Top-seeded UC Santa Barbara lost both regular-season meetings to No. 2 UC Irvine, but a strong second half in the Big West tournament final broke open a close game.
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Five conferences are scheduled to play their basketball tournaments next month in Las Vegas. One, the Big West, is temporarily relocating from Anaheim, California.
Boise State defeated Wyoming 68-51 on Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center to win its third consecutive Mountain West women’s basketball tournament and fourth in five years. The victory gave the Broncos the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
New Mexico went on a 15-point run, 13 in a row by Vance Jackson, to beat Wyoming 78-68 on Wednesday in the Mountain West Tournament. The Lobos play Utah State at 6 p.m. Thursday.