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1998-99 Western Athletic Conference Season Summary

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Record: 264-208, .559 W-L% (7th of 31) (Schedule and Results)
*Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games.
SRS: 4.74 (9th of 31) ▪ SOS: 2.90 (10th of 31)

Regular Season Champion: Nevada-Las Vegas (Mountain), Tulsa (Mountain) and Utah (Pacific)
Tournament Champion: Utah

NCAA Tournament: 3 (New Mexico, Tulsa and Utah)

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 3 (New Mexico, Texas Christian and Utah)
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 2 (New Mexico and Utah)

Standings

Record does not reflect forfeits or vacated games
Conference Overall PTS/G SRS
Rk Mountain W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Nevada-Las Vegas R 9 5 .643 16 13 .552 73.6 69.3 8.8 4.5
2 Tulsa* R 9 5 .643 23 10 .697 70.3 64.0 10.7 4.4
3 Rice  8 6 .571 18 10 .643 67.7 62.6 6.8 1.7
4 Texas Christian  7 7 .500 21 11 .656 85.3 80.2 10.0 4.9
5 Southern Methodist  7 7 .500 15 15 .500 73.4 74.1 2.0 2.7
6 Colorado State  7 7 .500 19 11 .633 72.4 66.8 8.6 3.0
7 Wyoming  7 7 .500 18 10 .643 81.6 76.6 7.1 2.0
8 Air Force  2 12 .143 10 16 .385 74.8 81.3 -4.0 2.5
Rk Pacific W L W-L% W L W-L% Own Opp SRS SOS Notes
1 Utah* RT 14 0 1.000 28 5 .848 71.0 56.3 18.0 3.3
2 New Mexico*  9 5 .643 25 9 .735 74.8 67.6 8.0 0.7
3 Fresno State  9 5 .643 21 12 .636 79.9 75.9 7.7 3.7 *Overall W-L adjusted to 1-12
4 Texas-El Paso  8 6 .571 16 12 .571 68.8 65.7 4.4 1.4
5 Brigham Young  6 8 .429 12 16 .429 71.8 73.4 2.6 4.3
6 San Jose State  5 9 .357 12 16 .429 64.8 65.5 0.1 0.8
7 Hawaii  3 11 .214 6 20 .231 63.8 71.3 -3.2 4.2
8 San Diego State  2 12 .143 4 22 .154 65.7 79.6 -11.7 2.2

AP Poll Summary

School Pre 11/17 11/24 12/1 12/8 12/15 12/22 12/29 1/5 1/12 1/19 1/26 2/2 2/9 2/16 2/23 3/2 Final
Utah 10 9 18 21 25               20 14 12 12 8 6
New Mexico 20 20 20 17 12 11 11 15 15 16 12 18 17 25 24 21 25 25
Texas Christian 25             24 22 20 21 24            

NCAA Tournament

First Round
New Mexico won (61-59) versus Missouri (West Regional)
Tulsa won (62-53) versus College of Charleston (East Regional)
Utah won (80-58) versus Arkansas State (Midwest Regional)

Second Round
New Mexico lost (78-56) versus Connecticut (West Regional)
Tulsa lost (97-56) versus Duke (East Regional)
Utah lost (66-58) versus Miami (OH) (Midwest Regional)

