LAS VEGAS (AP) — With the Pac-12 Conference about to play its final men’s and women’s basketball tournaments — at least in their current state — there is an opportunity for one of the other four leagues in the region to step to the forefront in Las Vegas. The Mountain West and West Coast Conference are the most likely candidates to replace the Pac-12 in terms of recognition, though the Big West and Western Athletic Conference could receive more visibility as well. The Mountain West, in particular, is having probably its best season. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects six teams to make the NCAA Tournament, which would top the five the league sent in 2013. Four Mountain West teams made the tournament each of the past two years. “We’ve always been a historically strong basketball conference, so I don’t feel like it’s, ‘Oh, wow, look at the Mountain West,’” MW Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said. “I feel like it’s a little bit more like, ‘OK, we’re back. We’re where we should be.’” For Nevarez, watching the Pac-12 all but disintegrate hits close to home. She was a senior associate commissioner in that conference from 2010-18, overseeing women’s sports. Nevarez also has strong ties to