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Moore, Miles lead 2023 Mountain West basketball media poll awards (w/ vote totals)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — San Jose State guard Omari Moore has been voted the 2023 Mountain West men’s basketball Player of the Year by a select panel of journalists from each of the league’s 11 media markets.

The 6-foot-6 senior from Pasadena, Calif., has led the resurgence of the Spartans this season, averaging 17.5 points, 4.7 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game. Moore received seven of the possible 11 Player of the Year votes, with the others going to Utah State’s Steven Ashworth (two votes) and one each for San Diego State’s Matt Bradley and Colorado State’s Isaiah Stevens.