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Mountaintop View 3-31-26
Ben Jacobson Hired as Utah State Head Men’s Basketball Coach In a surprising twist after all the Mark Madsen rumors, Utah State hired Ben Jacobson to take over the vacancy Jerrod Calhoun left behind. A shocker frankly, Jacobson was at Northern Iowa for 20 years and appeared to be a lifer for the Panthers. It’s […]
White Smoke: Utah State tabs Northern Iowa’s Ben Jacobson as next head coach
Utah State has its guy. And no, it is not California head coach Mark Madsen despite the feverish rumors spreading across X last night. Ben Jacobson, 55, had spent 25 years in Cedar Falls as a part of the Northern Iowa program – five as an assistant before being handed the keys in 2006. He […]
MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 3-30-26. Discussing North Dakota State.
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. One recruiting topic that has been on my mind is how North Dakota State is preparing to make the jump from FCS to FBS football and the number of scholarship players they will have on their roster for the 2026 season. FCS football teams are allowed to award […]
Mountain West Conference Power Rankings: Week 7
It was yet another crazy week in Mountain West baseball. The top-seeded Falcons got off to a strong start, then fell apart in Texas. SDSU and Nevada took care of business on the road, pushing the notion that home turf might not matter as much as it does in a sport like men’s basketball. And […]
Mountaintop View 3-30-26. SP+ Rankings, New Mexico spring ball, GCU fires Wallis, Wyoming Rev Share, Golf Rankings
It’s Monday, and March Madness is still going strong, plus New Mexico is still in the NIT. Also, many Mountain West teams are going through spring practices. Check out our original coverage and what we can find from the World Wide Web below. Initial 2026 SP+ Rankings Bill Connelly debuts his initial projections for next […]
MWCConnection’s Spring Content Schedule (2026)
All Mountain West basketball teams completed their seasons a few weeks ago, and March Madness will crown a new champion next week, meaning we are officially in the spring phase of our content calendar. I’m refraining from referring to it as the “offseason” because we all know that there is truly no break when it […]
Raise, or Fold: GCU baseball takes gamble, aware of opportunity in coaching search
On Friday, the college baseball world was left scratching its head over the Antelopes. Grand Canyon University announced its decision to part ways with baseball head coach Gregg Wallis after three and a half seasons at the helm. “We are grateful to Coach Wallis for his 13 years of service as both an assistant and […]
Mountain West Reacts Results: Utah State Grade, NIT
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Aggies get a B for March Madness Utah State won their opening game and then put up a fight against Arizona in the second round. For their efforts, half of the voters believe they deserve a B. A third are giving them an A, […]
Weekend Walkup: Falcons take on Tarleton State while everyone else will play conference scramble
Each week, we here at Mountain West Connection will briefly preview every series going on in the conference, detailing how each team is going into the series and a key item to note that we feel will dictate the winner. Afterwards, if there are any non-conference series going on, we will go through each series […]
For mid-majors, spring ball once again brings optimism rather than anxiety.
