Portland State is in

From the NYT, and today it's not about Elliot Spitzer:

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Deonte Huff scored 17 points to lead Portland State to a 67-51 victory over Northern Arizona, and its first trip to the NCAA tournament, in the championship game of the Big Sky Conference on Wednesday night.

Kyle Coston added 14 points for PSU (23-9), which won its 14th straight Big Sky game, and Andre Murray had 13 points. Jeremiah Dominguez chipped in nine points and six assists.
Nate Geiser led Northern Arizona (21-11) with 13 points and Kyle Landry had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Lumberjacks.

Portland State, the top seed as regular season Big Sky champions, closed the first half with an 18-4 run that put the Vikings ahead 34-20. They maintained their lead in the second half and led by as many as 17 points late in the game. Northern Arizona closed to within nine but did not challenge down the stretch...

Couple things to ponder:

- Portland State is coached by Ken Bone, who is part of the Pacific Northwest Basketball Coaching Mafia. I don't know if there really is such a thing, but that region is woefully under-rated when it comes to hoops talent, especially in coaching. So many coaches from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska and the surrounding area remain there, but seem to do a dance around the various small DI and DII schools.
- The Portland State women's team is playing for the Big Sky quarterfinals tonight
- Why is the Northern Arizona mascot the Lumberjack?