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Thursday, 08 March 2007

Top-Seed Nevada opens WAC Tournament quarterfinals vs. Idaho The 19th ranked Nevada Wolf Pack (27-3, 14-2 conf.) opens play as the top-seed in the 2007 Western Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals Thursday at 2:15 p.m. EST when they play the No. 9 seed Idaho Vandals (4-26, 1-15 conf.) at the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, N.M. This season Nevada clinched sole possession of the 2007 WAC regular-season title, marking the fourth consecutive year that the team earned at leas a share of the conference crown and the third straight season the team won the WAC title outright. The Wolf Pack has also won two of the last three WAC Tournament titles heading into this years event. Nevada is a heavy -19 ½ point favorite in its game with the Vandals at most offshore sportsbooks with a total of 133 points. 

Nevada is led by senior All-American and WAC player of the year Nick Fazekas who averaged 20.9 points and 11.3 rebounds a game for the league champions. According to ESPN.com, the Wolf Pack could be a top-four seed in the NCAA tournament.

 Utah State (21-10, 9-7) will play Hawaii (18-10, 8-8) in second game starting at approximately 4:30 p.m. EST. The Aggies are the number four seed in the tournament, while the Rainbow Warriors are the fifth seed. Utah State is favored in the game by -3.0 points with a 130 point total. 

The third seed Fresno State Bulldogs play sixth seed Boise State in the first evening game beginning at 8 p.m. EST. The Bulldogs and Broncos split their pair of games this season with Fresno winning by one at home and Boise State winning by four at home. The Bulldogs are favored by a 1 ½ point chalk with a 142 total. 

The WAC Tournament host and number two seed New Mexico State is an -11 ½ point favorite over number seven seed Louisiana Tech in Thursdays nightcap. The schools split the two game regular season series with each team winning on its own home court. 

The WAC Tournament semi-finals begin on Friday at 8 p.m. EST when the winner of the Nevada-Idaho game will play the winner of the Utah State-Hawaii game followed by the winner of the Fresno-Boise game playing the winner of the New Mexico State-Louisiana Tech game. All betting lines and totals can be found at BetUS.com.





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