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College Basketball Preview - Western Athletic Conference

OUTLOOK: Now down to eight teams, with the defection of Boise State to the Mountain West Conference , the Western Athletic Conference is a bit sleeker for the 2011-12 campaign.Stew Morrill , who has enjoyed a number of very successful Utah State teams in recent years, is the dean of head coaches in the WAC as he heads into his 14th season in Logan, but this year might also prove to be one of the most challenging for him and the Aggies because the team is in re-building mode after losing several crucial pieces that pushed them to the NCAA Tournament last season. Except for his first year when the Aggies went 15-13 and finished fourth in the Eastern Division of the Big West Conference, Morrill has guided the program to the postseason, even though they've been booted out rather early almost every time.Expected to finish ahead of Utah State in the final standings are Nevada and the New Mexico State version of the Aggies, the former having a full complement of returning starters from last s...

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