2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season

2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 6th 2023 - March 17th 2024
Number of teams11
TV partner(s)AltitudeTV, Altitude2, ATTSN CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+, Cowboy Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ESPN+, ESPN3, Evoca, FloSports, FOX, Fox Sports 1, NBCSBA NSN, Stadium/MWN, Pac-12 Network, SECN, WCC Network, YouTube, YurView
Regular season
Season championsUtah State
Season MVPGreat Osobor, Utah State
Mountain West tournament
ChampionsNew Mexico
  Runners-upSan Diego State
Tournament MVPJaelen House, New Mexico
Mountain West men's basketball seasons
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2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Utah State 14 – 4   .778 28 – 7   .800
Nevada 13 – 5   .722 26 – 8   .765
Boise State 13 – 5   .722 22 – 11   .667
UNLV 12 – 6   .667 21 – 13   .618
No. 17 San Diego State 11 – 7   .611 26 – 11   .703
New Mexico † 10 – 8   .556 26 – 10   .722
Colorado State 10 – 8   .556 25 – 11   .694
Wyoming 8 – 10   .444 15 – 17   .469
Fresno State 4 – 14   .222 12 – 21   .364
San Jose State 2 – 16   .111 9 – 23   .281
Air Force 2 – 16   .111 9 – 22   .290
† 2024 Mountain West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 6, 2022. Conference play will begin in December 2023.

The Mountain West tournament will take place in March 2024 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[1] Rivals[2] On3 Recruits[3] 247 Sports[4] Signees
Air Force — ― No. 127 ― ―
Boise State ― ― No. 105 No. 90 3
Colorado State ― ― No. 146 No. 125 2
Fresno State ― ― ― ― ―
Nevada ― ― No. 83 No. 56 3
New Mexico ― ― No. 39 No. 41 2
San Diego State ― ― No. 98 No. 83 3
San Jose State ― ― No. 130 ― ―
UNLV ― ― No. 50 No. 68 4
Utah State ― ― No. 132 No. 125 3
Wyoming ― No. 58 No. 97 No. 125 4

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden [5] Naismith [6] Cousy [7] West [8] Erving [9] Malone[10] Abdul-Jabbar [11] Olson[12]
Isaiah Stevens Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

Player The Athletic[13] Blue Ribbon Sports[14] CBS[15] College Hoops Today[16]

Preseason polls

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls
247 Sports[17] AP[18] Blue Ribbon[19] CBS Sports[20] Coaches[21] ESPN[22] KenPom[23] Lindy's
Sports 		NCAA Sports[24] Sports
Illustrated[25]
Air Force – – – – – – No. 157 – – –
Boise State – – – – – – No. 63 – – –
Colorado State – – – – – – No. 74 – – –
Fresno State – – – – – – No. 100 – – –
Nevada – – – – – – No. 67 – – –
New Mexico – – – – – – No. 46 – – –
San Diego State No. 20 No. 17 – No. 13 No. 15 No. 18 No. 29 – No. 15 No. 25
San Jose State – – – – – – No. 171 – – –
UNLV – – – – – – No. 77 – – –
Utah State – – – – – – No. 239 – – –
Wyoming – – – – – – No. 214 – – –

Mountain West Media days

The Mountain West will conduct its 2023 Mountain West media days on October 12, 2023.[26]

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. San Diego State 333 125
2. Boise State 299 4
3. New Mexico 278 1
4. Nevada 240 1
5. Colorado State 218 --
6. UNLV 199 --
7. San Jose State 124 --
8. Fresno State 115 --
9. Utah State 105 --
10. Wyoming 74 --
11. Air Force 61 --

Source:[27]

Mountain West Preseason All-Conference

First Team

[28]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Jaelen House New Mexico G 5th 6−0, 170 Phoenix, AZ (Arizona State)
Jamal Mashburn Jr. New Mexico G Sr. 6−2, 195 Miami, FL (Brewster Academy)
Isaiah Stevens Colorado State G 5th 6−0, 185 Allen, TX (Allen HS)
Lamont Butler San Diego State G Sr. 6−2, 205 Moreno Valley, CA (Riverside Poly High)
Tyson Degenhard Boise State F Jr. 6−8, 235 Spokane, WA (Mt. Spokane HS)
2023 Mountain West Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Isaiah Stevens, Colorado State
Newcomer of the Year Reese Waters, San Diego State
Freshman of the Year Dedan Thomas, UNLV

