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Peak Perspective: 2026 State Recruiting Battles
Our recruiting coverage continues today with a look into the recruiting battles in the different Mountain West battleground states. It only makes sense to review which teams are recruiting the best in each state. After all, recruiting is one of the most significant ways to define if a program succeeds or fails. Given how often a player […]
Grand Canyon Stuns San Diego State at Viejas, Shakes Up Mountain West Race
Photo Courtesy of Photo by: David Kadlubowski GCU Athletics Game Overview The Mountain West race shifted dramatically Tuesday night when the Grand Canyon Lopes visited Viejas Arena and pulled off one of the season’s most impressive road wins, beating the San Diego State Aztecs 73-63. With this win, GCU completed a season sweep of San […]
Mountaintop View 2-18-26. Conference Realignment, NCAA Tournament, MBB Rankings, Bracketology, WBB POTW
It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! Keep up with all the basketball news as we get closer to March Madness! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. Mountain West & PAC-12 Updates/Rumors KC Smurthwaite takes a stab at some updates around the two western conferences. He […]
A long-awaited roar — Spartans finally break through against Nevada
There are nights in college basketball when the rim feels unforgiving, when every possession becomes a grind against doubt, injury, and history. And then there are nights like Tuesday inside Provident Credit Union Event Center; the kind that remind a program, a locker room, and a faithful few why belief never truly disappears. San Jose […]
Sacramento St. joins the MAC?! What the move REALLY means for the Mountain West? CBB Resume Recap for all 12 teams! Who’s going dancing? Who’s staying home? HP Ep. #142 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! One week after the Mountain West announced the addition of North Dakota State, the conference realignment dominoes continued to fall with Sacramento State joining the MAC? We’re going to break that move down, but mainly we’ll focus on why […]
2026 Recruiting Breakdown: Fresno State
Welcome to the fifth post in our twelve-part recruiting breakdown series. Today will look at the #5 team in our rankings, Fresno State. The Bulldogs quietly put together a solid class, led by one of the best signees in the conference this past season. To learn more about it, read below. The Skinny: The Players: […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Mountain West Recruiting Classes
Happy Tuesday! I hope you all shared a great Valentine’s Day with the ones you love. February is an interesting month in college football; it marks the end of the recruiting season and the beginning of spring football for some programs. We are going to spend the next four weeks looking at how schools from […]
Mountaintop View 2-17-26
Sacramento State joins MAC: Hornets join FBS ranks in time for 2026 college football season Not exactly Pac-12 or Mountain West news, but Sacramento State was a popular realignment candidate for both conferences in recent years and now the Hornets are off to play in the…MAC? Yes, Northern Illinois is looking west to the Mountain […]
2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Power Rankings: Feb. 16
Time flies when you’re having fun! We are already approaching the home stretch for the Mountain West men’s basketball regular season. How do our power rankings look this week? Let’s examine! 1. Utah State Utah State hosted Memphis in a rare February non-conference affair. And the Aggies took care of business with a dominant 99-75 […]
2026 Mountain West Softball Recap Week 2
Week 2 of the 2026 NCAA Softball season is in the books, and it was not a very good week overall for the teams in the Mountain West Conference. Six of the conference’s 10 teams finished this week’s games with a record below .500 in said games, leaving a sort of “Big 4” to form […]
Mountain West Recruiting Roundup 2-16-26. 2026 Best Position Units.
