The conference's top five teams have a good chance to be in the at-large discussion.
But this isn’t about making noise in the field of 68. There is plenty of time to discuss that down the road. It’s about getting to March in the first place.The conference has produced five Top-40 teams in the NET, the NCAA basketball committee’s preferred sorting tool when it comes time to bracket the field. Both Boise State and San Diego State are consensus Top-40 teams across all the metrics listed on the NCAA team sheets.
It’s worth the reminder that individual teams earn tournament berths, not leagues. But the best thing that could happen to the Mountain West is if there continues to be a clear stratification between its top five and its bottom six. It could allow the top five to all flirt with 25-win seasons, adding value to conference games routinely seen in power conferences.
This would not, of course, be the best thing for the programs at Air Force, Colorado State, Fresno State, San José State, UNLV and Wyoming, because it would entail a lot of losing. And given each team’s competitiveness at times this season — some more than others — there will probably be some surprises as league play continues.
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