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Apparently, UNLV fan Josh Meeter is taking the ‘enough screwing around’ approach when it comes to doing his part to help his beloved Rebels lure in the biggest hoops recruit in the city’s history. Meeter, who by trade is an art director, created a 30-second fake Nike commercial set to a T.I. track, portraying Shabazz Muhammad waving his arms to a crowd while wearing a No. 15 UNLV jersey.
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For the first time this season, we have a change atop the rankings, and really, there’s very little debating it. Meanwhile, the middle of the pack continues to be a jumble, and will be the most interesting portion to watch as we head into the final week of the regular season. Let’s get down to it …
The top two spots are again solid, but under the surface, the rest of the league continues to shift around. UNLV’s monster win at Colorado State over the weekend and Utah’s wild buzzer-beater to upset New Mexico in The Pit forced a decent amount of movement. If you’re wanting to see San Diego State’s stranglehold of the No. 1 ranking loosen, check back in a week, because it will if the Aztecs don’t take care of BYU on their home floor next Saturday. For now, on to this week’s rankings …
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We’re entering the stretch run, and the top of the league is still intact. Behind San Diego State and BYU, though? It’s still a jam. Let’s explore …
Once again, San Diego State and BYU have separated themselves from the pack a bit. And, again, the league’s most intriguing race is between the Nos. 3 and 5 slots in the league standings. Colorado State is back up to third, UNLV has dropped to fourth and New Mexico’s off weekend kept them right there at fifth. But did they move around at all in this week’s Power Rankings? Well, that’s why you look here every week, right?
Apologies for the delay this week with the rankings, but I’ve got a good excuse in tow, folks … As of late Wednesday night, Mountain West Conference play hit its official mid-way point for all nine league teams. So, you can essentially consider this mid-year report card of sorts. The cream is now starting to rise, and we’re seeing the true identities of the league’s contenders and pretenders. And … here … we … go … (Pardon me, just watched The Dark Knight the other night. Channeling the inner Joker here)
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The boldest moves this week involve Colorado State and New Mexico, who continue to be heading in opposite directions. The Rams are tougher than they’ve gotten credit for, while the Lobos it appears might have some chemistry issues behind their slide away from NCAA tournament at-large status. Here we go …
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Sorry to disappoint those looking for a bunch of shake-up near the top this week. Most of the movement is among the league’s current bottom-feeders, but a couple of early upstarts are holding strong in the middle of the pack. Lets get to it.
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OK, so after a few boring weeks of little shift in the weekly rankings, we finally have something substantive to go off of with a week of conference play in the books. I remind you: No cursing.
League play is officially here, as Colorado State came back from a surprising double-digit first half deficit to defeat Wyoming in Fort Collins, Colo., on Tuesday night, 73-60. Six of the other seven teams get going on Wednesday. That said, here’s the final non-conference Mountain West hoops power rankings of the winter (well, sort of, as it’d be unfair not to count CSU’s win in its resumé, right?). Oh, and Happy New Year, too.
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