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Taking a Look At Week Five’s Mountain West Opponent’s Performances in Week Four
Each Mountain West Teams Opponents for Week 5
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Take a look at each team’s opponents for this week and how they did last week.
Future Foes Week Four Recap:
This weeks edition of Future Hoops Foes will look a bit different in preparation for a break in non-conference play. There are still two games against non-conference opponents (Santa Clara and BYU) this week and you can find their reviews as normal down below. But since we are getting an early round of conference match ups in the first week of December, there will just be the listed dates and opponents for your favorite Mountain West teams in the remaining slots.
Air Force Falcons (3-5, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Wyoming Cowboys
Sat, Dec. 7th
Nevada Wolf Pack
Boise State Broncos (4-2, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
New Mexico Lobos
Sat, Dec. 7th
Colorado State Rams:
Colorado State Rams (6-3, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
San Diego State Aztecs
Sat, Dec. 7th
Boise State Broncos
Fresno State Bulldogs (2-4, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
New Mexico Lobos
Sat, Dec. 7th
Utah State Aggies
Nevada Wolf Pack (5-3, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Santa Clara Broncos:
Herb Sendek’s Bronco squad is 8-1 on the season and should’t be overlooked after convincing wins against Denver, SEMO and CSU Fullerton last week all by double-digits. Their lone loss comes at the hands of a very good Stanford team and they do boast an 8 point win over Washington State. Santa Clara is receiving production from a number of players on the court and as a whole are averaging a bit over eighty points a game.
They are led in scoring by sophomore guard Trey Wertz (11.6 PPG) and down low 6-11 sophomore forward Guglielmo Caruso is averaging 11.3 PPG. The Bronco’s are a tough squad this season and fully expect to leave Nevada with a win on Wednesday night and increase their win streak to six.
Sat, Dec. 7th
Air Force Falcons
New Mexico Lobos (7-2, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Boise State Broncos
Sat, Dec. 7th
Wyoming Cowboys
San Diego State Aztecs (8-0, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Colorado State Rams
Sun, Dec. 8th
San Jose State Spartans
San Jose State Spartans (3-5, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Utah State Aggies
Sun, Dec. 8th
San Diego State Aztecs
Nevada-Las Vegas Running Rebels (3-6, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Fresno State Bulldogs
Sat, Dec. 7th
Brigham Young Cougars:
Mark Pope‘s squad had a successful trip to Hawaii coming away with a 2-1 record in the Maui Invitational and 6-3 overall. A Loss to top five ranked Kansas was their only blemish of the week and they ended the weekend with a 35 point win over Montana Tech. TJ Haws and Jake Toolson helped solidify their positions as leaders of this team last week with solid performances.
But the big news surrounding the Cougars this week will be the return of star big man Yoeli Childs who returns from a nine game suspension dealt by the NCAA after his testing of NBA Draft waters took an unforeseen turn due to the misfiling of paperwork and alleged funds exchanging hands. Childs averaged 21.2 PPG, 9.7 RPG and 2.1 APG last year and will completely change how this BYU team plays.
Utah State Aggies (7-1, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
San Jose State Spartans
Sat, Dec. 7th
Fresno State Bulldogs
Wyoming Cowboys (3-5, 0-0)
Wed, Dec. 4th
Air Force Falcons
Sat, Dec. 7th
New Mexico Lobos
Side Note:
Make sure to revisit our top-25 opposing players article before you watch Saturdays game against BYU, as Yoeli Childs makes an appearance in our top five with a review of his own alongside Saint Mary’s guard Jordan Ford who has been tearing up Mountain West teams this season and handed Utah State their first loss of the season this past week.
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