Each week, RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West basketball teams. Here are this week's rankings, with each team's overall record, next opponent and a comment. All records and rankings based on the games completed by Monday.
Comment: One thing is abundantly clear: Nevada would like to avoid Fresno State in the Mountain West Tournament. It's just not a good matchup for the Wolf Pack. Fresno State has similar size and athleticism and has just out-toughed Nevada over the last few seasons (the Bulldogs have won six of the last seven in the series).