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: The Wolf Pack heads to the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic just two wins away from a highly successful non-conference run. If Nevada sweeps those two games, it puts itself in excellent position heading into Mountain West play. Interesting note: Nevada has the MW's leader in scoring (Marcus Marshall), assists (Lindsey Drew), blocks (Cam Oliver) and the No.