2015-16 MW MEDIA GUIDE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 10807 New Allegiance Drive, Suite 250 Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Mountain West Media Relations Directory ...................................................................................... 2 TheMW.com Mountain West Media Services ..................................................................................................... 3 Mountain West Demographics ....................................................................................................... 4 Mountain West Style Guide .......................................................................................................... 5 MW COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Mountain West History ..............................................................................................................6-7 Mountain West Chronology ........................................................................................................8-9 Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson ............................................................................. 10 Javan Hedlund Mountain West Staff .................................................................................................................. 11 Associate Commissioner for Communications Mountain West Championships ..............................................................................................12-13 O: (719) 488-4051 / M: (719) 648-4027 Mountain West Awards ............................................................................................................... 14 [email protected] Basketball Arena Directions ........................................................................................................ 15 Mountain West Television ........................................................................................................... 16 Stuart Buchanan CONFERENCE NOTES Assistant Director of Communications 2015-16 Preseason Team Capsules ............................................................................................ 18 O: (719) 488-4042 / M: (970) 988-6304 2015-16 Mountain West Notebook ........................................................................................19-23 [email protected] 2015-16 Mountain West Composite Schedule ........................................................................24-25 2016 Mountain West Championship ........................................................................................... 26 2016 NCAA Championship ......................................................................................................... 27 2015-16 NCAA Division I Conference Alignments ........................................................................ 28 Dwayne Groff 2015-16 NCAA Rule Changes ...............................................................................................29-30 Assistant Director of Communications O: (719) 487-2462 / M: (570) 412-4847 [email protected] TEAM PREVIEWS Air Force ..............................................................................................................................32-35 Boise State ..........................................................................................................................36-39 Colorado State ......................................................................................................................40-43 Judy Willson Fresno State.........................................................................................................................44-47 Associate Director of Communications Nevada ................................................................................................................................48-51 O: (719) 488-4052 / M: (719) 290-6732 New Mexico .........................................................................................................................52-55 [email protected] San Diego State ...................................................................................................................56-59 San José State .....................................................................................................................60-63 UNLV ..................................................................................................................................64-67 Utah State ...........................................................................................................................68-71 Wyoming ..............................................................................................................................72-75 CREDITS SEASON REVIEW The 2015-16 Mountain West Men’s Basketball Media 2014-15 Season-In-Review ...................................................................................................78-81 2014-15 Individual Statistics ...............................................................................................82-85 Guide was produced by the MW communications staff 2014-15 Team Statistics .....................................................................................................86-90 using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. Written, edited and designed by Stuart Buchanan, Kim Melcher, Javan Hedlund, Katie Cavender, Dwayne Groff and Judy Willson. MOUNTAIN WEST RECORDS Printing: Allegra Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colo. Individual Records (Game - Season - Career) ........................................................................92-100 Cover design: Todd Milligan of Dust Bowl Artistry. Team Records ..................................................................................................................101-105 Miscellaneous Records ......................................................................................................106-107 Annual Individual Leaders .................................................................................................108-113 The Mountain West extends its thanks to the 11 Annual Team Leaders .......................................................................................................114-120 Conference institutions’ media relations staffs which supplied the information and photography that is used in this publication. Additional photography provided by MOUNTAIN WEST HISTORY Clarkson Creative. All-Time Standings/Composite Mountain West Standings .....................................................122-124 All-Time Coaching Records ....................................................................................................... 125 Mountain West Series History/Team Vs. Team Records ............................................................... 126 All-Time Year-by-Year Records ...........................................................................................127-131 Mountain West vs. Other Conferences.................................................................................132-137 MOUNTAIN WEST Mountain West Attendance History .....................................................................................138-140 LOGO IDENTITY STANDARDS NCAA Attendance History ..................................................................................................141-143 Mountain West Championship History ................................................................................144-147 The Mountain West logo was created to identify and Mountain West Championship Records ...............................................................................148-152 promote the league and its championship sports. Anyone Mountain West Postseason History ............................................................................................ 153 desiring to use the logo on products, promotions or NCAA Championship History ..............................................................................................154-155 advertisements must acquire a license or an authorization NIT History ............................................................................................................................. 156 agreement from Dan Butterly at (719) 488-4053. CBI History ............................................................................................................................. 157 CIT History.............................................................................................................................. 158 The official colors of the Mountain West logo are Purple All-Time All-Mountain West Honors ....................................................................................159-161 (Pantone 268), Gray (Pantone Cool Gray 6), Black and All-Time Mountain West Players of the Week ......................................................................162-163 White. All logos and concepts are protected as trademark All-Time Academic All-Mountain West Honors .....................................................................164-166 properties of the Mountain West Conference. National Honors ...............................................................................................................167-168 Poll History ............................................................................................................................. 169 NBA Draft History .............................................................................................................170-172 THEMW.COM • TWITTER.COM/MW_MHOOPS 1 MW MEDIA RELATIONS AIR FORCE FALCONS SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS Sports Information Office Office: (719) 333-2313 Media