Best Bets For Utah State Vs. UNLV Mountain West Tourney Quarterfinals

• Utah State is a 5.5-point favorite against UNLV.
• There is an 11.9-point gap between Utah State and UNLV.

LAS VEGAS – The Mountain West Tournament heads into the quarterfinals and capping off the Thursday slate are the Utah State Aggies and the UNLV Rebels.

Just ahead of the matchup, legal sports betting sites have the Aggies favored by 5.5 points over UNLV to move on to the semifinals. Based on the numbers alone, it looks as if Utah State could run away with this one against a discounted line.

UNLV Vs. Utah State

Ride The Aggies On The Spread With Ease

Utah State has no business being this little of a favorite on CBB betting sites over an extremely mediocre UNLV team. On paper, Utah State should run away here without looking back at all. They average 81.5 ppg on the season while UNLV is putting up just 69.6 ppg, an 11.9-point margin between the two. The Aggies also average an 11.6-point margin on the season as a whole.

In other stat categories, the Aggies are far out ahead of UNLV in shooting percentage, rebounds, assists, and steals per game.

From the betting perspective, Utah State is an even 15-15 against the spread and covering by a +1 margin. They’ve also covered in their last two games with less than a 10-point spread in their favor. UNLV, on the other hand, is 13-18-1 against the spread and are coming off of two straight losses against the spread as well.

In previous meetings between the two this season, they split 1-1 straight up and against the spread, however, in their last 10 meetings, Utah State is 8-2 overall and 6-4 against a 5-point spread.

Expect Utah State to take advantage of a UNLV team that just played 24-hour prior.

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