A high school quarterback in Southern California said he still has a full scholarship offer from Utah despite being expelled after an altercation with his baseball coach.

Tyler Shreve, 18, of Redlands, Calif., wrestled Redlands East Valley baseball coach James Cordes to the ground in anger after being informed he was being dismissed from the team. The incident happened on school grounds on Feb. 24.

Mar 10, 2010 - Take whatever you know about the WAC from football season - namely that the competition is weak, the level of play is lacking, Mark May knows very little about how it really works, and Boise State is supremely dominant - replace Boise State with Utah State, and you have a pretty good idea of how WAC men's basketball works.

There is Utah State and then everyone else.

Expect the favorites to advance to the semis which is where there will be some good hoops action taking place. There have been only two teams fifth or below to beat a top four team, so do not expect any lower seed to advance. The expected matchup of BYU vs. UNLV in round two will be intense since neither school likes each other and there is a history between the teams when they play in the conference tournament. Also, UNLV has all ready beaten the Cougars in Vegas once this season. The Rebels should be cautious since they do play the Utes who swept the Rebels, but do not expect a third loss to the Utes by UNLV.

If New Mexico gets to go against San Diego State in the semis that game will be intense. The last time the two played it went in overtime with the Lobos pulling it out by two. The Aztecs go a bit deeper in their rotation, but lack the player who can really take over a game, where as the Lobos have that type of player in Darrington Hobson

Predicting who will win or even advance to the finals is very difficult since each of the top four have a legit shot to win this thing. San Diego State is the weakest of the three, because they have had some questionable losses. UNLV has the home court and has a 13-3 record, BYU has beaten the other three favorites, and New Mexico is riding a 13 game winning streak.

Please join me in welcoming The Mtn. network to the 21st Century. Each conference tournament game will be in HD. Maybe someday they'll broadcast all the Cougars' games in high-definition.

What will it be like to NOT time-travel to 1987? We'll find out this weekend.

The structure of college football is as fundamentally American as you can get, with the rising tide of the sport’s popularity lifting all boats. Boise State’s recent ascent parallels that of many previous "mid-majors" who now are part of the established power structure and the Broncos now find themselves knocking on the door of the full-fledged big time as the latest in a long line of upstarts who made good dating back at least as far as underdog Alabama in the 1926 Rose Bowl.

If you’re in favor of a Division I-A college football playoff, by all means, celebrate the fact that folks are talking about the BCS, for all the good it will do you. Even if the power brokers with a vested financial interest in preserving the existing system lacked the savvy, the political connections, and the war chest to beat back the tepid efforts suggested by the Justice Department’s letter to Senator Hatch---a dubious proposition at best---all the sturm und drang originating in the Beehive State will last approximately as long as it takes for the Mountain West to be made an automatically-qualifying BCS conference. Since that development appears to be right around the corner, Senator Hatch’s outrage figures to cool as soon as his home state’s major players are let inside the gates he presently is bound and determined to storm.

East Region -
No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 California (@ New Orleans)

West Region
No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 14 Weber State (@ San Jose)

South Region
No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Old Dominion (@ Providence)
No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 9 Utah State (@ Buffalo)

MWC: 4
New Mexico (3), BYU (5), UNLV (10), San Diego State (13)

"The Lobos took their preferred spot in the West, thanks to a big win at BYU on Saturday. The Cougars, meanwhile, drop down to the 5 line in the East (as that regional is played Thursday/Saturday), but their fans shouldn't fret, as they still remain at a Western site, San Jose, for the first weekend."

West Region -
No. 4 BYU vs. No. 13 Mississippi State (@ San Jose)
No. 6 Xavier vs. No. 11 Utah State (@ Providence)

Midwest Region
No. 2 New Mexico vs. No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (@ San Jose)

South Region
No. 3 Vanderbilt vs. No. 14 Weber State (@ New Orleans)
No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 13 San Diego State (@ Spokane)

East Region
No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Florida State (@ Providence)