It has been an up-and-down season thus far for the Mountain West. Only once in MWC's 16 year-history has there been only one NCAA Tournament team. Could 2016 be the second?
Not a minute of the conference season has been played, but the overall feeling of disappointment and inopportune performances during the non-conference schedule has left a gray cloud over the Mountain West.
San Diego State, named the MW champion at media days, has a victory over #14 California (now currently unranked) but has stumbled multiple times in its first few weeks. SDSU has failed to score 51 points in four contests and has dropped games to Arkansas Little-Rock, San Diego, and Grand Canyon.