Wolf Pack host Bulldogs in Reno

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01/25/2007 - Reno, NV (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The 18th-ranked Nevada Wolf Pack try to bounce back from their first Western Athletic Conference loss of the season as they hit the floor of the Lawlor Events Center in Reno tonight versus the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

Nevada, which opened the 2006-07 campaign with seven straight wins before being halted by in-state rival UNLV, had won 10 games in a row prior to the meeting with a resurgent New Mexico State program on Saturday. The clash in Las Cruces resulted in an 80-73 win for the home team and also locked both NMSU and Nevada in a first-place tie in the WAC standings at 5-1.

Just below the pair is Louisiana Tech with a mark of 4-2 in conference, despite winning just two of 12 non-league outings early on. The Bulldogs managed to post their second set of back-to-back wins this month on Saturday when they slipped by Idaho on the road by a score of 73-72. Three nights earlier, Tech had to go to overtime to stun New Mexico State by a basket, 73-71.

With respect to the all-time series between these two schools on the hardwood, the Pack are now ahead by a count of 8-3 after dropping three of the first four meetings with LaTech. Nevada has now run off seven straight victories in the relationship thanks to a narrow 50-49 decision in Reno a season ago.

Ahead by as many as seven points with under two and a half minutes to play, the Bulldogs had to hold on for the one-point win against Idaho on Saturday at the Cowan Spectrum. Trey McDowell, who was recently named the WAC Player of the Week for the second time this season, finished with a team- high 25 points, followed by Jerome Richardson and Chad McKenzie with 15 and 12 points, respectively, with both clearing eight rebounds as well. McKenzie, who shot just 4-of-14 from the field, ended up fouling out, but not before he posted three assists and three steals. Harry Disy came up a point shy of a double-double as he grabbed 11 boards. McKenzie currently leads the team in scoring overall this season with his 12.8 ppg, but despite coming off the bench in eight of the 17 games in which he has appeared, McDowell is now right on his tail with 12.6 ppg. However, McDowell is far from a complete player because he has just 18 assists and is shooting a mere 50 percent at the free-throw line for a team that is currently converting only 63.9 percent at the stripe. Also working against the Bulldogs is their 40.5 percent accuracy from the field and 30.2 percent shooting out on the perimeter.

Back on the floor for the Wolf Pack in his second game after suffering an ankle injury, Nick Fazekas got a first-hand look at why the Aggies were expected to contend for the league title this season. Fazekas finished the contest with 21 points and seven rebounds but also found himself on the bench with foul trouble during key moments down the stretch. Ramon Sessions tallied a team-high 23 points, followed by Marcelus Kemp with 14 and a team- high eight boards in the setback as well. In previous years, Fazekas would try to impress people with his outside shooting, but this season he has opted to remain in the paint for the most part, resulting in team-highs of 20.4 ppg and 11.6 rpg, the latter placing among the nation's best. Kemp, who carried much of the load in the absence of Fazekas, checks in with 19.1 ppg and is shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range for a team that is knocking down an impressive 41.9 ppg. Combine that with shooting 48.8 percent from the field overall, and holding opponents to just 40 percent, and the Pack are clearly one of the top teams in the nation.

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Big Ten Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Michigan State, Indiana
Work left to do: Illinois, Purdue, Michigan, Iowa

Behind the big two, the pecking order might be in a bit of flux. Has Michigan State passed Indiana after handling the Hoosiers in East Lansing? Where is Illinois in that mix? What looked like a four-big league last week could be morphing into five -- and even six is not unthinkable at this point if everything breaks right.

Should be in:

Michigan State [21-8 (8-6), RPI: 20, SOS: 15] The Spartans made it four-for-four on the homestand, a gigantic accomplishment that leaves them in extremely good shape. MSU is only 1-6 on the road and is at Michigan and at Wisconsin to close things out, meaning the date with the Wolverines on Tuesday looms very, very large. Beating Texas early will hold up well, as will the rout of Bradley and the win over BYU, but will 8-8 be enough? It very well could be, as the computer numbers are good, but why chance it?

Indiana [18-9 (8-6), RPI: 24, SOS: 32] Hmm ... good thing the last two are at Northwestern and home to Penn State, because IU might want to get both to feel completely safe after dropping its third in the last four, fading after halftime at Michigan State. Who knew the best nonconference win would be over Southern Illinois, which is a gift that keeps on giving for the Hoosiers. The win over Wisconsin also looks good on the mantel.

Work left to do:

Illinois [21-9 (9-6), RPI: 31, SOS: 25] A good performance at Penn State leaves the Illini in pretty good shape. Can they go to Iowa and take care of business to really look on their way? That's a huge game, as there is a possible cluster of teams that will end at 9-7. Illinois beat Bradley, but has lost to Xavier. A 9-7 mark and a semifinals trip in Chicago could be enough with the computer profile hanging in there, but it would be better not to mess around, clinching at least a tie for third.

Purdue [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 47, SOS: 28] Couldn't get it done at Iowa, but did win at Northwestern to put 9-7 squarely in sight. Where does that leave the Boilermakers, though? Even if they beat Minnesota and Northwestern at home, that won't help the computer numbers. Nonconference wins over Virginia, DePaul and Oklahoma are solid, but not spectacular. The Boilers very well might need an upset in the B10 quarters to have a legit claim.

Michigan [19-10 (7-7), RPI: 55, SOS: 53] Well, Michigan did what it needed to do, winning at Minnesota to take control of its fate. The Wolverines have Michigan State and an already-wrapped-up-the-league Ohio State at home to close, so the chances are there. Win both and we can talk. There is no marquee win yet in the profile, and the Wolverines were splattered in several games against name opponents. A mediocre computer profile fueled by a lack of road wins isn't helping, either.

Iowa [16-12 (8-6), RPI: 80, SOS: 64] For the sake of being complete, we'll add Iowa, this season's Stanford. It's plausible that the Hawkeyes could get to 10-6 (at Penn State, vs. Illinois left), but where does that leave them after a gruesome nonconference performance where the best win was over ... Toledo? Iowa State? Cornell?? If they get to 10-6, we can start to look at what they need to do in the B10 tourney, although my gut sense is that they would need to make the final and have knocked off Ohio State or Wisconsin on the way to have any real claim.

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