New Mexico is coming into this game with a 26-9 record this season and they were 10-8 in their conference. They were one of the better teams in their conference this season but they were still only 6th place during the regular season and they actually earned this bid by winning their conference tournament. They won 4 straight games to win that tournament but they were not playing very well to end the regular season as they had lost 3 of their last 4 games going into the MWC Tournament. New Mexico played in a tough MWC this season as the conference earned 6 bids to this tournament, but they have not performed well in this tournament as both Mountain West teams that played on the 1st day were eliminated from the tournament as well as Boise State being a 3rd team from the conference who was eliminated in the First Four games. New Mexico has not had any quality non-conference wins this season either as their best opponent was Saint Mary's which was a game they lost by 10+ points. They are going up against a Clemson team that is 21-11 this season and they were 11-9 in the conference. They have not been playing well in their recent games as they have won 3 of their last 4 games and lost to Boston College in the 1st round of the ACC Tournament, but they were still one of the better teams in the ACC this year and they also have some quality non-conference wins as well. They have quality wins against Alabama and South Carolina who were both very strong teams in the SEC this year and they also won their only game against a MWC opponent by close to 20 points. Clemson is going to cover the spread in this game.