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 is this week’s offering, minus submissions for Fresno State and San Diego State (other than this week’s games).
AIR FORCE
Air Force is slowly developing an answer to zone defenses.
Fed up with giving up backdoor buckets against the Falcons’ Princeton offense, opponents began throwing more zone at Air Force last year. Now, it’s almost all they see. And with a 32 percentage from 3-point range, the Falcons certainly aren’t shooting their way out of these defenses.