Each year NYCBuckets.com dives deep into bracket projections beyond the NCAA Tournament with NIT and lower projections. They released their NIT field and it features a trio of Mountain West teams, and possibly a fourth.
Those teams are San Diego State, Boise State, New Mexico and Colorado State is a team that is being considered.
A few things to know about the NIT which could hurt deserving teams. A few years back the tournament decided to allow regular season champion teams to earn a spot in the NIT if they did not get their leagues NCAA Tournament bid.