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MW First Round: No. 9 Wyoming falls short against No. 8 UNLV, 73-70
The euphoria and heartbreak of March basketball go hand in hand. Moments of triumph. Stages of agony. For Sundance Wicks and the Wyoming Cowboys, their stay in Las Vegas would be short-lived as they were unable to find an avenue to a potential upset of the hometown UNLV Rebels. A back-and-forth affair broke out early […]
2026 Mountain West Conference Tournament First Round: Game Info, Odds, Game Thread.
The Mountain West Tournament begins today and will conclude on Saturday. MWCConnection will have coverage throughout, including some writers in person. Here’s who to follow: How To Watch: Wednesday, March 11th UNLV vs Wyoming (12:00 PM PT) | Coverage: Mountain West Network Nevada vs Air Force (2:30 PM PT) | Coverage: Mountain West Network Colorado […]
Five Potential College Football Media Revenue Sharing Models
Last week, a group of college leaders met in Dallas to discuss the future of college football. Among other ideas, one of the main ones was to pool TV revenue collectively rather than keeping each conference separate, as it is currently. The first hurdle here would be to get Congress involved to repeal or adjust […]
Mountaintop View 3-11-26. Rams WBB Champs, NIL Overload, Rams spring ball, Basketball Awards & Team
It’s Wednesday, and we are up and running! A women’s conference tournament champion was crowned last night and the men’s tournament tips off today. Keep up with all the basketball news as we get closer to March Madness! See what is coming your way today on our site and around the internet. Rams are WBB […]
A very thin margin for magic: Spartans seek tournament spark vs. Boise State
San Jose State basketball (8-23, 3-17 MW) enters the opening round of the Mountain West Conference tournament tomorrow night knowing full well the margin for error has shrunk to the width of a rim. Across the floor will stand Boise State (20-11, 12-8 MW): a team that has already proven twice this season it can […]
Mountain West Reacts Survey: MW Tourney Champ, NCAA Tournament Bids
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Mountain West Conference fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey
Mountain West Tourney Time! Utah State wins regular season title! Resume, Path to Championship for all 12 teams! Predictions for each tournament game + champion! HP Ep. #145 OUT NOW!
Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! Like always in the Mountain West, the final week of the regular season was crazy, but when the dust settled, Utah State emerged as the undisputed champions. With that squared away, everyone’s attentions now shift to the conference tournament […]
Mountain West Men’s Basketball Tournament Odds (2026)
It’s time for the Mountain West men’s basketball tournament, and this could be one of the most open tournaments in quite a few years. Games begin on Wednesday and will last four total days, with a champion crowned on Saturday, along with an automatic qualification to the NCAA Tournament. Utah State won the regular season […]
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: PAC 12 Transfer Classes
Over the past few weeks we have dived into the recruiting classes for each school in the Mountain West and PAC 12. Last week, we took a look at the transfer classes from each Mountain West school, and this week we are going to take a look at the transfer class from each PAC 12. […]
2026 Mountain West Football Schedule & Observations
The Mountain West released their 2026 football schedule yesterday, and now that we have it, we can offer thoughts and observations. Check out the release of the schedule here: A few thoughts:
Mountaintop View 3-10-26
Mountain West Announces 2026 Football Schedule A few weeks after the Mountain West made the home/away opponents available to the public, the real schedule was released on Monday. The Week 1 showdown between Hawaii and UNLV at Manoa stands out to me, what a pivotal conference matchup so early in the season. Check out the […]
Nevada Fires Women’s Basketball Head Coach Amanda Levens After Nine Seasons
After serving as one of the longest tenured coaches at Nevada, the Wolf Pack women’s basketball head coach, Amanda Levens, was fired Monday afternoon. Levens joined Nevada as head coach in 2017, sporting an overall record of 126-153 and 69-92 in conference play. “We are grateful for Amanda’s leadership of the Wolf Pack women’s basketball […]
Mountain West Football Schedule Introduces Three New Teams as Five Members Depart
North Dakota State, UTEP and Northern Illinois set their travel plans towards the west as they become the newest members to join the Mountain West Conference. How will the conference perform with Boise State, Fresno State, Utah State, Colorado State and San Diego State departing? The Mountain West 2026 conference football schedules were recently released […]
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 […]
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