Piggybacking on Jay Hinton's thoughts, this would be a great game for television

This would be a fun game to watch, if it was televised -- Boise State needs a win to stay in the race for the top but Nevada is the team (of the two) with the most momentum right now:

Nevada to face Boise State
DARRELL MOODY
Nevada Appeal Sports Writer
February 14, 2008

Playing Boise State when your team is fresh is tough enough, but playing the Broncos when it's your fourth game in eight days is downright brutal.

That's what faces Nevada tonight when it invades Taco Bell Arena Thursday in a big Western Athletic Conference game against Boise State.

The teams enter the game in a three-way tie for second place with New Mexico State at 8-3. All three teams are a half-game behind Utah State, which is 8-2. Overall, Boise State is 17-6 and Nevada is 16-8.

Nevada's legs are certainly weary from playing, and winning, three games in five days. One would think the Pack may have picked up some adrenaline and momentum from its win against Utah State Monday night which will enable it to get through the rest of the week.

"They (Boise State) are an excellent team," Nevada coach Mark Fox said. "They are a veteran team with four seniors starting."

And, those four seniors made life miserable for the Wolf Pack earlier this year when the Broncos shot 59 percent from beyond the arc and 54 percent overall and hung a 95-80 defeat on the Pack. It was the worst home loss in Fox's tenure...

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