c ats ▁to ▁four ▁NCAA ▁Tourn aments , ▁including ▁the ▁school ' s ▁first ▁NCAA ▁Tournament ▁win ▁since ▁reaching ▁the ▁S weet ▁ 1 6 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁ ▁He ▁remained ▁We ber ▁State ' s ▁winning est ▁coach ▁until ▁R andy ▁Ra he ▁broke ▁his ▁wins ▁record ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁ ▁During ▁most ▁of ▁Mc Car thy ' s ▁ten ure ▁at ▁New ▁Mexico ▁State , ▁the ▁A gg ies ▁were ▁the ▁second - best ▁team ▁in ▁what ▁became ▁the ▁Big ▁West ▁Conference , ▁behind ▁UN L V . ▁ ▁After ▁UN L V ▁hit ▁the ▁sk ids , ▁Mc Car thy ▁took ▁advantage ▁and ▁led ▁the ▁A gg ies ▁to ▁four ▁straight ▁Big ▁West ▁tournament ▁titles ▁and ▁four ▁straight ▁NCAA ▁Tourn aments ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁His ▁best ▁team ▁was ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 1 – 9 2 ▁unit , ▁which ▁advanced ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁S weet ▁ 1 6 — the ▁A gg ies ' ▁deep est ▁run ▁in ▁the ▁tournament ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁Final ▁Four ▁unit . ▁ ▁Mc Car thy ▁was ▁ab rupt ly ▁fired ▁just ▁weeks ▁before ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁practice ▁for ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 – 9 8 ▁season . ▁ ▁Athlet ic ▁director ▁Jim ▁Paul ▁c ited ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁factors , ▁princip ally ▁the ▁basketball ▁team ' s ▁poor ▁performance ▁in ▁the ▁class room . ▁ ▁Mc