2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season

The 2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season which started on November 7, 2022. Conference play will begin in December 2022.

2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
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
Mountain West tournament
2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 San Diego State †15–3 .83332–7  .821
Boise State13–5 .72224–10  .706
Utah State13–5 .72226–9  .743
Nevada12–6 .66722–11  .667
San Jose State10–8 .55621–14  .600
New Mexico8–10 .44422–12  .647
UNLV7–11 .38919–13  .594
Colorado State6–12 .33315–18  .455
Fresno State6–12 .33311–20  .355
Air Force5–13 .27814–18  .438
Wyoming4–14 .2229–22  .290
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The Mountain West tournament will take place in March 2023 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. 117―3
Boise State――No. 82No. 842
Colorado State――No. 116No. 1342
Fresno State―No. 37No. 854
Nevada――No. 78No. 903
New Mexico――No. 122No. 523
San Diego State――No. 64No. 632
San Jose State――No. 111No. 1264
UNLV――No. 221―1
Utah State―――――
Wyoming―No. 51No. 169No. 1243

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]
Matt Bradley Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Graham Ike Green tickY Green tickY
GG Jackson Green tickY
Hunter Maldonado Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Isaiah Stevens 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. 235– ––
Boise State ––––––No. 87– ––
Colorado State ––––––No. 97– ––
Fresno State ––––––No. 107– ––
Nevada ––––––No. 132– ––
New Mexico ––––––No. 138– ––
San Diego State No. 14No. 19No. 25No. 21No. 20No. 21No. 19– No. 20No. 14
San Jose State ––––––No. 236– ––
UNLV ––––––No. 118– ––
Utah State ––––––No. 68– ––
Wyoming RV–––RVNo. 30No. 64– No. 25–

Mountain West Media days

The Mountain West will conduct its 2022 Mountain West media days on October 20, 2022.[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 State21616
2.Wyoming2044
3.Boise State166--
4.Colorado State156--
5.New Mexico136--
6.UNLV110--
7.Fresno State101--
8.Utah State96--
9.Nevada73--
10.San Jose State35--
11.Air Force27--

Source:[27]

Mountain West Preseason All-Conference
First Team

[28]

Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Isaiah StevensColorado StateGSr.6−0, 185Allen, TX (Allen HS)
Jamal Mashburn Jr.New MexicoGJr.6−2, 195Miami, FL (Brewster Academy)
Matt BradleySan Diego StateGJS.6−4, 220San Bernardino, CA (Wasatch Academy)
Graham IkeWyomingFJr.6−9, 225Aurora, CO (Overland HS)
Hunter MaldonadoWyomingGSr.6−7, 220Colorado Springs, CO (Vista Ridge HS)
2023 Mountain West Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Graham Ike
Newcomer of the Year Darrion Trammell
Freshman of the Year Joseph Hunter

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 Myrtle Beach Invitational 5th
Colorado State Charleston Classic 4th
Fresno State Wooden Legacy 4th
Nevada Cayman Islands Classic 3rd
New Mexico − −
San Diego State Maui Invitational tournament 4th
San Jose State Nassau Championship 5th
UNLV SoCal Challenge 1st
Utah State Diamond Head Classic 3rd
Wyoming Paradise Jam tournament 4th

Records against other conferences

Records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 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):

DateVisitorHomeSiteSignificanceScoreConference record
Nov. 15No. 21 DaytonUNLVThomas & Mack Center ● Las Vegas, NV−UNLV 60−521−0
Nov. 22No. 14 ArizonaNo. 17 San Diego State†Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HIMaui InvitationalArizona 70−871−1
Nov. 22No. 9 ArkansasNo. 17 San Diego State†Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HIMaui InvitationalArkansas 78−74OT1−2
Dec. 3San Jose StateNo. 3 ArkansasBud Walton Arena ● Fayetteville, AR–Arkansas 58−991−3

