Colorado State Tops Field in Tournament

Regular-season champion Colorado State is seeded first in the Western Athletic Conference basketball tournament beginning tonight at Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus.

Colorado State will play the winner of tonight’s preliminary-round game between San Diego State and Utah in the last quarterfinal game Thursday night.

The winner of the tournament will receive the conference’s automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. tournament.

The schedule (all times PST):

Tonight

No. 8 Utah (15-16, 6-10) vs. No. 9 San Diego State (12-16, 4-12), 6:05 p.m.

Thursday

No. 3 New Mexico (19-9, 11-5) vs. No. 6 Air Force (14-13, 6-10), 11:05 a.m.

No. 2 Texas El Paso (22-6, 11-5) vs. No. 7 Wyoming (14-16, 6-10), 1:35 p.m.

No. 4 Hawaii (16-11, 9-7) vs. No. 5 Brigham Young (14-14, 7-9), 6:05 p.m.

No. 1 Colorado State (20-8, 12-4) vs. Utah-San Diego State winner, 8:35 p.m.

Friday

Semifinals, 6:05 and 8:35 p.m.

Saturday

Championship, 7:05 p.m.