Category: Mountain West Basketball

  • San Jose State Basketball: Transfers Keeping the Spartans in the Cellar

    San Jose State has struggled to find continuity as its top talent continues to transfer out of the program.

  • Mountain West Basketball: Ranking the Sit-Out Transfers

    The 2019-20 season is months away, but it’s never too early to start looking ahead. Which sit-out transfers will have the biggest impact in 2020-21?

  • Mountain West Basketball: Predicting Each Team’s Ceiling, Floor In ’19-20

    [jwplayer yhhzX5y6-sNi3MVSU] Mountain West Basketball: Predicting Each Team’s Ceiling, Floor In ’19-20 Predicting the ceiling and floor for each Mountain West team in ’19-20 Contact/Follow @boettger_eli & @MWCwire Each MW team’s ceiling and floor in ’19-20 One of the highly-debated topics of the offseason is predicting each team’s best- and worst-case scenarios for the upcoming…

  • Mountain West Basketball: Players Who Defy the “Bad Shot” Narrative

    [jwplayer 18QegcJn-sNi3MVSU] Four MWC Players Who Defy the “Bad Shot” Narrative These shooters challenge the conventional wisdom of analytics Contact/Follow @andrewdieckhoff & @MWCwire Which Mountain West shooters have the best mid-range game? One of the most well-documented and controversial positions of basketball’s analytics movement is that mid-range jumpers are “bad shots”. This position came under…

  • Mountain West Players To Watch For The 2020 NBA Draft

    Mountain West Players To Watch For The 2020 NBA Draft Six Mountain West players to watch for next year’s draft Contact/Follow @boettger_eli & @MWCwire Queta, Alston headline Mountain West’s pro prospects in ’19-20 Nevada’s Cody Martin, San Diego State’s Jalen McDaniels, and Wyoming’s Justin James heard their names called in Thursday’s NBA Draft. Let’s take…

  • 2019 NBA Draft: What Are Experts Saying About Mountain West Picks

    [jwplayer 18QegcJn-sNi3MVSU] 2019 NBA Draft: What Are Experts Saying About Mountain West Picks Three Mountain West players were drafted Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire The NBA Draft was kind to the Mountain West Well, well, well, look at that. In the 2019 NBA Draft the Mountain West had a trio of players drafted, which was fairly…

  • 2019 NBA Mock Draft: Where Is Jalen McDaniels Projected To Go?

    [jwplayer 18QegcJn-sNi3MVSU] 2019 NBA Mock Draft: Where Is Jalen McDaniels Projected To Go? Taking a swing around the mock draft world. Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire Who will take the former Aztec? The 2019 NBA Draft is tonight and the one Mountain West player to keep an eye on is former San Diego State Aztec star…

  • Predicting Top Three Mountain West Basketball Teams For 2019-20

    [jwplayer 18QegcJn-sNi3MVSU] Predicting the Top 3 Mountain West Basketball Teams in 2019-20 How are the best team next year? Contact/Follow @andrewdieckhoff & @MWCwire Who are the contenders? For the second year in a row, the Mountain West has a clear-cut favorite that will likely debut in the preseason Top 25, but there are a few…

  • Grading Every Mountain West NBA Draft Selection Of The 2010s

    [jwplayer 9LMFbZvo-sNi3MVSU] Grading Every Mountain West NBA Draft Selection Of The 2010s Grading the professional career of every Mountain West player in the NBA Draft this decade Contact/Follow @boettger_eli & @MWCwire Grading MW NBA Draft selections of the ’10s The 2019 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. With another 60 players…

  • Daily Hike, June 18: Brian Urlacher Stadium Must Happen

    Daily Hike, June 18: Brian Urlacher Stadium Must Happen Lots of Mountain West Conference news slips through the cracks, but we have you covered. Like what you see? Get this in your inbox each morning. Contact/Follow @MattK_FS & @MWCwire In case you missed anything yesterday, here’s what you need to know to get caught up with all…