2020–21 Mountain West Conference basketball season

The 2020–21 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021.

2020–21 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams11
Regular season
Tournament
2020–21 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 San Diego State†14–3 .82423–5  .821
Utah State15–4 .78920–9  .690
Colorado State14–4 .77820–8  .714
Boise State14–6 .70019–9  .679
Nevada10–7 .58816–10  .615
Fresno State9–11 .45012–12  .500
UNLV8–10 .44412–15  .444
Wyoming7–9 .43814–11  .560
San Jose State3–13 .1885–16  .238
Air Force3–17 .1505–20  .200
New Mexico2–15 .1186–16  .273
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Preseason Awards

The preseason coaches' poll was announced by the league office on November 10, 2020.[1]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. San Diego State (14) 211
  2. Boise State (4) 188
  3. Utah State (2) 177
  4. UNLV 160
  5. Colorado State 141
  6. Nevada 114
  7. New Mexico 106
  8. Fresno State 93
  9. Wyoming 59
  10. Air Force 39
  11. San Jose State 32

Honors

Preseason honors were announced by the league office on November 10, 2020.[2]

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Derrick Alston Jr., Boise State
Preseason All-Mountain West First Team Derrick Alston Jr., Boise State
Isaiah Stevens, Colorado State
Matt Mitchell, San Diego State
Bryce Hamilton, UNLV
Neemias Queta, Utah State

Conference matrix
  Air Force Boise State Colorado State Fresno State Nevada New Mexico San Diego State San Jose State UNLV Utah State Wyoming
vs. Air Force –2−02−02−01−11−12−02−02−02–01−1
vs. Boise State 0–2–1−11−12−00−22−00−20−20–20−2
vs. Colorado State 0−21−1–0−21−00−11−10−20−21–10−2
vs. Fresno State 0–21−12−0–2−00−22−00−21−11−01–1
vs. Nevada 1–10−20−10−2–0−22−00−00−22−02–0
vs. New Mexico 1−12−01−02−02−0–2−01−12−02−02–0
vs. San Diego State 0−20−21−10−20−20−2–0−20−12−00−2
vs. San Jose State 0−22−02−02−00−01−12−0–2−02–00−0
vs. UNLV 0−22−02−01−12−00−21−00−2–1–10−0
vs. Utah State 0–22−01−10−10−20−20−20−21−1–0–1
vs. Wyoming 1−12−02−01−10−20−22−00−00−01−0–
Total 3−1714−614−49−1010−72−1514−33−138−914−46−9

All-Mountain West awards

Mountain West men's basketball weekly awards
Week Player(s) of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School
Nov 30 Matt Mitchell, Sr., F San Diego State
Dec 7 Kenny Foster, So., G Wyoming
Dec 14 Jordan Schakel, Sr., G San Diego State
Dec 21 Desmond Cambridge Jr., Jr., G Nevada
Dec 28 Derrick Alston Jr., Sr., G Boise State
Jan 5 David Roddy, So., G/F Colorado State
Jan 11 Isaiah Stevens, So., G Colorado State
Jan 19 Neemias Queta, Jr., C Utah State
Jan 25 Marcus Williams, Fr., G Wyoming
Feb 1 Ralph Agee, Sr., F San José State
Feb 9 Grant Sherfield. So., G Nevada
Feb 15 Jordan Schakel, Sr., G San Diego State
Feb 22 Derrick Alston Jr., Sr. G Boise State
Mar 2 Neemias Queta, Jr., C Utah State
Mar 7

[3]

References
  1. "San Diego State Voted to Win 2020-21 Mountain West Men's Basketball Regular-Season Title" themw.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  2. "Big South Announces 2020-21 Preseason Men's Basketball All-Conference Team" themw.com. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  3. "Mountain West Men's Basketball Players of the Week".
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