Colorado State is 14-1 at home, but the best Nevada team in Steve Alford's five-year tenure can keep this close. Sophomore forward Nick Davidson has a big matchup edge for Nevada; he's scored 19-plus in six of the past seven games. Over that same span, the Wolf Pack are 6-1 with the loss coming by one point to New Mexico.

These teams combined for 141 points in their meeting in late January in a game where the Rams were bad on both ends. I expect CSU to fare much better this time, with this matchup turning into a uptempo shootout. I see both teams finishing with 70+ points in a game that will likely be decided in the final minutes.

Rematch of a convincing 77-64 Wolf Pack win at Reno on January 24, when the backcourt dynamic duo of Jarod Lucas (24 points) and Kenan Blackshear (added 20) paced Nevada. That's part of a current 7-2 SU surge by Steve Alford’s bunch to the Big Dance cut-line, though a potential concern for Alford tonight is the status of aforementioned Blackshear (15.2 ppg), suffering from a leg injury that might keep him out of action on Tuesday. Not to fear, however, as Alford has had others emerge lately, including forgotten G Hunter McIntosh, a onetime double-digit scorer at Elon who resurfaced dramatically with 18 points (all on triples; 6 for 9 from beyond the arc!) in the Friday romp at San Jose. Play Nevada