PORTLAND, Ore. Despite a 31-point performance by Shawn Williams, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff could not slow down the University of Portland's balanced scoring attack, and the Pilots defended their home court at the Chiles Center late Thursday with an 86-74 victory.
In most years, the narrative for WAC Vegas is clear.
All eyes are fixed on New Mexico State, as the Aggies seek to cap off a season arguably deserving of an at-large bid with the league’s automatic bid which, fair or not, is their only realistic path to the Big Dance. There’s no such argument this year. A stop-and-start, adversity-filled season for NMSU didn’t contain the type of gaudy numbers to which WAC followers have become accustomed.
Instead, there’s a more exciting narrative swirling in Sin City this year. Put simply, the thing is wide open, and someone may grab a historic bid.
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