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[29] Naismith Robertson Cousy West Erving Malone Abdul-Jabbar Olson

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Wooden Naismith Robertson Cousy West Erving Malone Abdul-Jabbar Olson

Regular season

The Schedule will be released in late October. All regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, FOX, FS1, CBS Sports, AltitudeTV, AT&T Sports Network, Cowboy Sports Network, Evoca, FloSports, NBC Bay Area, Nevada Sports Network, Mountain West Network, Pac-12 Network, SEC Network, WCC Network, YouTube Live and YurView

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Air Force – –
Boise State ESPN Events Invitational 6th
Colorado State Hall of Fame Classic 1st
Fresno State Cancún Challenge 2nd
Nevada Diamond Head Classic 1st
New Mexico – –
San Diego State Continental Tire Main Event 1st
San Jose State Paradise Jam 5th
UNLV Sunshine Slam 4th
Utah State Cayman Islands Classic 1st
Wyoming Myrtle Beach Invitational 5th

Records against other conferences

Records against non-conference foes for the 2023–24 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov. 9 New Mexico No. 24 Saint Mary's University Credit Union Pavilion ● Moraga, CA − 58−72 0−1
Nov. 22 No. 22 James Madison Fresno State† Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya ● Cancun, Mexico Cancun Challenge Championship 64−95 0−2
Nov. 23 No. 8 Creighton Colorado State† T-Mobile Center ● Kansas City, MO Hall of Fame Classic 69−48 1−2
Nov. 26 Wyoming No. 15 Texas Moody Center ● Austin, TX − 63−86 1−3
Dec. 1 No.19 BYU Fresno State† Delta Center ● Salt Lake City, UT − 56−85 1−4
Dec. 13 No. 8 Creighton UNLV† Dollar Loan Center ● Henderson, NV Jack Jones Classic 79−64 2−4
Dec. 26 San Diego State No. 13 Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center ● Spokane, WA − 84−74 3−4
Dec. 30 Wyoming No. 14 BYU Marriott Center ● Prove, UT − 68−94 3−5

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes neutral site game

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Air Force Boise State Colorado State Fresno State Nevada New Mexico San Diego State San Jose State UNLV Utah State Wyoming
vs. Air Force – 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
vs. Boise State 0–0 – 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0
vs. Colorado State 0–1 1–0 – 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
vs. Fresno State 0–1 1–0 0–0 – 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Nevada 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 – 6–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
vs. New Mexico 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–4 – 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
vs. San Diego State 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 – 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1
vs. San Jose State 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 – 1–0 0–0 1–0
vs. UNLV 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 – 1–0 0–0
vs. Utah State 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 – 0–1
vs. Wyoming 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 –
Total 1–6 5–2 3–4 2–5 3–4 6–2 5–2 1–6 3–4 6–1 4–3

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Air Force 1,239 1,226 13
Boise State 1,396 1,238 158
Colorado State 1,469 1,253 216
Fresno State 1,314 1,389 -75
Nevada 1,539 1,309 230
New Mexico 1,684 1,389 295
San Diego State 1,525 1,335 190
San Jose State 1,431 1,405 26
UNLV 1,361 1,281 80
Utah State 1,561 1,292 269
Wyoming 1,398 1,423 -25

Through January 24, 2024[30]

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Mountain West records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Record at school Mountain West record Mountain West titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Air Force Joe Scott Denver 8th 81–121 (.401) 33–78 (.297) 0 1 0 0
Boise State Leon Rice Gonzaga (assistant) 14th 268–155 (.634) 141–87 (.618) 2 4 0 0
Colorado State Niko Medved Drake 6th 91–64 (.587) 50–38 (.568) 0 1 0 0
Fresno State Justin Hutson San Diego State (assistant) 6th 80–73 (.523) 43–48 (.473) 0 0 0 0
Nevada Steve Alford UCLA 5th 70–51 (.579) 40–31 (.563) 0 1 0 0
New Mexico Richard Pitino Minnesota 3rd 34–31 (.523) 13–22 (.371) 0 0 0 0
San Diego State Brian Dutcher San Diego State (associate HC) 7th 147–46 (.762) 81–25 (.764) 3 4 1 0
San Jose State Tim Miles Nebraska 3rd 29–37 (.439) 11–25 (.306) 0 0 0 0
UNLV Kevin Kruger UNLV (assistant) 3rd 37–27 (.578) 17–19 (.472) 0 0 0 0
Utah State Danny Sprinkle Montana State 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0 0
Wyoming Jeff Linder Northern Colorado 4th 48–42 (.533) 24–28 (.462) 0 1 0 0

