AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WEST

  • The Mountain West owns the sixth-best NET among the 31 D1 Conferences, trailing the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, Big East and ACC.
  • Utah State is one of 25 teams that remain undefeated during the 2025-26 season.
  • Utah State is receiving votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls for the fourth week in a row.
  • CBS Sports and FOX Sports will televise over 70 games nationally in 2025-26.
  • Grand Canyon University joins the Mountain West in 2025-26, expanding the competitive footprint and adding a program with four NCAA appearances in five years under head coach Bryce Drew.
  • Colorado State is connecting on 81.4 percent of attempts from the charity stripe, which is the fourth-best free-throw percentage in DI men’s basketball. Additionally, CSU owns the best 3-point field goal percentage (.450) in the nation.
  • New Mexico’s Tomislav Buljan has pulled down 78 rebounds this season, ranking 14th in the country among DI men’s basketball players.
  • The Mountain West has four players ranked among the top 30 in double-doubles posted this season: San José State’s Yaphet Moundi (Seventh; 4), Colorado State’s Carey Booth (T-13th; 3), New Mexico’s Tomislav Buljan (T-13th; 3) and Utah State’s Garry Clark (T-13th; 3).
  • Utah State owns the seventh-best field goal percentage (.531) in the country.
  • USU’s MJ Collins is one of 17 DI men’s basketball players averaging 21 or more points per game this season. He’s averaging 21.3 per contest in 2025-26.
  • Utah State’s Drake Allen is dishing out 7.5 assists per game, which ranks fifth in the nation.
  • Wyoming is averaging 41.1 points off the bench this season, the seventh-most among DI men’s basketball teams.
  • The Mountain West has sent four or more teams to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament each of the last four years, including a league-record six in 2024.
  • The Mountain West’s four NCAA tournament bids in 2025 were tied for the fifth-most among the 31 DI men’s basketball conferences (ACC).
  • The Mountain West is one of six leagues (ACC, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC) to have at least four teams in each of the last four NCAA tournaments.
  • The 2024-25 campaign marked the seventh season in a row and the 22nd in Conference history the league has had two or more NCAA bids.
  • The MW went 2-1 in the NCAA Round of 64 in 2025, marking the second straight season that multiple MW teams advanced to the Round of 32.