‘Disbelief’: Ninth-seeded Air Force bursts into Mountain West championship game behind third thriller in as many days

LAS VEGAS – Air Force waited and waited and waited for the buzzer that would catapult it into an unprecedented Mountain West championship game.

“That was the longest 10 seconds of my life,” said Milahnie Perry, who has turned into a full-fledged star at the Thomas & Mack Center.

It finally sounded before Boise State could hoist a last shot, allowing the Falcons to complete a 68-66 victory in the Mountain West tournament semifinals Monday night and become the highest seeded team in this event to advance this far…

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