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00:03 Now we go to the Mountain West.
00:05 It's a conference we have spoken at length about,
00:07 potentially six bids to the NCAA tournament.
00:11 And I think they're going to get six, including a Nevada team.
00:15 What a game it was against Colorado State last night.
00:19 The Wolfpack closed as a six and a half point underdog.
00:22 Jared Lucas, one of their leaders, one of the best free throw shooters in
00:25 the Mountain West, misses three of four in the final minute to allow Colorado
00:31 State and Isaiah Stevens, who is a stud, to tie the basketball game up.
00:35 You saw Max Struis win it for Cleveland at the buzzer from 59 feet.
00:40 It was probably about a 50 foot half court buzzer beater for
00:44 Jared Lucas as the pack go into Colorado Springs and win outright.
00:51 77-74, six quad one wins for Steve Alford's Nevada team,
00:56 who was looking to make their second consecutive NCAA tournament.
01:01 >> In Nevada also, that 39-28 lead at the half, so it was one of those like, hey,
01:04 we didn't think we'd need to make a late three point shot to even win this
01:07 basketball game, so credit the comeback here for Colorado State.
01:10 But as you talked about it, I don't wanna say it's a forgotten conference,
01:13 because they are playing really good basketball, but a lot of us East Coasters
01:17 don't get to stay up late and watch this conference.
01:19 You also saw games last night, like Utah State going into overtime and
01:22 taking on Fresno here.
01:23 And then you double it down with other games like San Diego State escaping
01:26 a two win team out there in the Mountain West with San Jose State.
01:30 This is a conference that once they get, let's see what they can do on the big
01:33 stage, a lot of people won't know, but don't be surprised at a couple sweet 16
01:37 runs out of this conference, Ben.
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