It could be said that West is in unfamiliar territory competing in its first 5A state tournament this week.

Yeah, right.

Impressive winning streak? Did that last year.

Questions about the quality of competition? Here it comes again.

Not being in the discussion of who's playing for the championship Saturday? Call Provo. See how that went last year.

In the immortal words of Yogi Berra, it's déjà vu all over again as West shoots for its second straight title after stunning prohibitive favorite Provo to claim the 4A championship in 2009. At 18-3, West had the state's fifth-best regular season record and easily won the Region 2 regular season title by three games over Skyline.

Still, West was 5A's biggest enigma when it hosted Viewmont on Tuesday in the opening round.

West coach Bob Lyman expected it, but is glad it's almost over.

"We're going to show and play our best," Lyman said. "That's what I like about the state tournament, all the talk is put aside and everything is settled on the court."

Lyman knows the talk. West didn't play anybody during the regular season. Region 2 wasn't that strong -- Skyline was the only other team to finish above .500 and many of the other teams were also in transition from 4A. The 17-game winning streak didn't matter because Cottonwood posted a 15-point smacking in the regular season finale.

"There is the argument to be made that the league isn't that good," Lyman said. "We'll see if that hurts us. There is still a reality we didn't have a marquee victory. We'll see how that plays out."

The Cottonwood loss could be a blessing in disguise.

"Cottonwood beat us fair and square," Lyman said. "I don't like into a state tournament on a winning streak -- if we're going to get brought back down to earth, it's better to have during the regular season than in the opening round.

"We still have the same confidence we did during the winning streak," Lyman added. "We've been more focused in practice since then."

West is led by 5-11 point guard Tyrell Corbin, who is the son of Utah Jazz assistant coach Tyrone Corbin.

Tyrell won the 5A regular-season scoring championship with an average of 19.6 points, a full point ahead of Lone Peak freshman Nick Emery. Except for the Cottonwood loss, Corbin was in double figures every game, including 10 20-point nights and a season-high 32 at Clearfield.

Lyman also liked the consistency of his two seniors, Jordan Tanner and Misitana Afeaki.

Tanner has provided complimentary scoring with 12 points a game, while Afeaki is a consummate role player.

"They've both been solid for us and we have a lot of steadiness," Lyman said. "All the other players have improved, and that's what has made us successful this year. We're anticipating a great tournament."