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
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 7th 2022 - March 11th 2023
Number of teams	11
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
Regular season champions	San Diego State
Season MVP	Omari Moore
Mountain West tournament
Champions	San Diego State
Runners-up	Utah State
Tournament MVP	Matt Bradley

2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 San Diego State †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	7		.821
Boise State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	10		.706
Utah State	13	–	5		.722			26	–	9		.743
Nevada	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
San Jose State	10	–	8		.556			21	–	14		.600
New Mexico	8	–	10		.444			22	–	12		.647
UNLV	7	–	11		.389			19	–	13		.594
Colorado State	6	–	12		.333			15	–	18		.455
Fresno State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Air Force	5	–	13		.278			14	–	18		.438
Wyoming	4	–	14		.222			9	–	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. 82	No. 84	2
Colorado State	―	―	No. 116	No. 134	2
Fresno State	―	No. 37		No. 85	4
Nevada	―	―	No. 78	No. 90	3
New Mexico	―	―	No. 122	No. 52	3
San Diego State	―	―	No. 64	No. 63	2
San Jose State	―	―	No. 111	No. 126	4
UNLV	―	―	No. 221	―	1
Utah State	―	―	―	―	―
Wyoming	―	No. 51	No. 169	No. 124	3

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	Y	Y		Y				Y
Graham Ike		Y				Y
GG Jackson						Y
Hunter Maldonado	Y	Y						Y
Isaiah Stevens			Y

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. 14	No. 19	No. 25	No. 21	No. 20	No. 21	No. 19	–	No. 20	No. 14
San Jose State	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 236	–	–	–
UNLV	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 118	–	–	–
Utah State	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 68	–	–	–
Wyoming	RV	–	–	–	RV	No. 30	No. 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:

• Mountain West Commissioner – Craig Thompson
• Air Force – Joe Scott (HC)
• Boise State – Leon Rice (HC)
• Colorado State – Niko Medved (HC)
• Fresno State – Justin Hutson (HC)
• Nevada – Steve Alford (HC)
• New Mexico – Richard Pitino (HC)
• San Diego State – Brian Dutcher (HC
• San Jose State – Tim Miles (HC)
• UNLV – Kevin Kruger (HC)
• Utah State – Ryan Odom (HC)
• Wyoming – Jeff Linder (HC)

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll

Place	Team	Points	First place votes
1.	San Diego State	216	16
2.	Wyoming	204	4
3.	Boise State	166	--
4.	Colorado State	156	--
5.	New Mexico	136	--
6.	UNLV	110	--
7.	Fresno State	101	--
8.	Utah State	96	--
9.	Nevada	73	--
10.	San Jose State	35	--
11.	Air Force	27	--

Source:^[27]

Mountain West Preseason All-Conference

First Team

^[28]

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown (Last School)
Isaiah Stevens	Colorado State	G	Sr.	6−0, 185	Allen, TX (Allen HS)
Jamal Mashburn Jr.	New Mexico	G	Jr.	6−2, 195	Miami, FL (Brewster Academy)
Matt Bradley	San Diego State	G	JS.	6−4, 220	San Bernardino, CA (Wasatch Academy)
Graham Ike	Wyoming	F	Jr.	6−9, 225	Aurora, CO (Overland HS)
Hunter Maldonado	Wyoming	G	Sr.	6−7, 220	Colorado 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.

Regular season Power Conferences Record ACC 0–1 Big East 0–0 Big Ten 2–1 Big 12 0–1 Pac-12 5–5 SEC 2–3 Power Conferences Total 9–11 Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record American 3–0 America East 0–0 A-10 3–1 ASUN 2–0 Big Sky 5–4 Big South 3–0 Big West 11–1 CAA 1–2 C-USA 2–3 Horizon 2–0 Ivy League 0–0 MAAC 1–0 MAC 2–1 MEAC 2–0 MVC 2–1 NEC 0–0 OVC 0–0 Patriot League 0–0 SoCon 0–0 Southland 5–2 SWAC 6–0 The Summit 3–1 Sun Belt 5–0 WAC 10–1 WCC 12–10 Other Division I Total 81–28 Division II NAIA Total 10–0 NCAA Division I Total 99–39

Postseason Power Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big East 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power Conferences Total 0–0 Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record American 0–0 America East 0–0 A-10 0–0 ASUN 0–0 Big Sky 0–0 Big South 0–0 Big West 0–0 CAA 0–0 C-USA 0–0 Horizon 0–0 Ivy League 0–0 MAAC 0–0 MAC 0–0 MEAC 0–0 MVC 0–0 NEC 0–0 OVC 0–0 Patriot League 0–0 SoCon 0–0 Southland 0–0 SWAC 0–0 The Summit 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 WAC 0–0 WCC 0–0 Other Division I Total 0–0 NCAA Division I Total 0–0

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. 15	No. 21 Dayton	UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center ● Las Vegas, NV	−	UNLV 60−52	1−0
Nov. 22	No. 14 Arizona	No. 17 San Diego State†	Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HI	Maui Invitational	Arizona 70−87	1−1
Nov. 22	No. 9 Arkansas	No. 17 San Diego State†	Lahaina Civic Center ● Maui, HI	Maui Invitational	Arkansas 78−74OT	1−2
Dec. 3	San Jose State	No. 3 Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena ● Fayetteville, AR	–	Arkansas 58−99	1−3