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

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 –1–01–11–12–01–12–02–01–02–00–2
vs. Boise State 0–1–0–20–11–11–11–11–10–21–10–2
vs. Colorado State 1–12–0–0–21–01–12–02–01–11–01–1
vs. Fresno State 1–11–02–0–2–01–11–01–10–22–01–1
vs. Nevada 0–21–10–10–2–0–21–10–22–01–11–0
vs. New Mexico 1–11–11–11–12–0–1–10–21–01–01–1
vs. San Diego State 0–21–10–20–11–11–1–0–10–20–20–2
vs. San Jose State 0–21–10–21–12–02–01–0–0–21–10–1
vs. UNLV 0–12–01–12–00–20–12–02–0–2–00–2
vs. Utah State 0–21–10–10–21–10–12–01–10–2–0–2
vs. Wyoming 2–02–01–11–10–11–12–01–02–02–0–
Total 5–1313–56–126–1212–68–1015–310–87–1113–54–14

Points scored
Team For Against Difference
Air Force 2,072 2,068 4
Boise State 2,235 1,975 260
Colorado State 2,263 2,226 37
Fresno State 1,909 1,969 -60
Nevada 2,247 2,059 188
New Mexico 2,517 2,275 242
San Diego State 2,188 1,932 256
San Jose State 2,098 2,058 40
UNLV 2,222 2,084 138
Utah State 2,451 2,170 281
Wyoming 2,068 2,147 -79

Through March 5, 2023[30]

Rankings
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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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 3rd 16–38 (.296) 7–30 (.189) 0 0 0 0
Boise State Leon Rice Gonzaga (assistant) 13th 244–145 (.627) 128–83 (.607) 2 3 0 0
Colorado State Niko Medved Drake 5th 76–45 (.628) 46–26 (.648) 0 1 0 0
Fresno State Justin Hutson San Diego State (assistant) 5th 69–53 (.566) 37–36 (.507) 0 0 0 0
Nevada Steve Alford UCLA 4th 47–39 (.547) 28–25 (.528) 0 0 0 0
New Mexico Richard Pitino Minnesota 2nd 139–19 (.406) 5–12 (.294) 0 0 0 0
San Diego State Brian Dutcher San Diego State (associate HC) 6th 119–39 (.753) 66–22 (.750) 2 3 0 0
San Jose State Tim Miles Nebraska 2nd 8–23 (.258) 1–17 (.056) 0 0 0 0
UNLV Kevin Kruger UNLV (assistant) 2nd 18–14 (.563) 10–8 (.556) 0 0 0 0
Utah State Ryan Odom UMBC 2nd 18–16 (.529) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0 0
Wyoming Jeff Linder Northern Colorado 3rd 39–20 (.661) 20–14 (.588) 0 1 0 0

Notes:

  • Mountain West records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2021–22 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools.

Post season

Mountain West tournament
Main article: 2023 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The conference tournament will be played in March 8−11, 2023 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 8
Stadium/MWN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
CBSSN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
CBS/Paramount+
1 San Diego State 64
8 Colorado State 67 8 Colorado State 61
9 Fresno State 65 1 San Diego State 64
5 San Jose State 49
4 Nevada 77
5 San Jose State 81*
1 San Diego State 62
3 Utah State 57
2 Boise State 87*
7 UNLV 78* 7 UNLV 76
10 Air Force 70 2 Boise State 62
3 Utah State 72
3 Utah State 91
6 New Mexico 87 6 New Mexico 76
11 Wyoming 76

* denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Four teams were selected to participate:

Seed Region School First Four First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
5 South San Diego State n/a defeated (12) Charleston 63–57 defeated (13) Furman 75–52 defeated (1) Alabama 71–64 defeated (6) Creighton 57–56 defeated (9E) Florida Atlantic 72–71 lost to (4W) UConn 59–76
10 South Utah State n/a lost to (7) Missouri 65–76
10 West Boise State n/a lost to (7) Northwestern 67–75
11 West Nevada lost to (11) Arizona State 73–98
W–L (%): 0–1 (.000) 1–2 (.333) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) Total: 5–4 (.556)

National Invitation Tournament

One team was selected to participate:

