Mountain West Basketball 2024 Odds, Stats, Schedule Into Tournament Play

The Mountain West may set a conference record this year with six teams selected to the NCAA Tournament. But the final week of the regular season and MWC Tournament will determine the final tally. A record-tying five teams are nearly assured, and UNLV is not one of them despite still having a shot at a top-2 finish in the regular season standings. Mountain West basketball 2024 odds, stats and key games are below and in my coverage in Forbes.

That follows my small conference basketball Last Home Game situations and some big game betting games and picks from last week.

I’ll be at the San Diego State (-2) at UNLV game tonight in Las Vegas as those two team battle among the five teams within one-game of first place with two games to go. I bet the ‘under’ game total (down from 136.5 to 134) and UNLV fits some Last Home Game proven profiles as a home ‘Dog.

The other key game in the Mountain West on March 5 is Nevada at Boise State.

I cover the Mountain West and college basketball’s best conference race in my coverage in Forbes.

The final week of the regular season includes some key conference games to determine college basketball conference winners. The best race is in the Mountain West, where five teams are within one game of first place.

  • Utah State (12-4) – overall 24-5
  • Boise State (12-4) – 21-8
  • Nevada (11-5) – 24-6
  • San Diego State (11-5) – 22-7
  • UNLV (11-5) – 18-10
  • New Mexico (9-7) – 21-8
  • Colorado State (9-8) – 21-9

NCAA Tournament Seedings

Current projections and seedings show San Diego State (4), Utah State (6), Boise State (7), Nevada (8), Colorado State (9) and New Mexico (11) in the 2024 NCAA Tournament field.

Other key games in conference races, and conference and NCAA Tournament seedings include:

  • Big Ten: No. 1 Purdue (15-3) at No. 12 Illinois (13-5) – March 5 – Illini -2 favorite, Purdue wins 77-70
  • SEC: No. 4 Tennessee (13-3) at No. 17 South Carolina (12-4)  March 6 – Vols -5 road favorite
  • Big East: No. 2 UCONN (16-2) at No. 8 Marquette (13-5) – March 6 – Huskies -5.5 road favorite
  • ACC: No. 7 at North Carolina (16-3) at No. 9 Duke (15-4) – March 9

Check out more of my Mountain West Conference coverage and NCAA Basketball in my updates in Forbes. I also provide Last Home Game betting profiles and situations on key major conference games the final week of the regular season in my college basketball coverage in OSGA.

Author: FairwayJay is a leading national sports betting analyst, writer, handicapper and sports betting insider providing insight and information you can bet on for nearly two decades from Las Vegas. He chips in additional sports betting coverage and reporting on industry news and events for leading media and sports betting sites and companies. Follow him on X (Twitter): @FairwayJay
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