Mountain West Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament
The term Mountain West applies to a certain region of the United States. There is a division one college athletics conference that bears the same name and covers the same terrain. Member schools in the Mountain West conference include Colorado Springs, Colorado's United States Air Force Academy, Idaho's Boise State University, Fresno State in California, Colorado State, University of Nevada Reno, University of Nevada Las Vegas, University of New Mexico, San Diego State, San Jose State, Utah State and the University of Wyoming. A lot of those states have mountains or scenic national parks. It's logical they are grouped together when it comes to college athletics.
The 2019 Mountain West Basketball Tournament will be played March 13th to the 16th at UNLV's Thomas and Mack Center in beautiful and exciting Las Vegas, Nevada. Some of you might think that this gives the Rebels an advantage having it on their home court. However, the Rebels have unfortunately fallen on hard times since their glory years under Jerry Tarkanian. "The Shark" won 509 games for UNLV from 1973 to 1992. He took them to the Final Four in 1977, 1987, 1990, and 1991. The Rebels won the Championship in 1990 and almost went undefeated in 1991 before losing to Duke in the national championship. They are currently 15-12 on the 2019 season and have had some rough recent losing years. The Rebel fans have had to watch as their hated rival to the north in Reno has risen all the way up to top 10 rankings that they used to have under Tarkanian.
The Nevada Reno Wolf Pack have the best team in the Mountain West based on talent. They have held a top 10 in the weekly top 25 poll at various points of the season. Senior Caleb Martin leads the way for the Wolf Pack with close to 20 points a game.
Consider placing an online sports book bet on the hardwood action that will be tip off on the Vegas Strip March 13th to the 16th 2019.
