The 2018–19 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play begins in January 2019 and concludes in February 2019. The season marks the 19th season of Mountain West Conference basketball.

Preseason Coaching changes On February 26, 2018, Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy resigned after being placed on administrative leave. On March 22, Drake head coach and former CSU assistant coach Niko Medved was hired as the new head coach of Colorado State.

On March 12, 2018, Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry left Fresno State to become head coach at UTEP. He finished at Fresno State with a seven-year record of 126–108. On April 5, it was announced that the school had hired San Diego State assistant coach Justin Hutson as head coach.

On March 11, 2018, Utah State head coach Tim Duryea was fired after three seasons. He finished at Utah State with a three-year record of 47–49. On March 25, reports indicated that the school had hired South Dakota head coach Craig Smith as head coach, which was confirmed the next day.

Conference predictions

Predicted Mountain West results Source RankTeam 1.Nevada (18) 2.San Diego State (1) 3.New Mexico4.Boise State5.Fresno State 6.UNLV 7.Wyoming 8.Colorado State 9.Utah State 10.Air Force 11.San Jose State(first place votes)

Preseason Mountain West teams Honor Recipient Preseason Player of the YearCaleb Martin, Nevada Preseason Freshman of the YearJordan Brown, Nevada Preseason All-MWC TeamJordan Caroline, NevadaJustin James, WyomingCaleb Martin, NevadaCody Martin, NevadaDeshon Taylor, Fresno State Source

Watchlists

Regular season

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Air ForceBoise StColorado StFresno StNevadaNew MexicoSan Diego StSan Jose StUNLVUtah StWyomingvs. Air Force – 1–12–00–12–01–01–10–21–12–00–2vs. Boise St1–1 – 1–12–02–01–01–10–22–01–00–2vs. Colorado St0–21–1 – 1–12–01–11–00–12–02–01–1vs. Fresno St1–00–21–1 – 2–00–20–20–20–11–10–2vs. Nevada0–20–20–20–2 – 1–11–10–10–21–10–1vs. New Mexico0–10–11–12–01–1 – 1–11–12–02–01–1vs. San Diego St1–11–10–12–01–11–1 – 0–20–21–10–1vs. San Jose St2–02–01–02–01–01–12–0 – 2–02–02–0vs. UNLV1–10–20–21–02–00–22–00–2 – 1–00–2vs. Utah St0–20–10–21–11–10–21–10–20–1 – 0–2vs. Wyoming2–02–01–12–01–01–11–00–22–02–0 –Total 8–10 7–11 7–11 13–5 15–3 7–11 11–7 1–17 11–7 15–3 4–14

Postseason

Mountain West tournament

Notes and references