Vegas is 9-1 in their last 10. They are good and can fill it. Both teams should shoot a ton of FTs, which is an overs best friend. This number won’t last.

UNLV has the chance to play themselves into the NCAA Tournament conversation if they can win their final two regular season games and have a decent showing in the MWC Tournament. Unfortunately for the Rebels, who have won nine of their last 10, I think their train will be derailed by San Diego State on Tuesday night. The Aztecs have locked up a spot in the Big Dance, but are playing with the intention of improving their seeding at this point. Conference Player of the Year candidate Jaedon Lee was dominant the last time these teams met, and I expect that to be the case again tonight in Sin City. Back the Aztecs.

Nine wins in ten have made UNLV a team to watch. True, the Rebs haven’t beaten the Aztecs since just before Covid in February 2020, and lost by 11 at Viejas Arena on January 6 when unable to contain SDSU’s 6-9 Jaedon LeDee (20 points & 11 rebounds). But two months later, UNLV has more bite, thanks in good part to frosh G Dedan Thomas, Jr, who now leads the Rebs in scoring. Meanwhile, not much urgency here for the Aztecs, whose ticket to the Big Dance is secure. SDSU also has five losses already on the Mountain West trail, though it is 2-0 in Las Vegas after a couple of mid-November wins at the T-Mobile Arena against Saint Mary’s and Washington. Play UNLV