CINCINNATI -- Following his team's practice at the University of Cincinnati Tuesday in preparation for today's National Invitation Tournament first-round game against the Bearcats, Weber State coach Randy Rahe was informed that he was named the Big Sky Conference's coach of the year.

LAYTON -- Far be it for a fan of the Northridge Knights to not support their team, but if they left before the seventh inning, shame, shame.

CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Sure they're disappointed that instead of seeing their name in the brackets that the majority of America has stressed over while trying to determine winners of upcoming games, they are playing in a different tournament with brackets of its own that hardly anyone fills out in advance.