Boise State vs. New Mexico State
Free Pick: New Mexico State -7 (February 27th 2010 – Tom Freese)
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Boise St is 13-15 overall and they are 3-10 in Conference Play. Forward Ike Okoye scores 13.1 points and 8.3 rebounds a game. Forward Robert Arnold scores 10.5 points a game. La’Shard Anderson scores 10.2 points a game. Daequon Montreal scores 10 points a game. The Broncos score 73.3 points a game. Boise St is 2-5 ATS off a straight up win and they are 3-7-1 ATS their last 11 meetings with the Aggies. New Mexico St is 18-9 overall and they are 10-3 in Conference Play. Jahmar Young scores 21 points a game. Guard Johnathan Gibson scores 18 points a game while shooting 40.7% from behind the arc. Forward Troy Gillenwater scores 13.8 points a game. Forward Wendell McKines scores 11.2 points a game. Center Hamidu Rahman scores 10.6 points and 8 rebounds a game. The Aggies score 78 points a game and they 12-3-1 ATS their 16 league games and they are 8-1-1 ATS their last 10 Saturday games.

Idaho vs. New Mexico State
Free Pick: New Mexico State -4.5 (February 24th 2010 – Matt Fargo)
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The way I see it, the markets have not caught up with New Mexico St. for some reason and we are still getting value on the Aggies so we will continue to ride. The Aggies started the season at 3-6 and that slow start can be attributed to a number of reasons but mostly it was due to not being at close to full strength. That is not that case anymore as New Mexico St. has everyone back and the biggest returnee was forward Wendell McKines. He has been back for 16 games and it is no surprise that the Aggies are 13-3 in those games with one loss coming against WAC heavyweight Nevada, another coming against a strong San Jose St. team and the last at Fresno St. He is averaging 11.2 ppg and 9.6 rpg and his presence makes this team nearly complete. The backcourt is one of the best in the conference and is even better with McKines back in the lineup. Guard Jahmar Young and guard Jonathan Gibson are doing something really special in Las Cruses. Young enters this game third in the WAC in scoring at 20.9 ppg while is Gibson is sixth at 18.2 ppg. They are the highest scoring teammates in the conference and as of last week’s NCAA’s stats, they were the only teammates in the national top 50 in scoring.

To make things even better, the Aggies got forward Troy Gillenwater back five games ago as he was reinstated from being academically ineligible. All he’s done in his first five games back is average 15.6 ppg and 7.4 rpg and it the best sixth man in the conference. The high-scoring backcourt combined with the new solid frontcourt of McKines, Gillenwater and center Hamidu Rahman, make New Mexico St. a tough matchup for anybody in the WAC as the Aggies now possess five double-digit scorers. The fifth starter is point guard Hernst Laroche who had a tidy 2.00 assist/turnover ratio. Idaho was a pleasant surprise to open the season with an 8-4 record but it then suffered six straight conference losses to take some of the wind out of its sails. To the Vandals credit, they did not quit and have gone a solid 5-3 over their last eight games including a 3-1 record on the road. However the one loss came against the best team they played and that was Utah St. by 18 points and while these Aggies may not quite be in line with those Aggies, they are close.

The RPI shows New Mexico St. with a 66 rank while Idaho is at 174 and those are pretty significant differences. With a variance that big, we usually see it in the line as well but that is not the case in this one as we once against catch New Mexico St. with an outstanding line. 3* New Mexico St. Aggies