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2025-26 Mountain West Basketball Power Rankings: March 9
The most enjoyable time of year has arrived, with the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament tipping off this week! What do this week’s power rankings look like?! Let’s dive into it! 1. Utah State Utah State clinched its second Mountain West regular season title outright in three seasons — and their last season — with […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: 2026 Mountain West Softball Week 5
Week 5 of the 2026 season is in the books, and with it, preseason nonconference play has come to an end. This week saw two teams pull themselves away from the rest of the pack, another put itself firmly into the “solid” tier, and a great deal of shuffling in the six-team pack that makes […]
MWCConnection Recruiting Roundup 3-9-26. 2027 PAC-12 March Team Recruiting Rankings
It’s another week of the Recruiting Roundup. As we turn to the 2027 recruiting class, readers will notice offers are being tracked for many new teams compared to previous classes. It’s all part of the plan and while not a huge surprise, expect an officially announced post sometime in April. For now, read on for […]
Mountain West Connection Players of the Week 3-9-26
The final week of the regular season was filled with high-scoring performances from some of the conference’s top competitors. It was also a week that saw many shifts in the conference standings as the conference tournament gets ready to tip off on Wednesday. Let’s take one last look back at the final week of the […]
Mountain West Connection Baseball Power Rankings: Week 4
Week four is almost officially in the books, and it has been an eventful time in Mountain West baseball over the last week. Top teams both rose and fell in stock since March 2, while the programs in the middle and bottom of the pack have shuffled amongst themselves as well. All in all, over […]
Mountaintop View 3-9-26. Media rights, Utah State Champs, Hawaii football, Conference Tournament, WBB Awards
It’s Monday, and it’s time for the men’s conference basketball tournament! March Madness is almost upon us, and the NFL Draft is looming. 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. Pooling media […]
Sundance Wicks leads Wyoming into Las Vegas with nothing to lose and everything to gain
With head coach Sundance Wicks’ second year in Laramie approaching a close, no one can dispute that this season has been a steady progression that bodes well for the 2026-27 season. Considering the massive roster overhaul that the Pokes had to endure, finishing the regular season 18-13 and defending Arena Auditorium to the tune of […]
Boise State earns six seed for Mountain West tourney, ends Colorado State’s eight-game winning streak
This isn’t the Broncos team that fans soured on in early January. Far from it, actually. Since that four-game losing streak to start the new year, they have won 11 of their last 14 games. Currently, Boise State is riding a five-game win streak into Las Vegas after defeating San Diego State on Senior Day […]
AZTECS AND REBELS SHOW OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS, BUT SDSU PREVAILS 89-86 IN SEASON FINALE
San Diego State puts up offensive display as they clinch a second place conference finish heading into the conference tournament. “A Great College Basketball Game,” says Aztecs coach Brian Dutcher. Viejas was buzzing Friday night as the Aztecs hosted the UNLV Running Rebels. Another sellout of 12,414 fans packed the arena to see what would […]
Nevada Ends Regular Season with 74-59 Win Over Air Force
You always want to pick up a win on Senior Night, where Nevada honored five of them in Tayshawn Comer, Kaleb Lowery, Joel Armotrading, Corey Camper Jr. and Jeriah Coleman. The Wolf Pack gave them and the fans a much-needed win over Air Force 74-59, a team that didn’t win a single conference game. It […]
Spartans’ slow start proves costly against Wyoming’s energy dominance
Sometimes a game is lost long before the final horn sounds. For San Jose State (8-23, 3-17 MW) on Saturday afternoon, it was lost somewhere in the first fifteen minutes. By the time the Spartans rediscovered their fight, Wyoming (18-13, 9-11 MW) had already imposed its will. The Cowboys rode a dominant early stretch and […]
Mountain West Reacts Results: Bubble Watch, 2026 Football Season
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Lobos Bubble Team Two-thirds of the fans who responded to this question believe that New Mexico is the bubble team that is most likely to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. San Diego State got the majority of the remaining vote, but Nevada made an […]
Weekend Walkup: SDSU takes on Saint Mary’s at home after exciting, power four filled week
