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It was an exciting week/end for the Western Athletic Conference with multiple basketball games, two teams participating in the NCAA Volleyball Tournament and of course the highly anticipate postseason bowl selections were announced yesterday!

Below is a list of Top Ten things that happened in WAC action over the last week/end...

10. Last week in women’s basketball action:
Dec. 1
Southern Utah 60, Boise State 74
Dec. 2
Utah Valley 70, Hawai’i 77
Dec. 3
Louisiana Tech 42, Mississippi State 72
Dec. 4
San Jose State 49, Kansas 93
TCU 71, Fresno State 75
New Mexico State 48, New Mexico 80
Nevada 37, UC Santa Barbara 59
Dec. 5
Boise State 70, Montana State 65
Dec. 6
E. Washington 65, Utah State 71
Hawai’i 58, Northern Arizona Univ. 61
Fresno State 70, Pacific University 84
Arizona 53, Louisiana Tech 68
Dec. 7
Boise State 51, Montana 72
Long Beach State 55, Idaho 54
San Jose State 63, Cal State Northridge 69
Nevada 47, UCLA 62
UTEP 67, New Mexico State 77
Hawai’i 46, UC Irvine 74

9. Last week's men’s basketball scores:
Dec. 1
Prairie View A&M 70, Hawai’i 78
Idaho 72, Sacramento State 58
Dec. 2
Nevada 82, Colorado State 76
UC Irvine 62, Utah State 74
Dec. 3
New Mexico State 79, Kansas 100
UNLV 82, Fresno State 76
Wyoming 85, Boise State 86
Santa Clara 59, San Jose State 56
Dec. 6
Idaho 65, Portland 68
BYU 68, Utah State 63
New Mexico State 83, North Texas 85
Fresno State 66, Pacific University 64
UNLV 64, Nevada 57
Grambling 47, Louisiana Tech 77
Colorado State 76, Boise State 85

8. The Western Athletic Conference announced its all-WAC teams and coach and players of the year awards as voted upon by the WAC’s nine head coaches. Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick was named the Offensive Player of the Year, Hawai‘i’s Solomon Elimimian and San Jose State’s Jarron Gilbert shared Defensive Player of the Year honors, and Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore was named the Freshman of the Year. Boise State’s Chris Petersen was voted the WAC’s Coach of the Year.

7. Hawai’i and New Mexico State earn bids to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament.

6. Fresno State rallied for a 75-71 victory over No.22 TCU. The Bulldogs trailed 69-53 with 6:20 remaining in the game before going on a 22-2 run to earn the victory. TCU led by as many as 18 points with 3:31 left in the first half.

5. In Men’s Basketball action, Mark Sanchez's layup in the final second gave Boise State an 86-85 victory over Wyoming Wednesday night.

4. Gary Andersen has been named Utah State head football coach. Andersen becomes the 26th head coach in 115 years of Aggie football.

3. Both Hawai’i and New Mexico State advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament. No. 6 Hawai’i swept Belmont in three sets while New Mexico State rolled passed Saint Mary’s in four sets.

2. No. 6 Hawai’i swept No. 12 USC in the 2nd round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament to advance to the NCAA Regional match set for Fri., Dec. 12th. Hawai’i will play No. 10 Purdue in Fort Collins, CO

1. For the second time in its history and first since 1992, the WAC is sending five teams to postseason bowl games.

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl – Dec. 23
No. 9 Boise State vs. No.11 TCU

Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl – Dec. 24
Hawai’i vs. Notre Dame

Independence Bowl – Dec. 28
Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois

Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl – Dec. 30
Nevada vs. Colorado State