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NMSU senior Johnny McCants drives to the basket during Friday’s WAC Tournament semifinal win over Utah Valley at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Courtesy NMSU Athletics)This was not the road the New Mexico State men’s basketball team had been used to taking.
But the destination is exactly the same as it has been for the past decade.
Thanks to a wire-to-wire 78-62 semifinal win over No. 2 Utah Valley on Friday night, the third-seeded Aggies advanced to another Saturday night WAC Tournament championship game at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It is NMSU’s ninth-consecutive appearance since 2012 in the league’s title game, which was not played in 2020 due the COVID-19.