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 […]

Mountain West Conference Preview by Bob Thurman Once upon a time, not long ago, the eight members of the Mountain West Conference were shackled and chained to a monstrous beast of a conference called the WAC. The rocky marriage came to an end a few years ago and they got […]

Mountain West Tournament Preview Cowboys capture regular season title Wyoming won the regular season title with 57-56 win over second place Utah Saturday March 1st. The Cowboys win gave them the league’s first outright regular season champ in the conference’s three-year history. This also marks the first time a team […]

Mountain West Notebook Takin’ it to the Bank(s) UNLV’s Marcus Banks was named the MWC’s player of the week for the week ending December 31st. Banks led the Runnin’ Rebels to a pair of victories while averaging 30 points per game, 4 boards, 5 assists, and 3.5 steals last week. […]