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  • Basketball Preseason Series: Best Rebounders

    Contact/Follow @aztecbreakdown [mm-video type=playlist id=01fr0w1a4286krp4ad player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png] Over the weeks leading up to the season Mountain West Wire will be looking at the best players at different aspects of the game. As basketball has become more and more positionless it’s more about being the best at specific skills than it is being the best at…

  • All Decade Basketball team at the Halfway Point

    Contact/Follow @aztecbreakdown [mm-video type=playlist id=01fr0w1a4286krp4ad player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png] There are five more years until the decade closes and we all as fans get the fun task of debating who the best players of the last decade were, but at the halfway mark it is nice to see a progress report. The following is one man’s opinion of…

  • Basketball Preseason Series: Best Scorers

    Contact/Follow @aztecbreakdown [mm-video type=playlist id=01fv01174hsxnm8g1d player_id=none image=] Over the weeks leading up to the season Mountain West Wire will be looking at the best players at different aspects of the game. As basketball has become more and more positionless it’s more about being the best at specific skills than it is being the best at…

  • 4 standout players who have emerged from the Mountain West Conference

    The Mountain West Conference is regularly tipped as one of the best college basketball leagues in the US, responsible for producing some truly standout players over the past several decades. While the NBA is naturally the most popular basketball competition for spectators, the excitement surrounding college basketball has been steadily growing.    And is this…

  • UConn wins back-back NCAA titles despite 37-point showing from Canadian Zach Edey

    After over two weeks, 68 teams, and six consecutive elimination rounds, the UConn Huskies (37-3) stand alone as the best College Basketball team in the nation. Connecticut denied the Perdue Boilermakers (34-5) their first NCAA Division I Championship in program history, defeating them 67-43 and repeating as champions for the first time since the Florida…

  • Fresno State Basketball: The Bulldogs Hire Vance Walberg as 20th Head Coach

    [mm-video type=playlist id=01fb7dafw2b08817yr player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png] Fresno State Basketball: The Bulldogs Hire Vance Walberg as 20th Head Coach The Bulldogs end their coaching search with an experienced coaching hire. Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire Fresno State hires a local winning coach in Vance Walberg. Fresno, CA–The Fresno State Bulldogs have their man, as an announcement from the…

  • 2024 Mountain West Basketball Transfer Tracker

    [mm-video type=playlist id=01fb7dafw2b08817yr player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png] 2024 Mountain West Basketball Transfer Tracker Who is in & out of the Mountain West this off-season. Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire Portal Season is here, we’ll try to keep track for you. Updated as of 04/23/2024 Heading straight into the second week of the NCAA tournament, with all but maybe…

  • Utah State Basketball: Danny Sprinkle Off to Big 10, Hired By Washington Huskies After Just One Season in Logan

    [mm-video type=playlist id=01fb7dafw2b08817yr player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png] Utah State Basketball: Danny Sprinkle Hired By Washington Huskies After Just One Season in Logan After just one season, Sprinkle’s amazing elevation of the Aggie program earns him the Big Ten job. Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire Danny Sprinkle announces resignation amid being hired as the new Men’s Basketball coach at…

  • New Mexico Basketball: Jamal Mashburn Jr. & Sebastian Forsling Enter Transfer Portal

    [mm-video type=playlist id=01fb7dafw2b08817yr player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png] New Mexico Basketball: Jamal Mashburn Jr. & Sebastian Forsling Enter Transfer Portal Jamal Mashburn Jr. becomes one of the best players in the Portal with his announcement on Monday. Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire New Mexico’s offseason kicks off with two announced outbound transfers, Jamal Mashburn Jr. & Sebastian Forsling. With…

  • 2024 NCAA Tournament: No. 11 New Mexico Exits Early, After 77-56 1st Round Loss to No. 6 Clemson

    [mm-video type=playlist id=01fb7dafw2b08817yr player_id=none image=https://mwwire.com/wp-content/plugins/mm-video/images/playlist-icon.png]  Game Recap: No. 6 Clemson 77, No. 11 New Mexico 56 New Mexico falls to a primed & ready Clemson team in 1st round. Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire March Madness ends early for the Lobos as an inopportune cold streak leaves them chasing the Tigers most of the way. Memphis,…