Spring practices for college football are the oasis between the end of one season and the start of the next. For fifteen quick practices, usually spread out over five or six weeks, fans have their thirsts quenched with small servings of content, while writers are thankful for storylines in an otherwise dry period of the […]
The blueprint gap: What the Mountain West can (and can’t) steal from March’s heavyweights
SAP CENTER, San Jose, CA — Every March, the same question quietly lingers around the Mountain West: what separates us from them? Not in effort. Not in coaching. Not even in system execution or money and resources. For the sake and semblance of simplicity, we’ll focus on roster DNA. The west contenders are Arkansas, Arizona, […]
Mountaintop View 3-27-26: Returning Production, Oregon State AD Retiring, Templin to Enter the Portal, Boise State Football, Utah State Job Opening
New Mexico returns lots of production next season Oregon State is poised for another big change in the athletic department Utah State has its first portal casualty after Calhoun leaves Boise State kicks off its first spring practice Sire Gaines, Dylan Riley, and Jaden Mickey discuss the first day of practice and their goals for […]
Altitude & attitude: A Mountain West super team no one wants to face
Sitting and feeling the vibe and energy of the Sweet 16 / Elite 8 at SAP Center in San Jose Thursday night; somehow this longtime Mountain West writer felt a bit detached. So detached watching Arizona run away with a powerful 109-88 win over Arkansas that the daydreamer side crept into full imagination mode at […]
March Madness, westbound: How the “West Regional” became a cross-country field trip
San Jose, CA — As the Purdue Boilermakers moved on in a tightrope 79-77 win over Texas, there’s something a little funny, almost poetic, about the fact that the West Regional at the SAP Center feels less like a celebration of West Coast basketball and more like a frequent flyer convention. As the madness rolls […]
2026 Mountain West Softball Power Rankings: Week 7
With the conclusion of Week 7, the 2026 NCAA Softball regular season has officially reached its halfway point. The Mountain West Conference is just as chaotic now as it has been for most of the season, with all but two of the conference’s 10 teams being within two games of each other. Let’s take a […]
Mountain West Referees are a Major Problem, Here’s Some Potential Ways to Fix Them
One thing that gets discussed on social media and in person during every college basketball season in the Mountain West is the abysmal officiating situation that plagues the league. Time and time again, the referees that oversee the conference games take a bit of negative spotlight due to their antics, which is an understandable consequence […]
Mountaintop View 3-26-26
Utah State says so long to another successful short-timer. Jerrod Calhoun, we hardly knew ya Doug Robinson of the Desert News expresses the same frustrations of many Utah State fans everywhere after once again their head basketball coach has elected to take another job, this time watching Jerrod Calhoun take the Cincinnati job. Jeff Choate […]
Making The Grade: Dissecting Grand Canyon’s first season in the Mountain West
Las Vegas, Nevada, is a familiar venue for the Grand Canyon University men’s basketball team, but in 2026, Sin City felt more like uncharted territory. The final buzzer sounded on the Antelopes season on March 12, falling to Nevada in the Mountain West Tournament at the Thomas & Mack Center, just a 12-minute drive east […]
Peak Perspective: The Mountain West misfired in the last year of this era.
This era of the Mountain West won’t officially be over for another three months and change, but practically, it ended at the conclusion of the Mountain West tournament a week and a half ago. And the general consensus is that this version of the MW is going out for a whimper. With both sides of […]
Mountain Top View 3-25-26
UNM surges past Saint Joseph’s and into NIT semifinals The New Mexico Lobos trailed for the first time in the NIT on Tuesday night, but were able to overcome the St. Joseph’s Hawks, 84-69. The win puts the Lobos into the NIT Semifinals in Indianapolis on April 2nd against Tulsa. Fresno State shifting to new […]
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: 2026 Mountain West Softball Week 7
Week 7 has come to an end, and conference play is beginning to heat up. Five teams are tied for third in the standings with a 3-3 conference record, meaning every game lost can send a team from firmly in the tournament, to out entirely in an instant. Prior to Week 8, let’s take a […]
Jerrod Calhoun leaves Utah State for Cincinnati! Aggies go on a March Madness run, but what now? Candidates, Players to Monitor, Fallout, & more! Plus NIT Update! HP Ep. #147 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! What an insane week it has been for Utah State fans, as you can imagine, we have a lot of Aggie talk ahead of us. Starting with the good in Utah State’s run in the Big Dance, we’ll break […]
Lobos host Saint Josephs with NIT semifinal spot on the line at the PIT
New Mexico vs. Saint Joseph’s: Lobos Host Hawks in NIT Quarterfinal at The Pit New Mexico aims to secure a trip to Indianapolis as Saint Joseph’s presents a fast-paced challenge at one of college basketball’s toughest venues. Game Details Overview The New Mexico men’s basketball team will play its final home game of the season […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Mountain West Postseason Basketball (Opening Rounds)
College basketball’s postseason kicked off this past week with Utah State representing the Mountain West in March Madness. The conference also has five teams participating in the NIT tournament with New Mexico, Nevada, UNLV, Wyoming and Colorado State all competing. This edition of “The Good, the Bad, the Ugly” focuses on how all six teams […]
Mountain West Reacts Survey: Aggie Grade, NIT Teams
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey
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