An exciting weekend of college basketball continues Saturday on CBS when New Mexico hosts San Diego State in a clash of two of the top programs from the Mountain West. The Lobos are one of two teams from the conference that has yet to lose a game in league play heading into the second weekend of the new year.

San Diego State, which only led in the first 90 seconds of the game, trailed 30-20 at the half. And they mounted a brief offensive in the opening minute of the second half, cutting the Lobo (14-3, 6-0 Mountain West) lead to five.

And yet the Aztecs are 11-4 overall, 4-2 in the Mountain West, 34th in Kenpom and anywhere between 33rd and 43rd in the other metrics that the NCAA Tournament selection committee leans on. Most bracketologists have them solidly in the 68-team field.

New Mexico takes on the San Diego State Aztecs after Donovan Dent scored 22 points in New Mexico's 61-53 victory against the Wyoming Cowboys

Last time the teams met, the Aztecs won 74-71 in overtime in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament

The Aztecs (10-4, 3-2) were led by Miles Byrd, who recorded 14 points and three steals. Jared Coleman-Jones added 10 points and two blocks for San Diego State. New Mexico took the lead with 17:24 ...

San Diego State Aztecs and New Mexico Lobos meet at The Pit on Saturday morning. The Pit is known as one of the toughest

The New Mexico Lobos (13-3, 5-0) host the San Diego State Aztecs (10-3, 3-1) in a men's college basketball showdown on Saturday on Paramount+ .

A 29-point win over Air Force was a nice respite before a much tougher game against New Mexico on Saturday. SAN DIEGO — The San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball team started slow against Air Force, falling behind by 12 points in the first 10 minutes.

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The San Diego State Aztecs are forced to quickly flush their last loss down the drain when they host another tough Mountain West

With nearly 20 percent of the conference’s men’s basketball games in the books, the top teams in the Mountain West have already separated themselves.  New Mexic