WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Is Fresno State for real? There comes a point in the season when a team shows its true colors. For Fresno State, they still keep winning, even when they shouldn’t. It seems like every week Fresno State gets some kind of accolade. Well, they should […]

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey San Jose State earns first conference win That’s right folks, the San Jose State Spartans (4-10 overall, 1-4 WAC) won their first Western Athletic Conference game last Saturday night against one of the league’s best teams. Just when it looked like the Spartans were in […]

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Following a legend There’s no doubt that Jerry Tarkanian is an absolute legend when it comes to college basketball. Lets not be stupid here, but his final years at Fresno St. were anything but legendary, leaving the Bulldogs under investigation for NCAA violations and not […]

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Last place, Broncos think not At the beginning of the season the Boise State Broncos (8-4, 2-0 WAC) were picked by most media outlets to finish last in the Western Athletic Conference. Althon, The Sporting News and Street and Smith all picked the Broncos to […]

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey Tough times in El Paso From the start, it looked as though the Texas-El Paso Miners (2-5) were in for a long season. Now, in addition to the controversial departure of their former head coach Jason Rabedeaux, there is the recent loss of their senior […]

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The season is nearly a month old and the Western Athletic Conference is in the process of finding out who are the contenders and who are the pretenders. Seven WAC teams were in action last weekend including Hawai’i (2-1) and Fresno State (5-1) both of […]

WAC Notebook by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference is off and running with its front-runners Hawai’i and Tulsa, as well as Fresno State, winning tournaments. Also the four new WAC head coaches avoided early season criticism with wins. It looks as though the WAC is ready to take on […]

Boise State falls in Preseason NIT by Phil Dailey The Boise State Broncos looked to unveil its new up-tempo offense in front of a national ESPN2 audience Monday night, against the Eastern Illinois Panthers. The new run-n-gun style offense head coach Greg Graham promised appears to be a work in […]

Western Athletic Conference Preview by Phil Dailey The Western Athletic Conference is in the process of undergoing a makeover at four of its ten basketball programs. Coaching changes are taking center stage this season at Boise State, Fresno State, San Jose State and UTEP. Ray Lopes takes over for basketball […]

WAC Offseason Recap by Phil Dailey Boise State Broncos The Broncos are coming off a disappointing year. Beating tournament-bound Wyoming early in the season at home was their only bright spot. The Broncos went 6-12 in their first season as a member of the WAC. Out is Rod Jensen; in […]