As the programs of the Mountain West continue to run through the non-conference portion of the season, we here at Mountain West Connection want to highlight a marquee matchup each weekend until conference play. This week, we will discuss San Diego State’s upcoming series against Saint Mary’s The Rundown The Aztecs have had a good […]
Lobos Look to Spoil Aggies’ Championship Celebration
Photo courtesy of UNM Athletics Lobos Look to Spoil Aggies’ Championship Celebration Mountain West Showdown: New Mexico Lobos at Utah State Aggies Overview • Utah State (24–6, 14–5 MW): The Aggies currently sit atop the Mountain West standings and have already secured at least a share of the regular-season title. A victory on Saturday would […]
2025-26 Mountain West Bracketology: March 6
The best time of the basketball calendar has arrived, and the chaos has only begun in the Mountain West with plenty of wild upsets and finishes over the last several weeks. Heading into the final week of the regular season, let’s dive into how the Mountain West stacks up with its peers regarding at-large bids. […]
What Mountain West fans should know about Northern Illinois
As new teams enter the fold for 2026, it’s important for us to learn more about them before next football season. Over the next few Fridays, we will have the chance to learn from each team’s fans as they share what’s important to know about their favorite teams. The first up is the Northern Illinois […]
Mountaintop View 3-6-26: Mountain West Tournament, the Future of Bowl Games, the Mountain West Has a New Partner, PAC 12 Football
The media is not too pleased with the new seating arrangement for the Mountain West Tournament The tournament is an eight team race. Is Boise State poised for a run? A projected bracket heading into the last weekend of game The future of bowl games could be decided this summer The Mountain West has a […]
2025-26 Mountain West Basketball: Which seed is each team eligible for entering final weekend?
The most enjoyable time of the college basketball calendar is right around the corner! But first, we must wrap up the 2025-26 Mountain West men’s regular season, which concludes this weekend. There is plenty at stake, too, so let’s dive into the seeding scenarios for each team (outside of SJSU and Air Force, who have […]
Mountain West Basketball Transfer Portal Team: Conference Play Vol. 8
2/25-3/3 Spotlight: Jaden Henley A top 200 recruit out of Ontario, California, Jaden Henley had the opportunity to stay in familiar confines at San Diego State. Instead, the 6 foot 7 wing decided to commit to Minnesota, moving hundreds of miles north to join the Golden Gophers ahead of the 2022-2023 season. The decision to […]
Stats Corner: Correlation of Transfer Portal and Success
One of the most interesting things to talk about in math classes is the difference between correlation and causation. For example, there is a correlation between the number of movies Elijah Wood appears in and the number of orderlies in Oklahoma since 2012 and the number of movies Nicolas Cage is in and pool drownings […]
Mountaintop View 3-5-26
Canzano: College football voices need to be heard As college athletics seems to be reaching an inflection point, John Canzano highlights Jeremiah Shinn, Boise State’s interim president, and why programs like the Broncos need to be heard as major decisions about the future are made. Evaluating the Mountain West’s top NBA draft prospects as the […]
Sliding One Chair Over: Ryan Berryman is UNM’s next Athletic Director
In an era when athletic departments nationwide often seek high-profile external hires, the best option is sometimes already within the organization and in this writers opinion this is the case with Ryan Berryman. The University of New Mexico announced that interim athletic director Ryan Berryman, who stepped into the role within UNM Athletics following Fernando […]
2026 Mountain West Softball Power Rankings: Week 4
After Week 4 of the 2026 NCAA softball season, the divide between the contenders and the pretenders is starting to become more clear. In the Mountain West Conference, there appear to be three teams that look like they will be alone at the top of the conference, a mid-pack consisting of six teams, and one […]
Peak Perspective: A Revamped Look at the Football Transfer Portal
The transfer portal as we know it changed in 2021, when the rule requiring athletes to sit a year was rescinded. That, plus NIL, led to transferring from being a rare occurrence to something expected. There are still plenty of questions, but now that it’s been a few years, there’s quite a bit of data […]
AZTECS DROP A STINKER AS THEY GET BOMBED BY THE BRONCOS IN BOISE, 86-77
Jekyll and Hyde is a work of fact as the Aztecs flipped into Hyde mode against Boise State. This comes on the heels of a stellar performance last week against Utah State. Aztecs outrebounded and outshot drop into third place in the Mountain West Conference Heading into the last road game of the year, the […]
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