The women's basketball team has earned a lot of national respect for its tough non-conference schedule and solid run through Mountain West Conference play.
No. 20 New Mexico (14-4, 4-1) is popping up as a three or four seed in either Denver of Tuscon. The Lobos will be able to play into The Pit, which is hosting the NCAA west regional.
Collegerpi.com has consistently projected the Lobos as three seed in Tuscon facing Texas-Arlington. If they win, the Lobos would face the winner of No. 6 Kentucky and No. 11 Saint Joseph's.
"It's really too early to say much about it because I don't want our team coasting and thinking they're already in the NCAA Tournament," New Mexico coach Don Flanagan. "It is nice that our entire conference is being recognized for the aggressive non-conference schedule every team took on this year."
Other teams in the Lobos' pod include would include Boston College, Texas, DePaul, Sacred Heart, Michigan State, Montana, Tennessee Tech, Arizona State, Louisville, Vanderbilt, Duke and Southern Utah.
Collegerpi.com also is projecting BYU as a sixth seed in Denver and TCU as an 11th seed on the Purdue campus in West Lafayette, Ind.
Utah, the pre-season pick to win the Mountain West, has not made Collegerpi.com's bracket.

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