MW rankings: Bye! Bye! Bye! Four teams fighting for two elusive tournament byes

Plus, he says the Wolf Pack already has an outright Mountain West championship and talks about the importance of Cody Martin. Chris Murray/RGJ

Buy PhotoEach 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: 25-5, 14-2 MW

Comment: In addition to clinching a share of the Mountain West championship with a win over Colorado State on Sunday, the Wolf Pack basically clinched a spot in the NCAA Tournament, too. Nevada could lose its next three games – at UNLV and at San Diego State this week…