San Jose State is much improved. That improvement has shown up well on the road where the Spartans have covered eight of the last nine times. They also are 8-2 in their last 10 Mountain West Conference games and should be fresh for this matchup having been idle the past week. The Spartans have double revenge motivation from losing twice last season to the Rebels.

UNLV has key injuries, which has left the inconsistent Rebels with a short rotation. They are not strong enough to cover a margin this high against this underrated opponent down their two best big men. The Rebels have allowed an average of 87.5 points during regulation in their last two games and are 1-4 ATS in their last five conference games.

The Spartans didn't win a conference game last season, but are 3-8 so far this year in the Mountain West. That record becomes 8-3 when a pointspread is attached.