Down the home stretch

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 | 7:07 a.m.

As the Mountain West Conference heads around the quarter pole and bears down on the homestretch at the Thomas & Mack Center starting today in the league tournament, some horses, er, teams are picking up steam.

Air Force has lost a few paces over the past month and looks like it will limp across the finish line. The Falcons, 0-7 lifetime in the conference tournament, look like they'll be pressed to break their maiden status.

A loss to Brigham Young in Provo sent Air Force into a tailspin, and it has lost six of its last 12 games. The horizontal roll threatens to plummet its Mountain West tourney record to 0-8.

We analyzed the tournament like an old-fashioned horse race. Two or three teams are hitting stride, one hopes for rain, and another needs Charlton Heston and a chariot. Only one jockey has won the grand prize, one already has been bucked from his ride and another has announced that this will be his last ride.

Odds are for entertainment purposes only.

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