiebreaker with Hawaii.
SMU wins tiebreaker with San Diego State.
If the three teams are tied, the next determination is how teams fared against the rest of the division, beginning at the top.
Hawaii wins last two, Tulsa loses two: Rainbows finish third
Hawaii wins last two, Tulsa wins at least one: Rainbows finish fourth
Hawaii splits last two: SMU wins two, San Diego State wins two (three-way tie): Rainbows win tiebreaker by virtue of beating Tulsa and edge over SMU, finish fourth; SMU fifth, San Diego State sixth.
Hawaii splits, SMU wins two, San Diego State loses at least one: Rainbows win tiebreaker with SMU, finishes fourth.
Hawaii loses last two, SMU wins two, San Diego State splits: San Diego State wins tiebreaker with Hawaii, Rainbows sixth.
Hawaii loses last two, San Diego State loses two, SMU splits: Hawaii wins tiebreakder with SMU, finishes fourth.
Women
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. x-Hawaii 13 1 .929 23 2 .920 Rice 11 3 .786 18 7 .720 So. Methodist 11 3 .786 19 6 .760 Fresno State 6 8 .429 12 14 .462 Tulsa 5 9 .357 9 16 .360 Texas Christian 4 10 .286 13 13 .500 San Diego State 4 10 .286 9 15 .375 San Jose State 2 12 .167 6 21 .222Mountain Division
Conference Overall W L Pct. W L Pct. x-Utah 11 3 .786 21 3 .875 Colorado State 11 3 .786 22 4 .846 Texas-El Paso 10 4 .714 15 9 .625 New Mexico 10 4 .714 21 6 .778 Brigham Young 6 8 .429 12 13 .480 Wyoming 5 9 .357 9 16 .360 Nevada-LV 3 11 .214 4 22 .154 Air Force 0 14 .000 5 20 .200x-won regular-season title
Today's game
Texas-El Paso at Southern Methodist
Thursday's games
Hawaii at Nevada-Las Vegas, 3 p.m.
Air Force at San Diego State
Fresno State at Wyoming
New Mexico at Texas Christian
Rice at Utah
Tulsa at Brigham Young
End regular season
WAC Tournament
At Las Vegas
March 2-7
Record Pts Pv 1. Tennessee (39) 30-0 975 1 2. Connecticut 27-2 920 2 3. Old Dominion 24-2 900 3 4. Louisiana Tech 21-3 862 4 5. Stanford 17-5 820 5 6. Texas Tech 20-4 784 6 7. Arizona 18-5 678 8 8. Duke 20-6 676 11 9. N. Carolina St. 21-5 658 10 10. North Carolina 21-6 612 7 11. Fla. International 23-1 511 13 12. Florida 20-7 496 12 13. Illinois 18-8 475 9 14. Vanderbilt 19-7 383 14 15. Virginia 18-8 355 15 16. Clemson 22-6 325 19 17. W. Kentucky 21-7 287 18 18. Utah 21-3 286 20 19. Hawaii 23-2 264 16 20. Alabama 20-8 258 17 21. Stephen F.Austin 22-3 192 22 22. Iowa St. 22-5 165 24 23. Washington 17-7 159 21 24. Wisconsin 20-8 158 23 25. Iowa 16-9 78 --Others receiving votes: SW Missouri St. 56, Nebraska 50, Rutgers 42, UCLA 42, Memphis 34, Drake 32, Liberty 30, Georgia 25, Marquette 17, Tulane 13, Colorado St. 11, Oregon 10, New Mexico 9, Auburn 7, Kent 6, Butler 5, Purdue 3, Kansas 2, George Washington 1, Harvard 1, Tennessee Tech 1, Youngstown St. 1.
Records through Feb. 23
Conference Year W L Pct. GB W L Mont. St.-Bill 8 2 .800 -- 20 5 Sea. Pacific 7 3 .700 1 16 9 A. Anchorage 6 5 .545 2-1/2 15 11 A. Fairbanks 6 6 .500 3 11 15 Chaminade 4 6 .400 4 10 14 UH-Hilo 3 7 .300 5 9 15 W. New Mex 3 7 .300 5 7 17
Thursday's gamesMontana State-Billings at Hawaii-Hilo, 7:15 p.m., Afook-Chinen
Seattle Pacific at Chaminade, 7:30 p.m., McCabe Gym
Western New Mexico at Alaska Fairbanks
Saturday's games
Seattle Pacific at Hawaii-Hilo, 7:15 p.m., Afook-Chinen
Montana State-Billings at Chaminade, 7:30 p.m., McCabe Gym
Western New Mexico at Alaska Anchorage