Main article: 2023 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
2 Rutgers New Mexico lost to Utah Valley 69–83
W–L (%): 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 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 14 Darrion Trammell San Diego State Darrion Williams Nevada
Nov 21 EJ Harkless UNLV Darrion Williams (2) Nevada
Nov 28 Morris Udeze New Mexico Corbin Green Air Force
Dec 5 Max Rice Boise State Donovan Dent New Mexico
Dec 12 Noah Reynolds Wyoming Rytis Petraitis Air Force
Dec 19 Isaiah Stevens Colorado State Rytis Petraitis (2) Air Force
Dec 26 Will Baker Nevada Rytis Petraitis (3) Air Force
Jan 2 Matt Bradley San Diego State Rytis Petraitis (4) Air Force
Jan 9 EJ Harkless (2) UNLV Nick Davidson Nevada
Jan 16 Jaelen House New Mexico Marcell McCreary Air Force
Jan 23 Jamal Mashburn Jr. New Mexico Rytis Petraitis (5) Air Force
Jan 30 EJ Harkless (3) UNLV Darrion Williams (3) Nevada
Feb 6 Jarod Lucas Nevada Nate Barnhart Wyoming
Feb 13 Matt Bradley (2) San Diego State Darrion Williams (4) Nevada
Feb 20 Max Shulga Utah State Rytis Petraitis (6) Air Force
Feb 27 Omari Moore San Jose State Darrion Williams (4) Nevada

Totals per school
School Total
Air Force 8
Nevada 8
New Mexico 4
San Diego State 3
UNLV 3
Wyoming 2
Boise State 1
Colorado State 1
San Jose State 1
Utah State 1
Fresno State 0

All-Americans
Main article: 2023 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.

2023 Mountain West Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Man of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Scholar-Athlete of the Year

All-MWC
First Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
  • ‡ 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
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Third Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (Last School)
Honorable Mention

All-Freshman Team
Name School Pos. Ht.

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

Honorable Mention

All-Defensive Team
Name School Pos. Yr. Ht.
  • † 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

2022–23 Season statistic leaders

Source:[32]

2023 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 1,625 1,131 1,276 1,022 1,490 1,196 1,176 855 1,119 1,038 1,704† 1,461 1,257 1,489 843 1,068 1,899 847 1,611 24,107 1,269 21.13%
Boise State ExtraMile Arena 12,644 9,796 4,157 8,544 7,511 7,195 7,254 7,715 8,113 12,007 9,653 9,010 12,021 11,037 9,825 12,208† 136,046 9,070 71.73%
Colorado State Moby Arena 8,745 4,435 5,028 3,769 3,884 4,342 5,439 3,563 4,268 4,196 4,003 6,008 4,657 6,018 3,521 8,083† 4,936 76,150 4,759 54.42%
Fresno State Save Mart Center 15,596 3,675 3,123 3,008 3,913 4,165 4,868 5,864 5,950 6,817 5,090 7,012† 7,137 5,107 5,145 70,874 5,062 32.45%
Nevada Lawlor Events Center 12,000 5,407 5,705 4,904 6,693 5,380 7,911 6,102 7,315 8,292 9,357 10,186 8,571 8,780 11,327† 105,930 7,566 63.05%
New Mexico The Pit 15,411 8,181 9,466 9,033 8,715 8,434 8,329 10,049 14,534 9,425 15,215 15,424 9,249 11,519 14,566 15,143 15,009 11,185 15,431 12,520† 221,427 11,654 75.62%
San Diego State Viejas Arena 12,414 11,934 12,414† 12,414† 12,115 12,038 11,532 12,414† 12,414† 12,183 12,414† 12,239 12,414† 12,414† 12,414† 12,414† 12,414† 196,181 12,261 98.77%
San Jose State Event Center Arena 5,000 2,241 1,322 1,587 1,652 1,546 1,233 2,234 2,871 2,084 3,371† 2,609 2,389 2,917 2,321 2,347 32,724 2,182 43.63%
UNLV Thomas & Mack Center 17,923 5,039 4,931 5,732 4,589 4,549 6,446 6,093 7,249 5,802 5,102 4,539 8,734† 5,762 4,783 5,831 5,747 80,383 5,742 31.99%
Utah State Smith Spectrum 10,270 7,430 6,875 6,549 5,980 6,777 6,047 7,000 6,933 7,890 7,611 8,895† 8,851 8,765 6,935 9,157 9,963† 121,658 7,604 74.03%
Wyoming Arena-Auditorium 11,612 4,464 4,498 4,782 4,472 3,953 4,604 4,823 4,346 4,178 6,968† 3,950 3,717 4,719 3,894 4,520 67,888 4,526 38.97%
Total 11,602 1,133,368 6,551 56.46%


Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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