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Lopes and Dreams: GCU Claims 2026 MW Softball Title, Overcomes Nine-Run Deficit to Beat Nevada, 11-10, In Extras
Grand Canyon defeated Nevada in the first game of the MW Championship Series, forcing a decisive, winner-takes-all affair to determine who would take home the conference title, and with it, the autobid into the NCAA Tournament. GCU was essentially locked in regardless, but Nevada would need to take this one home to extend their season. […]
Vickers Dominates Nevada, GCU Forces Game 2 with 3-0 Win
After all the buildup and months of trials and tribulations, we have finally reached the Mountain West Softball Championship. Appropriately, this ended up being a matchup between the two best teams in the conference all year, and two teams that will remain in the Mountain West in 2027: Grand Canyon and Nevada. The former, in […]
Mountain West Reacts Results: Softball Tournament, Baseball Champions.
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. Grand Canyon tourney champs? The Lopes softball team has had a great first year in the Mountain West, taking home the regular-season championship. They are now hoping to win the tournament championship, too, and are in great shape so far. Fans believe they will […]
Lopes Survive Lobos Again, 11-7, Advance to MW Championship
The final game of the third day of the 2026 Mountain West Softball Tournament was a rematch of the first game yesterday: 4-seeded New Mexico against 1-seeded GCU. The Lobos went into this game looking for redemption in the worst way, having lost their first game to the Lopes with a blown four-run lead in […]
New Mexico Shuts Out UNLV 5-0, Advances Into Rematch With Top-Seeded GCU
The second game of day two of the 2026 MW Softball Tournament was delayed due to the length of the previous game between Nevada and GCU. The teams that each of those teams defeated in Round 2: UNLV and New Mexico, respectively, began playing after them in the first elimination game of the loser’s bracket. […]
Offense, McLean Unstoppable: Nevada Downs GCU 14-10
Day three of the 2026 Mountain West Softball Tournament kicked off with the winner’s bracket final matchup between tournament host Nevada and regular-season champion Grand Canyon. Nevada was the lone team to defeat GCU in a regular-season series, which was surely on the minds of both teams entering this game. This game quickly revealed itself […]
Weekend Walkup: Falcons versus Cougars, Aztecs versus Spartans & more in the penultimate regular season weekend
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 […]
How do these 2 players improve stock at NBA G-League combine?
We don’t dip our toes into the NBA waters very often, but we’re less than two months away from the 2026 NBA Draft! Once again, there are multiple former Mountain West players testing their waters, specifically in the G-League combine, which will begin Friday and last through Sunday in Chicago, Ill. What do these two […]
Friday Five: Top 5 Pac-12 Football Head Coaches
Hello again, Group of Six western football fans. The month of May presses on. Spring ball is finished, summer workouts haven’t started yet. This is the quiet month of the college football calendar. The Mountain West is set to split this summer with the “departing five” leaving to create the reformed Pac-12. The Mountain West […]
Mountaintop View 5-8-26: NCAA Tournament Expansion and How It Will Look, Bowl Projections, Boise State Basketball
The NCAA Tournament is officially expanding to 76 teams Boise State Basketball gets a big non-conference game CBS Sports has some interesting bowl projections NDSU to the Playoff? UNLV and Boise State in the Pointsettia Bowl? Stay tuned for more coverage from Mountain West Connection!
Nevada Softball Outruns UNLV 13-6, Advances to Winner’s Bracket
Game 2 of day two of the 2026 MW Softball Tournament was a rivalry matchup between third-seeded Nevada, the host of the event, and their hated in-state rivals, the UNLV Rebels, just a week after UNLV swept the Wolf Pack in Las Vegas. Nevada got their shortly-awaited revenge on their southern rivals, out-hitting the Rebels […]
Instant Classic: Top-Seeded Grand Canyon Softball Outlasts Upset-Minded New Mexico, 7-6
To kick off the second day of the Mountain West Tournament, the underdog New Mexico Lobos, fresh off of their first conference tournament victory in 21 years, were forced to go toe-to-toe with the juggernaut top-seeded Grand Canyon Lopes in the opening game of the double-elimination stage of the tournament. Trailing 6-2 in the bottom […]
Should the MW and Pac-12 schedule games against one another?
