Boise State guard Max Rice looks to pass the ball as New Mexico’s Nelly Joseph, left, Jaelen House defend during we the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Eric Draper) Now more than a month into conference play, we’ve seen just about every combination of matchup so theoretically that should make the Mountain West a little easier to figure out. But we’ll probably have everything we know get turned on its head down the stretch as a very tightly-contested race. There are four teams within a game of first place in the Mountain West standings, seven within two games. A two-game streak in either direction could sink or save a team at this point in the year. But that’s about what we expected at the end of non-conference play. It’s as good the top of the Mountain West has been in years so everyone figured things would be competitive. So, let’s get it started again with the second installment of Mountain West Watch. Standings/AP Poll Here’s the standings as they sit today, along with AP Poll ranks, if applicable (parenthesis for teams not in the top 25 itself, but receiving