Breaking down the UNLV basketball team’s Mountain West tournament first-round game against Air Force at 1:30 p.m. today at the Thomas & Mack Center:
BACKCOURT
If Jerome Seagears returns, that would be a huge boost to UNLV. But the Rebels should have the advantage with players such as Patrick McCaw, Ike Nwamu and Jordan Cornish. Should. Air Force’s starting guards combined to score 57 points in the Falcons’ 79-74 victory on Feb. 16. UNLV can’t let them play like that again.
Edge: UNLV
FRONTCOURT
Stephen Zimmerman Jr.