All you need to know about the Mountain West, and then some
It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! Keep up with all the basketball news, and we will continue to provide lots of coverage around the transfer portal! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. Early look at the 2026 Coaching Carousel KC Smurthwaite takes an educated guess […]
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UNLV walked into Logan on Tuesday night as 16-point underdogs against a Utah State team that came in rolling with a 15-2 record and a 6-1 record in Mountain West play. And initially, it looked like the Rebels were out of their depth. UNLV opened the game with empty trips and saw Utah State jump […]
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Offense? Great. Defense? Great. Everything was on point and clicking for Nevada tonight against one of the conference’s rougher teams in San Jose State, leading to an 87-54 win over the Spartans at Lawlor. The threes were flying for the Pack and the defense held the team tight. All around, not much to complain about […]
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San Jose State’s long, winding road for consistency continued Tuesday night in Reno, as Nevada (14-5, 6-2 MW) delivered an emphatic 87–54 win over the Spartans inside Lawlor Events Center, a venue that has rarely been forgiving to visiting teams and proved no different this time. The Spartans (6-13, 10-7 MW) came in short-handed once […]
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courtesy of Indiana Athletics Indiana’s Long-Dreamed Impossible Became Reality How the Hoosiers Brought Home Their First National Title — and Did It in a Way That Will Work for the NIL & Transfer Portal Generation Miami Gardens — The Hoosier football team spent 127 years wandering the college football desert. Tonight, the Hoosiers finally arrived […]
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Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We have a wild week of basketball to go over, with there being more chaos off of the court than on it! The most shocking news came from Air Force, who fired head coach Joe Scott for his “treatment […]
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Lobos Walk the Bubble in a Crowded Mountain West Race San Diego State (10–0 MW) tops the league, while Utah State continues to build one of the Mountain West’s strongest NCAA Tournament résumés. As February begins, every game matters for New Mexico and its postseason chances. As the Mountain West season moves into its final […]
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The 2025 season is over and we are entering a new era of college football on the West Coast with the PAC 12 rebuilding itself with five teams from the Mountain West. This year the PAC 12 will feature eight teams. Last week, we took an early look at what to expect in the Mountain […]
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The 2025 college football season is over, but all-star bowls will be occurring over the next few weeks. The most prominent of these bowls are the Hula Bowl, the American Bowl, the East-West Shrine Game, and the Senior Bowl. This post will focus on the American Bowl, which is a brand-new game this year. These […]
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Center set GCU D-I era record with 6 blocks in win vs. No. 23 Utah State Who would’ve guessed the newbies in the Mountain West would cause such a commotion? Utah State and Grand Canyon fans went back and forth on social media after the somewhat controversial Lopes upset of the Aggies. Paul Coro breaks […]
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San Jose State’s (6-12, 1-6 MW) last three outings offered a clear snapshot of where Tim Miles’ program currently sits: competitive, resilient and still fighting a steep hill against depth issues and execution gaps against more-than-capable Mountain West competition. From a road loss at Grand Canyon last week to a short-handed but determined win over […]
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After another action-packed week of Mountain West men’s basketball hoops, what do our power rankings look like this week?! Let’s not waste any more time and dive right into it! 1. San Diego State We have a new No. 1! San Diego State is now the only unbeaten team in MW play, crushing Wyoming followed […]
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It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. In last week’s edition, we spoke about Nevada being able to retain many of their core players during the portal madness. Chris Murray of Nevada Sports Net addressed the same thing in his weekly mailbag this past week: Nevada football doesn’t have one specific new benefactor […]
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The third full week of conference play and the top of the standings are getting more competitive with Grand Canyon’s upset victory of Utah State. It was an exciting week of Mountain West basketball with a number of games coming down to the final seconds. With that being said, let’s take a look at the […]
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It’s Monday, and it was another great weekend of basketball! Plus, catch up from the latest on the transfer portal this weekend. News will continue to come your way, and we are here for it all. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Joe Scott suspended […]
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The Fresno State Bulldogs completed a perfect week on the hardwood, winning both contests on the schedule this week, both at home. On Tuesday Jake Heidbreder scored 23 points, while DeShawn Gory scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 79-69 win over Colorado State. In the opening six minutes both teams went back […]
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Tomorrow is the College Football National Championship game between the Miami Hurricanes and the Indiana Hoosiers! The game will take place on Monday, January 19th at 7:30 pm (Eastern) on ESPN. FanDuel gives the odds going into the game for those interested in such things prior to the start of the game. And fans all […]
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photo courtesy of UNM Athletics Lobos Close Out but Fall to Conference Leader SDSU, 83–79 New Mexico fought back and managed to reduce the deficit to a single point in the final minute of the game, but ultimately lost to conference leader San Diego State, 83–79 at Viejas Arena in San Diego. With this loss, […]
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There are never any true “gimme” games in college basketball, but Nevada’s matchup against Air Force was as close as you could get. The Falcons entered this one on an 11-game losing streak and were winless in conference play. On paper, it’s an easy pick me up game for Nevada after some tough losses to […]
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This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Two bids for the Mountain West? It’s a down year for Mountain West basketball, and that will probably be most evident by the lack of tournament teams come March. Currently, about half of the fans think there will only be two teams capturing bids […]
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We have approached the halfway point of the 2025-26 Mountain West men’s basketball season. So far, there appears to be just one at-large candidate ahead of the big dance! But here is our full Bracketology report two months out from the NCAA Tournament! At Large Candidates: Utah State: NET: 15 KenPom: 22 Lunardi: No. 7 seed […]
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Zak Hill is promoted to co-offensive coordinator after Matt Miller leaves to Washington State The former Boise State and Arizona State offensive coordinator will have a bigger role in calling plays. This is a huge positive for the Broncos as Hill should be able to mentor Nate Potter. A popular halftime performer is making the […]
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Happy Thursday, everyone! We are roughly halfway through the 2025-26 college basketball season! With that said, let’s hand out some midseason awards for the 2025-26 Mountain West men’s basketball season! Player of the Year: MJ Collins, Utah State Heading into the season, many thought third-year Utah State guard Mason Falslev would lead the charge for […]
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With half the basketball season complete and a quarter of the conference schedule in the books, it’s time to take a serious look at the championship race. As long-time readers know, I’ve consistently criticized preseason polls for their inherent bias and reliance on unsubstantiated data. This week on Stats Corner, we’re doing something different: ranking […]
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Aztecs bid adios to Laramie, and it’s 7,220 foot elevation in a convincing win over Wyoming. San Diego State put together a complete game beatdown against Wyoming in their final trip to Laramie. Most teams struggle in the rarified thin air of Laramie, but the Aztecs showed no signs they were oxygen deprived as they […]
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