Conference Leaders

Minimum Stat Requirements ▪ Stats include all games played
Games
1. Kevin Henry-NM 34
  Greg Davis-NM 34
  John Robinson-NM 34
4. Hanno Mottola-UT 33
  Michael Ruffin-TLS 33
  Phil Cullen-UT 33
  Jeremy Killion-UT 33
  Greg Harrington-TLS 33
  Tony Heard-TLS 33
  Larry Abney-FREST 33
  Andre Miller-UT 33
  Marcus Hill-TLS 33
  Demetrius Porter-FREST 33
  Eric Coley-TLS 33
  Alex Jensen-UT 33
  Terrance Roberson-FREST 33
  Zac Bennett-TLS 33
  Shawn Williams-TLS 33
  Brandon Kurtz-TLS 33
Field Goals
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 266
2. Courtney Alexander-FREST 264
3. Marquise Gainous-TXX 222
4. Shawn Marion-NVLV 221
5. Ugo Udezue-WY 206
6. Robert Johnson-RICE 191
7. Andre Miller-UT 190
8. Milt Palacio-COST 188
  Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 188
10. Hanno Mottola-UT 186
Field Goal Attempts
1. Courtney Alexander-FREST 563
2. Lee Nailon-TXX 524
3. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 455
4. Robert Johnson-RICE 440
5. Ugo Udezue-WY 435
6. Milt Palacio-COST 418
  Shawn Marion-NVLV 418
8. Lamont Long-NM 416
9. Andre Miller-UT 387
10. Hanno Mottola-UT 386
Field Goal Percentage
1. Marquise Gainous-TXX .581
2. Kenny Thomas-NM .545
3. Marquette Alexander-HI .537
4. Ceedric Goodwyn-COST .531
5. Shawn Marion-NVLV .529
6. Ryan Carroll-TXX .511
7. Lee Nailon-TXX .508
8. Andre Miller-UT .491
9. Hanno Mottola-UT .482
10. Ugo Udezue-WY .474
3-Point Field Goals
1. Kevin Henry-NM 102
2. Robert Johnson-RICE 83
3. John Sivesind-COST 75
4. Marcus Hill-TLS 72
5. Ryan Carroll-TXX 71
6. Jarvis Croff-AF 70
7. Stephen Woods-SMETH 62
  Terrance Roberson-FREST 62
9. Jeremy Killion-UT 61
10. Michael Quinney-SJST 60
3-Point Field Goal Attempts
1. Kevin Henry-NM 239
2. Robert Johnson-RICE 230
3. Terrance Roberson-FREST 210
4. John Sivesind-COST 184
5. Stephen Woods-SMETH 180
6. Jeremy Killion-UT 177
7. Marcus Hill-TLS 174
8. Chad Elsey-SMETH 170
9. Jarvis Croff-AF 168
10. Ryan Carroll-TXX 165
3-Point Field Goal Percentage
1. Kevin Henry-NM .427
2. Jarvis Croff-AF .417
3. John Sivesind-COST .408
4. Robert Johnson-RICE .361
Free Throws
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 171
2. Ugo Udezue-WY 162
3. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 153
4. Robert Johnson-RICE 152
5. Michael Ruffin-TLS 149
6. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP 146
7. Tyron Wright-AF 138
8. Milt Palacio-COST 135
9. Kevin Simmons-NVLV 123
10. Andre Miller-UT 118
Free Throw Attempts
1. Ugo Udezue-WY 271
2. Michael Ruffin-TLS 247
3. Lee Nailon-TXX 239
4. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 212
5. Robert Johnson-RICE 209
6. Tyron Wright-AF 194
7. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP 186
8. Milt Palacio-COST 179
9. Kevin Simmons-NVLV 175
10. Andre Miller-UT 171
Free Throw Percentage
1. Hanno Mottola-UT .833
2. Lamont Long-NM .812
3. Mark Bigelow-BYU .793
4. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP .785
5. Damion Walker-NM .782
6. Nathan Cooper-BYU .779
7. Courtney Alexander-FREST .757
8. Milt Palacio-COST .754
9. Marquise Gainous-TXX .753
10. Brandon Wolfram-TXEP .746
Total Rebounds
1. Michael Ruffin-TLS 342
2. Lee Nailon-TXX 288
3. Marquise Gainous-TXX 269
  Shawn Marion-NVLV 269
5. Kenny Thomas-NM 259
6. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 254
7. Alex Jensen-UT 251
8. Larry Abney-FREST 231
9. Will Trawick-SJST 229
10. David Schuck-AF 227
Assists
1. Prince Fowler-TXX 226
2. Mark Dickel-NVLV 190
3. Andre Miller-UT 186
4. Chris Herren-FREST 181
5. John Robinson-NM 162
6. Johnny White-HI 144
7. Chris Mcmillian-WY 130
  Milt Palacio-COST 130
9. Anthony Blakes-WY 121
10. Winford Mcrae-TXEP 118
Steals
1. Andre Miller-UT 84
2. Shawn Marion-NVLV 73