For years, the relationship between the Mountain West and the Pac-12 has lived somewhere between regional kinship and identity crisis; neighbors separated not just by geography, but by perception. Now, with both leagues navigating uncertain futures and evolving reputations, the question deserves more than surface-level debate. So, should the Mountain West and Pac-12 schedule more […]
Mountaintop View 5-7-25
Taylor: How many wins does Sawvel need in Year 3? As the dog days of the off-season approach when football news is hard to come by, Alex Taylor of WyoSports gets right to the point for Wyoming football: how many wins does head coach Jay Sawvel need in year 3? Oregon State is asking fans […]
Nevada Softball Dominates Colorado State, 10-1
Game 2 of the 2026 Mountain West Softball Tournament was a matchup between the Colorado State Rams and the hosts of the tournament: the Nevada Wolf Pack. The Wolf Pack entered the tournament having lost four straight, losing on senior day to Fresno State, then being swept by hated rival UNLV in humiliating fashion. Perhaps […]
New Mexico Softball Defeats Fresno State, 7-2
The 2026 Mountain West Softball Tournament kicked off with a single-elimination matchup between the #5-seeded Fresno State Bulldogs and the #4-seeded New Mexico Lobos. The latter squad was in their first conference tournament appearance since 2006, and they certainly made it count, taking down the Bulldogs by a final score of 7-2. The game started […]
Mountain West Reacts 5/6: Softball Tournament, Baseball Champs.
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. 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.
College Baseball Tournament Projections: May 6th.
Mountain West (and beyond) NCAA baseball tournament projections will be new every week leading up to the College World Series. This seems like the natural step to continue our baseball coverage, and mirrors the bowl projections and bracketology we do with our football and basketball coverage, respectively. For those who aren’t familiar, 64 teams make […]
Amy Eagan Brings Proven Success to New Mexico Women’s Basketball
On April 8th, Vice President/Director of Athletics Ryan Berryman announced that Amy Eagan, a veteran head coach with six NCAA Tournament appearances and six conference championships, had been named the University of New Mexico’s seventh women’s basketball coach. This is the first official hire for Berryman after being promoted to Vice President/Director of Athletics from […]
Peak Perspective: Evaluating the Future PAC-12 Conference
Shortly before the 2024 football season began, the Mountain West was turned upside down when Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and later Utah State announced they were leaving the conference for the new Pac-12 conference. This led to somewhat of an arms race out west, as both conferences were incomplete and […]
Mountaintop View 5-6-26
AFCA Endorses Elimination of Conference Championship Games and Expanding CFP In big news, the American Football Coaches Association announced that they endorse getting rid of the conference championship games, and expanding the College Football Playoffs to get more teams in. North Dakota State’s ability to play for MWC Title and a bowl game to be […]
Transfer Spotlight Special Part One! Top 12 Guards entering the MW/PAC! Scouting reports, projections, bios, & more! HP Ep. #153 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! It’s finally time to do a deep dive into the 2026 college basketball transfer portal cycle for the Mountain West and PAC 12! With close to 100 new players joining the ranks, I’ve sorted through the names to find […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Running Backs
We have reached the point in the offseason where spring football has concluded and fans are starting to have a better understanding of what their team’s depth chart may look like. With that, we are going to start taking a look at specific position groups across the PAC 12 and Mountain West. With our coverage […]
Mountain West Softball Tournament Preview: Round 1
The 2026 NCAA softball regular season is finally over. After a crazy three months of play, six teams in the Mountain West Conference have reached the summit—or rather, a little bit below the summit of the Sierra Mountains. This year’s MW Tournament is being hosted in Reno, Nevada, by the reigning regular-season conference champion Wolf […]
Mountaintop View 5-5-26
EJ Colson Named as Miners’ QB1 There will be no quarterback drama entering the summer for the UTEP Miners. EJ Colson, the transfer from Incarnate Word, is QB1 in El Paso. Colson is well traveled, having played at UCF prior to ICW and now El Paso. Pokes Insider: Tight ends spring review Ryan Thorburn of […]
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