We return to the Mountain West Conference as the Colorado State Rams play host to the New Mexico Lobos Wednesday night. This has been a season to forget for the Lobos and they are certainly a candidate for a towel tossing team losers in six of their last seven as the regular season winds down. The Lobos are coming off a 62 to 55 loss at Air Force although they did win the first game of their two-game set 73 to 65 as two-point road underdogs. The Rams on the other hand are looking to take the lead in the Mountain West Conference currently in a tie with San Diego State at 13-3 in the MWC. They are also coming off a pair of games versus Air Force with their games turning out much different with the Rams winning the first game 72 to 49 as -18-point road favorites and in the second game the Rams defeated the Fly Boys 74 to 44 as -18.5-point road favorites. The Lobos average just 59.4 points per game on the road versus teams that allow 73.3 points per game at home. Defensively New Mexico allows an average of 67.6 points per game versus teams that average 69.6 points per game. The Rams average 79.4 points per game at home versus teams that allow 70.0 points per game. On the defensive end of the floor the Rams hold opponents to 62.6 points per game and this versus teams that average 69.8 points per game. Our TPR Index projects a point advantage of 24.46 points. The MM projects a point differential of +8.39 with a line range of -16.0 to -18.5. The Pace-Tempo Matrix has an offensive-defensive differential of 8.72 with a transitional average of 43.3 and a projected conversion rate range differential of 10.5 percent. The SIM Matrix has the Colorado State Rams with a 74.1 percent advantage against the spread in this contest. Play ON CBB conference home favorites of 14.5 or more points coming off at least two straight conference double-digit home victories with an MM Index advantage of 8.0 or more facing a team coming in off at least three straight losses with the most recent coming on the road. These conference home favorites are 64-30-3 ATS (68%) including 11-0 ATS the last eleven qualifying contests. We are going to back the home team here as they roll past an overmatched team who is just playing out the string.