Last season it was San Diego State and New Mexico that were the two dominant teams in the Mountain West. The Aztecs won the regular-season crown and the Lobos wound up winning the league tourney.
One of them is still expected to win the conference this season, while the other, according to conference coaches, will likely fall off a bit.
Which team is the preseason favorite to win the Mountain West in 2014-15? And how will the rest of the conference stack up? We polled a number of coaches in the MWC to get their take on the conference this season: