2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season

Recruiting classes Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists. Preseason All-American teams Preseason polls Mountain West Media days The Mountain West will conduct its 2022 Mountain West media days on October 20, 2022. 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) Source: Mountain West Preseason All-Conference ;First Team Midseason watchlists Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists. Final watchlists Below is a table of notable year end watch lists. ==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 Records against other conferences Records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only. Regular season Postseason Record against ranked non-conference opponents This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll): 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. Points scored Through March 5, 2023 Rankings ==NVHead coaches==

Coaching changes Coaches Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Mountain West records are from time at current school. 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 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. NCAA tournament Four teams were selected to participate: National Invitation Tournament One team was selected to participate: ==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. Totals per school 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. All-MWC ;First Team • ‡ 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 ;Third Team ;Honorable Mention: ;Isaiah Hill, Sr., G, Fresno StateMax Shulga, Jr., G, Utah State All-Freshman Team † Mountain West Player of the Year ‡ Mountain West Freshman of the Year ;Honorable Mention All-Defensive Team • † 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 All-Mountain West tournament team National awards ==2022–23 Season statistic leaders==

Source: ==Home game attendance ==

Bold – At or exceed capacity †Season high ==References==