The Nevada basketball team, ranked No. 20 in the country, finishes its home schedule this week with games against San Jose State and Colorado State. Coach Eric Musselman is hoping for some big crowds to thank the team. Chris Murray/RGJ
Each week, RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West basketball teams. Here are this week’s rankings, with each team’s record and a comment. All records and rankings based on the games completed by Monday night.
1. Nevada
Rank last week: 1
Record: 23-5, 12-2 MW
Comment: Mountain West player of the week awards ultimately mean very little, but how has Nevada only won one of those all season (and zero in conference play)?