UNLV at Wyoming, Tuesday Night
Both teams "need" this win. Wyoming is on a 3-game losing streak, all by 17 or more points. UNLV needs to rattle off 10-straight to have any chance for a conference title. Wyoming has only scored more than 60 points in one of 5 MWC games. UNLV has scored more than 60 in every conference game but one (@ San Diego State). UNLV comes up with a big road win: Rebels 71, Wyoming 53.
Air Force at Colorado State
CSU is coming off of a spirited effort against BYU, preceded by a win at UNLV. Air Force is coming off of a big win against Wyoming. CSU has a huge advantage inside and will try to take it to Air Force's matchup zone inside, opening up Eikmeier, Carr, Green, and Nigon outside. This one could get ugly if CSU doesn't have any hangover from the BYU game. Rams 79, Falcons 55.
TCU at New Mexico
At this point in the season, I didn't peg these two teams as battling to stay out of last place. But such are the current standings. TCU has only won two games in the past month and both were at home (against 8-11 Wyoming and 5-15 Chicago State). How will New Mexico respond after a last-second loss at UNLV to complete a 3-game losing streak? This is where the Lobos need that senior leader at PG Dairese Gary to step up, man up, and play up. The last two games he had 7 turnovers and 7 fouls. He did score as well, but he needs to play more like he did against SDSU (23 points and 7 assists). The Lobos should win, but they need to roll the Horned Frogs. I believe they will: Lobos 81, Horned Frogs 61.
You heard it here first: blowouts across the board in the MWC this week. There is one game, a bit more high profile than these three, which may play out a bit closer, and I'll write about that one on Wednesday.
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