Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Who Made This Schedule? Is it me, or does it seem like the Mountain West Conference is falling behind everyone else. While most conferences are halfway through their conference schedule, the MWC has only played a third of theirs. Take a look at the […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman The Rivalry Heats Up This past week, fans of the Mountain West got a chance to watch a great game between the league’s biggest rivals. Utah and BYU have split the 32 previous contests, so this game would give one team the slightest edge, […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Loud Cry, Followed by a Deafening Silence As expected, my last article raised the ire of many Wyoming fans. They didn’t appreciate my assessment that the Cowboys are the league’s most overrated team. If that wasn’t bad enough, I added a little more […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A New Year, A New Season Ah yes, the New Year is upon us, which means college basketball’s second season is starting. Obviously, what I am referring to is the start of conference play. Most conferences tipped it off this weekend, but since the […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman The Stars Are Out The Mountain West Conference is hurting, literally. This past week saw a number of the league’s star players go down with injuries. In Thursday’s game against South Carolina, Wyoming’s Marcus Bailey went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, ending […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Quiet, Yet Successful Week It was fairly quiet this past week in college hoops compared to previous weeks, and the Mountain West was no different. However, it was the most successful week of the season for the conference, as they won twelve of […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman A Compelling Week The Mountain West endured its toughest week of the season so far, and came out of it okay. The league’s top two teams, UNLV and BYU, both had a pair of challenging road games this week. UNLV first had to travel […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Holiday Tournament Updates The Mountain West was represented in three major tournaments the past week, with mixed results at best. Two of the conference’s premiere teams, Wyoming and Utah, participated in the Great Alaska Shootout and the Maui Invitational, respectively. Unfortunately, neither team performed […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Everyone Tips Off All the teams in the Mountain West tipped off their season this past week. All in all, the conference started off fairly well going 8-3 against decent competition. Colorado State got the conference going last weekend by sweeping IPFW, Florida Atlantic […]

Mountain West Notebook by Bob Thurman Season Tips Off What a feeling it is to actually watch the first few games of a new college basketball season! Yeah, reading all the previews and debating them with your friends is fun, but there’s nothing like the rush of actually seeing those […]