COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West announced today a groundbreaking step to enhance transparency and protect the integrity of competition with public player availability reporting for all men’s and women’s basketball Conference games beginning with the 2025-26 season.
The Mountain West Conference Availability Reporting Policy standardizes the submission of student-athlete availability information for basketball contests to protect student-athlete privacy, reduce outside pressure on student-athletes for inside information, ensure transparency and promote competitive integrity.
This policy also addresses public confidence in fair play and the integrity risks associated with sports wagering. Required availability reporting will be woven into the Conference’s established sports wagering integrity and compliance partnership with IC360, a national leader in sports integrity and compliance solutions, thus adding to an already robust infrastructure to protect Mountain West competition.
The policy applies to all regular-season Conference and MW basketball tournament games. One day prior to each MW basketball game, each league program will identify players who are questionable or out. Three hours prior to each game, schools will update their designations. Reports will include only players’ names, numbers and participation status and may not include any injury details.
Institutions are not required to submit availability reports for nonconference games.
Availability reports will be posted publicly on TheMW.com. Initial reports will be posted by 9 p.m. MT/8 p.m. PT the day before each game, while updated reports will be published two hours prior to each tipoff.