Notes:

  • Mountain West records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Postseason

Mountain West tournament

Main article: 2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The conference tournament will be played in March 13−16, 2024 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV. The top five teams will have a bye on the first day. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

First round
Wednesday, March 13
Stadium/MWN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
CBSSN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 15
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 16
CBS/Paramount+
1 Utah State 87*
8 Wyoming 73 9 Fresno State 75
9 Fresno State 77 1 Utah State 70
5 San Diego State 86
4 UNLV 71
5 San Diego State 74*
5 San Diego State 61
6 New Mexico 68
2 Nevada 78
7 Colorado State 72 7 Colorado State 85
10 San Jose State 62 7 Colorado State 61
6 New Mexico 74
3 Boise State 66
6 New Mexico 82 6 New Mexico 76
11 Air Force 56

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Four teams were selected to participate:

Seed Region School First Four 1st round 2nd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
5 East San Diego State – W vs. (12) UAB, 69–65 W vs. (13) Yale, 85–57 L vs. (1) UConn, 52–82
DNP
10 West Nevada – L vs. (7) Dayton, 60–63
DNP
11 West New Mexico – L vs. (6) Clemson, 56–77
DNP
10 South Boise State L vs. (10) Colorado, 53–60
DNP
8 Midwest Utah State – W vs. (9) TCU, 88–72 L vs. (1) Purdue, 67–106
DNP
10 Midwest Colorado State W vs. (10) Virginia, 67–42 L vs. (7) Texas, 44–56
DNP
Bids W-L (%): 1–1 (.500) 2–3 (.400) 1–1 (.500) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 4–6 (.400)

National Invitation Tournament

One team was selected to participate:

Main article: 2024 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
– Seton Hall UNLV W vs. (2) Princeton, 77–84 W vs. Boston College, 79–70 vs. (1) Seton Hall – –
W–L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 2–0 (1.000)

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the Mountain West offices honored two players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.[31]

Week Player of the week School Freshman of the week School
Nov 13[32] Kenan Blackshear Nevada Cam Manyawu Wyoming
Nov 20[33] Jaedon LeDee San Diego State JT Toppin New Mexico
Nov 27[34] Isaiah Stevens Colorado State JT Toppin (2) New Mexico
Dec 4[35] Isaiah Stevens (2) Colorado State Tru Washington New Mexico
Dec 11[36] Donovan Dent New Mexico JT Toppin (3) New Mexico
Dec 18[37] Ian Martinez Utah State Dedan Thomas Jr. UNLV
Dec 26[38] Jarod Lucas Nevada JT Toppin (4) New Mexico
Jan 2[39] Reese Waters San Diego State No Selection –
Jan 8[40] Great Osobor Utah State Mason Falslev Utah State
Jan 15 Great Osobor (2) Utah State JT Toppin (5) New Mexico
Jan 22[41] Sam Griffin Wyoming JT Toppin (6) New Mexico
Jan 29[42] Jaelen House New Mexico JT Toppin (7) New Mexico
Feb 5 Max Rice Boise State Dedan Thomas Jr. (2) UNLV
Feb 12 Nick Davidson Nevada Dedan Thomas Jr. (3) UNLV
Feb 19 Jaedon LeDee (2) San Diego State JT Toppin (8) New Mexico
Feb 26 Darius Brown II Utah State Mason Falslev (2) Utah State
Mar 4 Jarod Lucas (2) Nevada JT Toppin (9) New Mexico

Totals per school

School Total
New Mexico 13
Utah State 6
Nevada 4
San Diego State 3
UNLV 3
Colorado State 2
Wyoming 2
Air Force 0
Boise State 1
San Jose State 0
Fresno State 0

All-Americans

Main article: 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Mountain West to their All-District Teams:

District VIII

All-District Team

District IX

Player of the Year

All-District Team

Mountain West season awards

The Mountain West presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.

