The Mountain West might have a problem
This year, after an impressive outing in which the Mountain West went 91-40 in non-conference play the league was rewarded with four coveted bids to the NCAA tournament. It was the first time since the 2011-12 season that the league sent four teams to the big dance. The bids came at a great time for the conference. Ever since the Mountain West peaked at five bids in 2012-13, the league has been trending downwards even suffering back-to-back seasons with a singular bid. Despite this decline, the conference has, for the most part, maintained status as a multi-bid league in recent years, although the most it has received under the current lineup of schools is three, when it did so just once in 2014-15, just a season after arriving adding three newcomers and arriving at the current selection.
