UNLV Runnin' Rebels vs. Boise State Broncos: Prediction, Preview, Picks & Odds - 2/19/2023

Time: 9 p.m. ET

Venue: ExtraMile Arena, Boise, ID

Where to watch: FS1

DraftKings: Boise State -7.5

FanDuel: Boise State -7.5

BetMGM: Boise State -7.5

Caesars: Boise State -7.5

UNLV: 16-10 (5-9 Mountain West)

Boise State: 20-6 (10-3 Mountain West)

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So I'm just going to throw this out there and if there is anyone that fully feels that they agree with me on this, go ahead and get on the bandwagon because I really am at my last wits end on this whole situation stress bear with me for a second. There is not enough thought in my brain that tells me that UNLV is this bad. Did I think that they were going to be the team that started 10-0 and just run through the entire Mountain West Conference and bring back the glory days of Jerry tarkanian and everything was just gonna be great? No, of course not. No one has ever thought that any team since the 1990s was going to restore its former glory.

 

But why in the world am I watching this team completely crapped the bed in the final weeks before the conference tournament gets under way? And now you're asking me to think that they have a chance to defeat Boise State on Sunday? The same Boise State team that is currently second place in the Mountain West Conference and is likely going to get an at large bid because they've had such a good season?

 

Someone else also needs to explain to me how UNLV is only getting 6.5 points in this game because it should be close to double digits. The rebels have somehow found a way to completely crap the bed over the last four games minus the win against Wyoming in Laramie. Anything else has been a complete and utter failure to the point where I can't even recognize that this team is actually good or not. The averages that they have this year, averaging 75 points per game and giving up only 69, is not a nice indication of where this team was the very beginning of the season. They have one guy right now who is scoring at a rate that anyone would wish they could have on any team in the country and they are squandering it to no end.

 

The other thing that we need to take into consideration is that the Mountain West Conference tournament once again will be held in Las Vegas, and it has been scientifically proven that this team cannot rely on homecourt advantage for this tournament any more because they fail to do so on a massive level every single time and it is quite frankly getting annoying to having to watch this team continuously fail and give everyone in Las Vegas hope and fail on a massive level every single time.

 

I don't even need to give you the analysis in order of why Boise State has going to run away with this game they are going to dominate this game from start to finish. And I don't think people really understand that this team on a neutral court will absolutely get revenge on San Diego State when the time comes. And you think that you and LV is going to be the perpetrator of everything? No they are not.

 

you don't even need to play basketball right now. Just take Boise State while they are laying a touchdown against this team that has been a massive failure every which way. I don't even need to go into it. I have tried to explain to all of you over the last couple of weeks why this team should be able to rebound and they have failed massively. Do not take this team, put all the money you have in the world on Boise State. Boise State 82, UNLV 70

Road team is 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.

Boise State is 0-4 ATS in its last four games.

The over is 6-1 in Boise State's last seven following an ATS loss.

PG: E.J. Harkless

SG: Justin Webster

SF: Keshon Gilbert

PF: Elijah Parquet

C: Victor Iwuakor

PG: Marcus Shaver Jr.

SG: Max Rice

SF: Naje Smith

PF: Chibuzo Agbo

C: Tyson Degenhart