Fresno State Bulldogs
15-3 on the season, 9-1 in last 10 games.
Ranked 43rd by Collegiate Basketball News RPI.
Has won 12 straight home games.
Is 7-1 in games decided by three points or less.
Wins on the road include SMU and Louisiana Tech.
Other wins include Santa Clara, Tulsa, Rice and Hawaii.
Its three losses have all come on the road: at No. 9 Oklahoma State, at Washington State and at Hawaii.
Leads the WAC in scoring defense (63.2 points per game).
Is 15-3 for the fifth time in its history.
Leads the WAC with an 8-1 record, its best start since joining the WAC in 1992-93.
Has won at least 20 games in six of the past seven seasons.
Leads the WAC in attendance with 9,759 per game.
Played in last years NIT.
Senior guard Damon Jackson leads the team with 13.6 points per game and has made four game-winning shots this year.
Head coach Ray Lopes is in his first season with the Bulldogs after serving as an assistant at Oklahoma State the previous eight years.
Lopes 15-3 record is the second best of all 43 first-year coaches this season. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
11-5 on the season, 6-4 in last 10 games.
Ranked 84th by Collegiate Basketball News RPI.
Has won 22 straight home games, the seventh longest streak in the nation.
Has won 33 of its last 34 home games.
Has also won 19 straight WAC home games.
Is 15-12 over the last three seasons on the road.
Is 10-1 when leading at the half.
Is 7-1 in non-conference games this season.
Had a six-game winning streak earlier this season.
Has wins over Arkansas-Little Rock, New Orleans, Butler, SMU and Fresno State.
All five losses have come on the road.
Has won the past two WAC tournaments defeating host Tulsa in the title game.
Junior guard Carl English is second in the WAC in scoring with 19.9 points per game.
Senior guard Mark Campbell leads the WAC in assists with 6.31 per contest.
Is averaging 7,054 fans at home this season.
Head coach Riley Wallace is the "Dean of WAC Coaches". He is in his 16th year at Hawaii and is 254-209.
Rice Owls
12-5 on the season, 7-3 in last 10 games.
Ranked 98th by Collegiate Basketball News RPI.
Was undefeated in December (5-0) for the first time in 49 years.
The Owls 12 wins are two more than all of last season.
Has won three straight road games for the first time since 1995.
Leads the WAC in scoring (78.2 ppg), scoring margin (+7.8), field goal percentage (.485), three-piont percentage (.407), free throw percentage (.734) and three-point FGs made (7.29).
Wins include Colorado, Nevada and Boise State.
Losses include Stanford, Brigham Young and Fresno State on the road and home losses against Tulsa and SMU.
Junior Rashid Smith leads the team with 5.1 assists per game. Smith missed the Tulsa loss due to an injury.
Is 4-3 on the road this season, one of two WAC teams with a winning road record.
Had a six-game winning streak earlier this season.
Sophomore Michael Harris is second in the nation in field goal percentage (.656).
Harris is averaging 14.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game.
Four players are averaging in double figures in scoring.
Head coach Willis Wilson is in his 11th year with the Owls and is 140-159, the winningest coach in school history.
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
11-5 on the season, 6-4 in last 10 games.
Ranked 56th by Collegiate Basketball News RPI.
Is 96-28 (.774) over the last four seasons.
Wins include New Mexico State, Arkansas, Wichita State, SW Missouri State, Oral Roberts, Nevada and Rice.
Losses include Kansas, Iowa, Fresno State and SMU. Senior guard Dante Swanson missed the Iowa game due to injury.
Is 4-2 on the road this season, one of two WAC teams with a winning road record.
Was ranked as high as 17th earlier this season.
Has won at least 20 games in each of the past four seasons.
Has played in the last three WAC tournament championship games.
Every season that Tulsa has won 20 games, it has either played in the NCAA Tournament (13 times) or won the NIT (twice).
Four players are averaging in double figures in scoring.
Is averaging 8,172 fans at home this season.
Senior forward Kevin Johnson averages 15.9 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
Jason Parker leads the WAC in free throw percentage (.882)
Head coach John Phillips is in his second season with Tulsa and is 38-12.