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	–	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–2
vs. Boise State	0–1	–	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
vs. Colorado State	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
vs. Fresno State	1–1	1–0	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1
vs. Nevada	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0
vs. New Mexico	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1
vs. San Diego State	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	–	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. San Jose State	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	–	0–2	1–1	0–1
vs. UNLV	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	0–2
vs. Utah State	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	–	0–2
vs. Wyoming	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	–
Total	5–13	13–5	6–12	6–12	12–6	8–10	15–3	10–8	7–11	13–5	4–14

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

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

Team	Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
Air Force	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Boise State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV
Colorado State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Fresno State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Nevada	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	RV	NV
New Mexico	AP	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	21	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
San Diego State	AP	19	17	17	24	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	22	25	21	22	18	20
	C	20	19	19	24	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	23	20	20	19	20
San Jose State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
UNLV	AP	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Utah State	AP	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Wyoming	AP	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

NVHead 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	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.^[32]

2023 Mountain West Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Omari Moore, San José State
Coach of the Year	Tim Miles, San José State
Newcomer of the Year	Jarod Lucas, Nevada
Defensive Player of the Year	Nathan Mensah, San Diego State
Sixth Man of the Year	Dan Akin, Utah State
Freshman of the Year	Darrion Williams, Nevada
Scholar-Athlete of the Year

All-MWC

Further information: List of All-Mountain West Conference men's basketball teams

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown (Last School)
Tyson Degenhart	Boise State	F	So.
Isaiah Stevens	Colorado State	G	Sr.
Jamal Mashburn Jr.	New Mexico	G	Jr.
Matt Bradley	San Diego State	G	Sr.
Omari Moore	San José State	G	Sr.
Steven Ashworth	Utah State	G	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

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown (Last School)
Max Rice	Boise State	G	Sr.
Kenan Blackshear	Nevada	G	Sr.
Jarod Lucas	Nevada	G	Sr.
Jaelen House	New Mexico	G	Sr.
EJ Harkless	UNLV	G	Sr.
Hunter Maldonado	Wyoming	G	Sr.

Third Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Ht.	Hometown (Last School)
Jake Heidbreder	Air Force	G	So.
Marcus Shaver Jr.	Boise State	F	Sr.
Will Baker	Nevada	C	Jr.
Morris Udeze	New Mexico	F	5th
Lamont Butler	San Diego State	G	Jr.
Nathan Mensah	San Diego State	F	Sr.

Honorable Mention:

Isaiah Hill, Sr., G, Fresno State
Max Shulga, Jr., G, Utah State

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.
Kenan Blackshear	Nevada	G	Sr.
Tré Coleman	Nevada	F	Jr.
Jaelen House	New Mexico	G	Jr.
Lamont Butler	San Diego State	G	Jr.
Nathan Mensah	San Diego State	F	Jr.

• † 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

2022–23 Season statistic leaders

Source:^[33]

Scoring leaders Rk Player PTS PPG 1 Jamal Mashburn Jr. 305 17.9 2 Jarod Lucas 300 16.7 3 Eligah Harkless 249 16.6 4 Jaelen House 282 16.6 5 Morris Udeze 272 16.0

Rebound leaders Rk Player REB RPG 1 Josiah Allick 140 8.2 2 Morris Udeze 135 7.9 3 Isaih Moore 126 7.9 4 Sage Tolbert 140 7.8 5 Daniel Akin 125 7.4

Field goal leaders (avg 5 fga/gm) Rk Player FG FGA PCT 1 Patrick Cartier 96 147 65.3% 2 Morris Udeze 102 170 60.0% 3 Noah Reynolds 71 131 54.2% 4 Jake Heidbreder 86 173 49.7% 5 Tyson Degenhart 80 172 46.5%

Assist leaders Rk Player AST APG 1 Jaelen House 86 4.8 2 Kenan Blackshear 86 4.8 3 Pmari Moore 86 4.8 4 Max Shulga 74 4.4 5 Steven Ashworth 72 4.2

Block leaders Rk Player BLK BPG 1 Ibrahima Diallo 39 2.2 2 Corbin Green 26 2.0 3 David Muoka 23 1.5 4 Nathan Mensah 24 1.5 5 Lukas Milner 15 0.9

Free throw leaders Rk Player FT FTA PCT 1 Jake Heidbreder 53 60 88.3% 2 Will Baker 49 56 87.5% 3 Jarod Lucas 82 96 85.4% 4 Steven Ashworth 54 65 83.1% 5 Jaelen House 81 98 82.7%

Steal leaders Rk Player STL SPG 1 Jaelen House 81 3.0 2 Keshon Gilbert 34 2.3 3 Luis Rodriguez 34 2.3 4 Marcus Shaver Jr. 24 2.0 5 Lamont Butler 30 1.9

Three point leaders Rk Player 3P 3PA % 1 Steven Ashworth 58 113 51.3% 2 Taylor Funk 43 107 40.2% 3 Jake Heidbreder 43 109 39.4% 4 Jarod Lucas 48 127 37.8% 5

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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