Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! With the offseason in full swing, there’s a ridiculous amount of movement to cover. Most notably, Richard Pitino is leaving New Mexico for Xavier after four seasons. We’ll break down his legacy, as well as introducing New Mexico’s newest head coach, Eric Olen from UC San Diego. Colorado State also hired a new showrunner, promoting Ali Farokhmanesh to head coach, so we’ll touch on that as well. We’ll end the show with a big time portal update, with stars like Donovan Dent, Dedan Thomas Jr, and Obi Agbim all finding new homes, as well as tabbing the top 5 mountain west players who are still in the portal. Jam-packed episode this week, let’s dive in!

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Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! As you may be aware, this was a painful week for the Mountain West. In March Madness, the greatest sporting event on the planet, San Diego State and Utah State failed to show, getting blown out by North Carolina and UCLA respectively. Colorado State got a triumphant upset over Memphis, and New Mexico notched an incredibly impressive win over Marquette, but the second round wasn’t as favorable. The Lobos led early on two seed Michigan State, but faded down the stretch to lose to the heavily-favored Spartans. The Rams, however, went toe-to-toe with fourth seeded Maryland, playing a fantastic all-around game to take a one point lead with 6 seconds to go. Unfortunately, the cruel gods that oversee March Madness had other plans, as future lottery pick big man Deriq Queen took one dribble, three steps, and hit a contested fadeaway floater at the buzzer to break the Rams hearts. We’ll dive into every game from the Big Dance this week, as well as my thoughts on two notable coaching carousel moves, with Niko Medved leaving Colorado State for his alma mater of Minnesota, and UNLV hiring former Memphis and Georgia Tech head coach Josh Pastner. Lots of show to get through this week, let’s jump in!

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Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! After Colorado State left Las Vegas as conference tournament champions, We’ve finally made it to March Madness, baby, and four Mountain West teams earned their way into the field. We’ll break down the first round matchup for New Mexico, Utah State, San Diego State, and Colorado State, along with my predictions. We’ll also briefly mention some major transfer portal dominoes, as well as letting you know about Boise State and San Jose State’s own postseason berths. We’ve finally made it to the Big Dance, no time to waste, let’s dive in.

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Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! With New Mexico locking up the regular season title, we’ve finally arrived at the Mountain West conference tournament, and it all comes down to this. We’ll go over the bracket, the scenarios, and my prediction for what’s going to go down in Vegas. The most important episode of the basketball season right here, let’s dive in!

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Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We’ve arrived at the final week of the regular season, with the regular season title still up for grabs. We’re going over who’s in the running to win the crown, along with what teams are still in the hunt to make it to March Madness. We also have an update on the Fresno State gambling situation, and we’ll end the show by going over the conference stat champions. From points to blocks, let’s see who’s been the most productive hoopers in the conference. Big time episode this week, let’s dive in!

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Welcome back, everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We’ve got a strange topic this week, as over the last few days, a gambling scandal has emerged from the Fresno State basketball program. Amidst what is already their worst season in decades, the Bulldogs found a new way to make their fans frown, with three players (Jalen Weaver, Mykell Robinson, and Zaon Collins) being suspended or removed from the team for gambling. To make matters worse, two of those players placed prop bets on their own games. We’ll go over how the situation unfolded, what players are involved, and where head coach Vance Walberg, the suspended players, and Fresno State’s program goes from here. Really deep dive this week, let’s get right into it.

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Welcome back, everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! With the regular season winding down, it’s time to check some temperatures, we’re focusing on hot seats today! While some teams are having dream seasons, others are not where they want to be right now. We’ll go over the five Mountain West head coaches I think have the warmest buns currently, including the case for and against keeping them around. Fun episode this week, let’s dive in!

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Welcome back, everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We’re in the thick of basketball season, with about a month to go before the Mountain West conference tournament. We’ll go over what each team got done this week, and we’ll end the show by going over every team’s breakout performer! Regardless of team success, we got plenty of players who have been showing out this year. Lots to get to this week, let’s dive in!

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Welcome back everyone, to the Hke’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We had a big week of hoops action, with New Mexico getting a statement win in the Spectrum Center against Utah State, and San Diego State narrowly avoiding catastrophe (twice). We’ll break down arguably the biggest win any team has gotten this season, along with what the rest of the Mountain West was up to. Well end the show by checking back in with our preseason top 12 incoming transfers. Find out who’s starring, who’s still figuring it out, and who’s not fit in the way we’ve hoped! No time to waste, let’s dive in!

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Welcome back everyone, to the Hike’s Peak podcast, thank you for coming back to the mountain! We’re over halfway through the college basketball regular season, and the standings are starting to take shape! We’ll run through the biggest moments of the week, including plenty of down to the wire finishes, and we’ll also go over my midseason all Mountain West team, highlighting the best players in the conference so far. Lots to get through this week, let’s dive in!

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