It’s another week of the Mountain West Recruiting Roundup. The class of 2026 is signed, sealed, and delivered, but our coverage of the class is just getting started. New offers for the class of 2027 and beyond are being handed out, as some teams are wasting no time in doing work for next year’s class, […]
Mountain West Connection Players of the Week 2-16-26
Each week throughout conference play, Mountain West Connection shines a spotlight on the players who delivered the biggest performances when their teams needed them most. From clutch offensive performances to lockdown defensive efforts, Mountain West Connection players of the week define the elite play that is the standard in the Mountain West. As teams battle […]
Mountaintop View 2-16-26. College Football Playoff, Utah State & UNLV wins, Bracketology, Golf Rankings
It’s Monday, and it was another great weekend of basketball! Plus, players continue to transfer into the Mountain West. 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. Big Ten Playoff Expansion Plan The […]
AZTECS SHOW NO LOVE TO JILTED WOLF PACK, SCORING A 71-57 VICTORY OVER NEVADA
San Diego State used hot streaks to thwart Nevada comeback attempts. Magoon Gwath returned to play with a sleeve on his surgically repaired right knee. The Aztecs returned home to the comfortable confines of Viejas Arena on Saturday night as they hosted the Nevada Wolf Pack in a Mountain West Conference game. 12,414 fans took […]
Nevada stunned in Viejas, loses to San Diego State 71-57
The major statline going into Saturday night’s game between the Nevada Wolf Pack and San Diego State Aztecs was 0-13. That was the road record against SDSU the Wolf Pack carried into Viejas Arena that night, having lost every single game to the Aztecs on the road since they joined the Mountain West in 2012. […]
Spartans’ first-half fight fades as Grand Canyon wins going away
For a fleeting stretch inside Provident Credit Union Event Center, San Jose State (6-19, 1-13 MW) looked ready to give its home crowd something lasting. The Spartans found rhythm, shared the ball, and briefly seized control against a well-disciplined Grand Canyon squad (16-9, 9-5 MW). But as has too often been the case in a […]
Mountain West Reacts Results: North Dakota State, 2026 wins.
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Bison addition gets an A Fans who voted in this poll loved the North Dakota State addition, with 86% giving the move an A. To make this even more extreme, 99% of those who participated in the poll see this as an average move […]
Gibbs-Lawhorn’s 36-point takeover fuels UNLV’s incredible OT comeback win
UNLV spent the first 12 minutes Friday night looking like a team that walked into ExtraMile Arena late, but somehow the tide shifted, and the Rebels dominated thanks to a takeover performance from guard Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn to climb back for an 86-83 overtime victory. Boise State built a 32-9 lead thanks to a barrage of […]
2025-26 Mountain West Bracketology: Feb. 13
Happy Friday, everyone! We are nearing the one-month mark until Selection Sunday. Where does each potential at-large bid stand as we enter the second full weekend of February? Let’s examine! At Large Candidates: Utah State: NET: 23 KenPom: 25 Lunardi: 7-seed Bracket Matrix (out of 113 simulations; Feb. 12): 113 Average Bracket Matrix Seed: 7.8 Skinny: Similarly […]
2026 Recruiting Breakdown: San Diego State
Welcome to the fourth post in our twelve-part recruiting breakdown series. Today will look at the #4 team in our rankings, San Diego State. The Aztecs have recruited well under Coach Lewis the past few seasons and did so once again in the 2026 cycle. Read below to learn more about the players that make […]
Pac-12 football schedule includes a unique twist with Week 13 “flex”
Earlier this week, the Mountain West Conference officially added North Dakota State to its football conference. Nevada’s athletic director Stephanie Rempe was quoted as noting that the ball got rolling on the shock realignment news only 10 days prior to the addition of the Bison. As a result, it might be a minute before we […]
Mountaintop View 2-13-26: Boise State-Idaho, NDSU, PAC 12 Schedule, Hawaii, Border War, Nevada Baseball
The Boise State-Idaho Rivalry is Back….in 2031 The Group of Five Guys Talk NDSU and PAC 12 Schedule 25 Hawaii Athletes Earn Academic Honors The Rainbow Warriors are getting it done in the classroom and on the field. Basketball’s Version of the Border War Takes Place on Saturday Can Wyoming pull of the upset over […]
Lobos Sweep GCU With Gritty 70-64 Road Win, Strengthen Mountain West Position
Photo courtesy of GCU Athletics Photo by: David Kadlubowsk Lobos Sweep GCU With Gritty 70-64 Road Win, Strengthen Mountain West Position PHOENIX — After dropping two straight games, New Mexico needed a response. The Lobos rallied late and held firm down the stretch to defeat Grand Canyon 70-64 on Wednesday night at Global Credit Union […]
How NBA can fix massive NCAA eligibility crisis
On Christmas Eve, Baylor sent shockwaves around NCAA by signing 7-foot center James Nnaji, the No. 31 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft who never actually signed an NBA contract. His rights were originally owned by the Detroit Pistons before getting moved to Charlotte. But Nnaji spent time overseas in Spain and, most recently, […]
2026 Mountain West Baseball Preseason Top-10 Players
As we close out our preseason baseball content, we’ve compiled a list of the top-10 players entering the 2026 season. The season officially starts this weekend, so let’s get right into it so we can enjoy some baseball! 1. Sean Yamaguchi, 3B, Nevada Yamaguchi’s freshman campaign in 2025 was one of the most impressive debut […]
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