Mountain West Conference Tournament Preview by John Eisel I don’t understand the reasoning behind the time schedule for the first round of the Mountain West Conference Tournament, in terms of both exposure and ticket sales. Wyoming will have the most fans buying tickets for the games, yet the conference has […]

Mountain West Conference Notebook by John Eisel Mountain West Conference Power Poll 1. Utah (22-3, 10-0 MWC) It almost seems pointless continuing. It’s Utah and then everybody else. Hopefully they can actually win an NCAA Tournament game- they’d be only the third in conference history. That’s not good. 2. New […]

Mountain West Conference 2003-04 Recap by John Eisel Mountain West Conference Power Poll 1. Utah (17-3, 5-0) 2. Air Force (12-7, 3-1) 3. San Diego State (9-8, 3-1) 4. UNLV (9-7, 2-2) 5. Wyoming (10-8, 2-3) 6. New Mexico (14-5, 1-3) 7. Colorado State (9-9, 1-4) 8. BYU (7-13, 1-4) […]

Mountain West Conference Power Poll by John Eisel Wow, what an eventful week. UNM’s Danny Granger hurts his knee against Wyoming, got surgery, will be back. SDSU’s Wesley Stokes doesn’t take care of his grades, won’t be back. Colorado State’s Dwight Boatner leaves school. He’ll be back, just not with […]

Mountain West Conference 2003-04 Recap by John Eisel Mountain West Conference Early Season Power Poll 1. New Mexico (10-1) Preseason Rank: 4 We find out what the Lobos are all about against the Demon Deacons. What we liked: They’re beating the teams they’re supposed to beat, and soundly. What we […]

Mountain West Conference Preview by John Eisel When the results came out from the coaches and media preseason poll and the top three teams all have new coaches this season, things had to be taken with a grain of salt. UNLV, Utah and reigning regular season champion Air Force all […]

Mountain West Conference 2004 Offseason News Recap by John Eisel Late Night with the MWC: The Mountain West Conference announced they were unable to leave their ESPN “Big Monday” contractual obligation, keeping the conference showcase late at night (midnight-2 AM Eastern). The conference, which wanted to explore a Wednesday or […]

Mountain West Conference 2003-04 Recap by Keith Irizarry Coming into this season, you would have had to have been Madam Cleo if you saw Air Force storming to the forefront of the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons won the regular season title with a 22-7 overall record and a 12-2 […]

Mountain West Conference Finals Recap Recap by Keith Irizarry (3) Utah 73, (4) UNLV 70 With 1.8 seconds left, Nick Jacobson did what all of his teammates knew he would: hit a game winning three-pointer. There was no doubt in their minds that he had it in him. Jacobson has […]

Mountain West Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Keith Irizarry Huff…Huff…Puff…and I’ll blow your house down. Sound familiar? Right, it should, because the MWC should have never been built out of hay. Coming into the conference tournament, it was believed that there were 2 “locks.” Oh yeah, don’t forget this conference […]