New Mexico is thedeepest mid-major Cameron Bairstow, Alex Kirk (two big men), Hugh Greenwood and Kendall Williams. Bairstow is a beast and will dominate inside. Inside scoring is a big difference maker in the Big Dance.

Stanford under Johnny Dawkins has come up short in March many times. New Mexico does have experience, unlike Stanford making their first appearance since 2008. Under first year coach Craig Neal.

The Lobos grabbed the Mountain West automatic NCAA bid by defeating San Diego State 64-58 in Saturday MW Tournament championship game and also beat the Aztecs in The Pit 58-55.