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Around the Mountain: Team-by-team updates for MWC hoops (Feb. 15)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Each week during the Mountain West men’s basketball season, beat writers covering the league’s 11 teams will contribute team-by-team updates, compiled by Robert Gagliardi, senior editor of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle/WyoSports.net.

Here are this week’s submissions:

AIR FORCE

Keeping tabs on key contributors for this Air Force basketball team is a little like playing Whac-a-Mole.

They’ve generally slid back down just as fast as they’ve popped up, and there has always been a new one ready to quickly follow the last.

The latest to jump into view was Jacob Van. The sophomore guard scored 17 points at San Diego State on Friday, eclipsing his previous Mountain West high of four points.