Murray's weekly Mountain West basketball rankings
Each week, RGJ sports writer Chris Murray will rank the Mountain West basketball teams. Here are this week's rankings, with each team's overall record, next opponent and a comment.
Comment: Boise State is as prepared as any team heading into conference play. The team has won five straight games, including one against a fringe Top 25 team in Oregon. After a relatively slow start to the year, my preseason player of the year pick, James Webb III, is coming off a career-high 31-point game in a win over Bradley.