2024 Mountain West Men's Basketball Individual Awards[43]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Great Osobor, Utah State
Coach of the Year Danny Sprinkle, Utah State
Newcomer of the Year Great Osobor, Utah State
Defensive Player of the Year Lamont Butler, San Diego State
Sixth Man of the Year Mustapha Amzil, New Mexico
Josh Uduje, Utah State
Freshman of the Year JT Toppin, New Mexico
Dedan Thomas Jr., UNLV
Scholar-Athlete of the Year

All-MWC

Further information: List of All-Mountain West Conference men's basketball teams
First Team [44]
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Tyson Degenhart †† Boise State F Jr.
Isaiah Stevens †† Colorado State G Gr.
Jaedon LeDee San Diego State F Sr.
Darius Brown II Utah State G Gr.
Great Osobor ‡ Utah State W Jr.
  • ‡ Mountain West Player of the Year
  • ††† three-time All-Mountain West First Team honoree
  • †† two-time All-Mountain West First Team honoree
  • † two-time All-Mountain West honoree
Second Team [45]
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
O'Mar Stanley Boise State F Jr.
Kenan Blackshear Nevada G Gr.
Jarod Lucas Nevada G Gr.
Donovan Dent New Mexico G So.
JT Toppin New Mexico F Fr.
Dedan Thomas Jr. UNLV G Fr.
Third Team [46]
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Nique Clifford Colorado State G Sr.
Nick Davidson Nevada F So.
Jaelen House New Mexico G Gr.
Keylan Boone UNLV F Sr.
Honorable Mention [47]
Chibuzo Agbo, Sr., G, Boise State
Max Rice, Sr., G, Boise State
Lamont Butler, Sr., G San Diego State
MJ Amey, Jr., G, San José State
Kalib Boone, Sr., F, UNLV
Ian Martinez, Sr., G, Utah State
Sam Griffin, Sr., G, Wyoming

All-Freshman Team

Name School Pos. Ht.

† Mountain West Player of the Year ‡ Mountain West Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

All-Defensive Team

[48]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht.
Tré Coleman Nevada F Sr.
Jaelen House New Mexico G Gr.
Lamont Butler ‡ San Diego State G Sr.
Luis Rodriguez UNLV G Sr.
Darius Brown II Utah State G Gr.
  • † Mountain West Player of the Year
  • ‡ Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year
  • †† two-time Mountain West All-Defensive Team honoree
Honorable Mention

Scholar Athlete of the year

Name School Pos. Ht., Wt. GPA Major

All-Mountain West tournament team

National awards

2023–24 Season statistic leaders

Source:[49]

2024 NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
− − −

Home game attendance

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Total Average % of Capacity
Air Force Clune Arena 6,002 1,417 1,209 1,411 1,466 1,048 2,377 1,827 945 7,645† 2,785 22,130 2,213 36.87%
Boise State ExtraMile Arena 12,644 9,501 10,520 9,865 8,960 8,471 9,178 10,764 12,058† 9,863 11,705 100,885 10,089 79.79%
Colorado State Moby Arena 8,745 4,331 4,802 3,830 8,083† 7,135 8,083† 5,739 6,852 5,165 6,345 8,083† 68,448 6,223 71.16%
Fresno State Save Mart Center 15,596 4,419 2,796 2,638 1,109 3,166 3,003 5,083† 3,146 3,872 29,232 3,248 20.82%
Nevada Lawlor Events Center 12,000 6,875 7,131 7,254 6,918 7,851 7,312 7,062 8,913 7,645 10,191† 9,029 86,181 7,835 65.29%
New Mexico The Pit 15,411 11,106 10,484 10,216 15,435 10,311 11,536 11,962 12,611 15,437† 13,106 122,204 12,220 79.29%
San Diego State Viejas Arena 12,414 12,414† 12,414† 12,240 12,414† 11,932 12,414† 12,414† 12,414† 12,414† 12,414† 123,484 12,348 99.46%
San Jose State Event Center Arena 5,000 1,821 1,484 1,322 1,747 1,701 2,135 2,287 4,299† 3,118 19,914 2,213 44.26%
UNLV Thomas & Mack Center 17,923 5,573 5,003 4,702 5,065 4,374 5,760 5,992 6,392† 42,681 5,358 29.89%
Utah State Smith Spectrum 10,270 10,270† 7,112 7,880 7,078 4,950 6,804 10,270† 8,214 8,851 71,429 7,937 77.28%
Wyoming Arena-Auditorium 11,612 3,362 3,826 3,272 3,584 3,447 3,368 3,763 4,136† 28,758 3,595 30.95%
Total 11,602 715,346 6,662 57.42%


Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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