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The Big West athletic directors Friday voted to hold the 1996 conference basketball tournaments in Reno at Nevada's 11,200-seat Lawlor Center in the first year of a revamped format in which only the top six teams will advance to the postseason playoff. The conference's Athletic Council, which includes university presidents and faculty representatives as well as athletic directors, is expected to give final approval next week. The council earlier had asked for a recommendation by the directors.

The Big West athletic directors Friday voted to hold the 1996 conference basketball tournaments in Reno at Nevada's 11,200-seat Lawlor Center in the first year of a revamped format in which only the top six teams will advance to the postseason playoff. The conference's Athletic Council, which includes university presidents and faculty representatives as well as athletic directors, is expected to give final approval next week. The council earlier had asked for a recommendation by the directors.