Author: Phil Dailey

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference race is starting to heat up as it approaches the halfway point of the conference season. Leading the way for the WAC crown may be a bit of a surprise to some, but remind many of previous years. After losing its […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference season is well under way with many surprises. The biggest shock of this young conference season would have to be in El Paso. Currently the UTEP (12-3, 3-2) hoops squad is 10-1 at home and turning heads in the WAC as […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey It’s been a crazy start to the Western Athletic Conference hoops season. Not only are there a few teams making some surprising starts, but also many of the former conference title contenders are still continuing to struggle. Boise State (8-1) and Texas-El Paso (6-1) appear […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Times are changing As reported earlier in our Western Athletic Conference preview, this year’s WAC will not look like it has in the past. So far, the top teams from last season find themselves struggling for success. Fresno State (1-3), Tulsa (2-3) and Hawaii (2-2) […]

WAC Conference Preview

WAC Conference Preview by Phil Dailey Move over Tulsa, step aside Hawai’i; this is the year for the lesser-known WAC teams to emerge to the top. In years past, it was fairly clear who the top teams were and who was going to earn the automatic birth to the “big […]

WAC Offseason Recap

WAC Offseason Recap by Phil Dailey The State of the WAC The Western Athletic Conference as we know it might becoming to a crossroad yet again in the next year or so. For now, Tulsa, Rice and Southern Methodist will remain a fixture in the conference. For those of you […]

WAC 2002-03 Season Recap

Western Athletic Conference 2002-03 Recap by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference faired a bit sub-par this past season as only one of its ten teams reached the NCAA Tournament. Tulsa once again did some damage in the postseason beating fourth-seeded Dayton in the first round, but then turned around […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference season has come and gone and with no teams this season having any hopes of an at-large bid for the NCAA tourney, this weekend’s WAC championship will place its winner in the field of 65. Since Fresno State imposed its own […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey “Bracket Buster” not so kind to the WAC Last Saturday four Western Athletic Conference teams were thrust to the front of “mid-major” hoops with an attempt to improve their RPI giving the winner an added boost come NCAA tourney selection time. Fresno State (19-6, 12-3 […]

WAC Notebook

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Louisiana Tech getting ready for March After one of the more disappointing starts of the year, Louisiana Tech is now back in the hunt for the WAC title. The Bulldogs took care of business last week as they knocked off Tulsa in Ruston and both […]