News and notes from Nevada’s 67-55 loss to San Diego State on Friday in the semifinals of the MW Tournament.
* The Mountain West reversed its decision to cut the conference tournament from all 11 teams to eight teams after the conference’s presidents met Friday morning. The change, which was expected to go into effect starting next season, came under a deluge of criticism from coaches, fans and the media.
“As part of its annual meeting held today in conjunction with the conference basketball tournaments, the Mountain West Board of Directors committed to a traditional format for the MW Basketball Championships which includes all Conference teams,” the conference wrote in a news release.