3. Greedy Daniels-NVLV 70
4. Andre McKanstry-COST 68
5. Matt Watts-SDGST 65
6. Eric Coley-TLS 62
7. Michael Ruffin-TLS 61
8. Milt Palacio-COST 60
  Terrance Roberson-FREST 60
  Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 60
Blocks
1. Melvin Ely-FREST 91
2. Michael Ruffin-TLS 86
3. Kenny Thomas-NM 62
4. Shawn Marion-NVLV 54
5. Nate Althoff-UT 43
6. David Schuck-AF 38
7. Alex Bougaieff-RICE 36
8. Marquise Gainous-TXX 35
  Nigel Smith-SMETH 35
10. John Ford-COST 33
  Erin Galloway-HI 33
  Eric Coley-TLS 33
  Mike Robinson-HI 33
  Brandon Kurtz-TLS 33
Points
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 707
2. Courtney Alexander-FREST 684
3. Robert Johnson-RICE 617
4. Ugo Udezue-WY 575
5. Marquise Gainous-TXX 566
6. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 562
7. Milt Palacio-COST 552
8. Shawn Marion-NVLV 543
9. Lamont Long-NM 522
10. Andre Miller-UT 520
Points Per Game
1. Lee Nailon-TXX 22.8
2. Robert Johnson-RICE 22.0
3. Courtney Alexander-FREST 21.4
4. Ugo Udezue-WY 20.5
5. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 18.7
6. Shawn Marion-NVLV 18.7
7. Milt Palacio-COST 18.4
8. Marquise Gainous-TXX 18.3
9. Tyron Wright-AF 18.2
10. Kenny Thomas-NM 17.8
Total Rebounds Per Game
1. Michael Ruffin-TLS 10.4
2. Kenny Thomas-NM 10.0
3. Lee Nailon-TXX 9.3
4. Shawn Marion-NVLV 9.3
5. David Schuck-AF 8.7
6. Marquise Gainous-TXX 8.7
7. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 8.5
8. Will Trawick-SJST 8.2
9. Alex Jensen-UT 7.6
10. Alex Bougaieff-RICE 7.6
Assists Per Game
1. Chris Herren-FREST 7.2
2. Prince Fowler-TXX 7.1
3. Mark Dickel-NVLV 6.6
4. Andre Miller-UT 5.6
5. Johnny White-HI 5.5
6. John Robinson-NM 4.8
7. Chris Mcmillian-WY 4.6
8. Anthony Blakes-WY 4.5
9. Milt Palacio-COST 4.3
10. Winford Mcrae-TXEP 4.2
Steals Per Game
1. Matt Watts-SDGST 2.6
2. Andre Miller-UT 2.5
3. Shawn Marion-NVLV 2.5
4. Greedy Daniels-NVLV 2.4
5. Andre McKanstry-COST 2.3
6. Anthony Blakes-WY 2.2
7. Mike Wilks-RICE 2.0
8. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 2.0
  Milt Palacio-COST 2.0
10. Eric Coley-TLS 1.9
Blocks Per Game
1. Melvin Ely-FREST 2.8
2. Michael Ruffin-TLS 2.6
3. Kenny Thomas-NM 2.4
4. Shawn Marion-NVLV 1.9
5. David Schuck-AF 1.5
6. Erin Galloway-HI 1.4
7. Nate Althoff-UT 1.3
8. Alex Bougaieff-RICE 1.3
9. John Ford-COST 1.3
10. Mike Robinson-HI 1.3
Effective Field Goal Percentage
1. Ryan Carroll-TXX .625
2. Marquise Gainous-TXX .593
3. Kenny Thomas-NM .591
4. Ceedric Goodwyn-COST .562
5. Shawn Marion-NVLV .553
6. Marquette Alexander-HI .537
7. Robert Johnson-RICE .528
8. Hanno Mottola-UT .526
9. Andre Miller-UT .519
10. Courtney Alexander-FREST .513
True Shooting Percentage
1. Kaspars Kambala-NVLV .650
2. Brandon Wolfram-TXEP .648
3. Alex Jensen-UT .631
4. Kenny Thomas-NM .627
5. Ryan Carroll-TXX .625
6. Marquise Gainous-TXX .624
7. Kevin Henry-NM .621
8. Ceedric Goodwyn-COST .586
9. Sharif Fajardo-TXEP .579
10. Shawn Marion-NVLV .577
Offensive Win Shares
1. Robert Johnson-RICE 3.7
2. Alex Jensen-UT 3.5
3. Marquise Gainous-TXX 3.5
4. Kenny Thomas-NM 3.5
5. Kevin Henry-NM 3.2
6. Brandon Wolfram-TXEP 3.1
7. Hanno Mottola-UT 3.1
8. Shawn Marion-NVLV 3.0
9. Andre Miller-UT 3.0
10. Lee Nailon-TXX 2.9
Defensive Win Shares
1. Andre Miller-UT 4.4
2. Michael Ruffin-TLS 3.9
3. Alex Jensen-UT 3.6
4. Nate Althoff-UT 3.1
5. Shawn Marion-NVLV 3.0
6. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 2.9
7. Alex Bougaieff-RICE 2.8
8. Kenny Thomas-NM 2.7
9. Anthony Blakes-WY 2.6
10. Eric Coley-TLS 2.4
Win Shares
1. Andre Miller-UT 7.4
2. Alex Jensen-UT 7.1
3. Kenny Thomas-NM 6.1
4. Michael Ruffin-TLS 6.1
5. Shawn Marion-NVLV 6.0
6. Hanno Mottola-UT 5.4
7. Robert Johnson-RICE 5.2
8. Marquise Gainous-TXX 4.7
9. Milt Palacio-COST 4.5
10. Jeryl Sasser-SMETH 4.4