Texas A&M Corpus Christi Tournament
Corpus Christi, Texas
7:30 p.m. CT
Utah Valley at BYU
Provo, Utah
3:30 p.m. MT
Montana at Colorado State
Fort Collins, Colo.
7 p.m. MT
Northern Colorado at New Mexico
Preseason WNIT
Albuquerque, N.M.
7 p.m. MT
San Diego State at UC Irvine
Irvine, Calif.
5 p.m. PT
UNLV at Southern Utah
Cedar City, Utah
7 p.m. MT
Utah at Utah State
Logan, Utah
7 p.m. MT
Wyoming at Denver
Denver, Colo.
5:30 p.m. MT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Air Force vs. Alabama/Tennessee Tech
Texas A&M Corpus Christi Tournament
Corpus Christi, Texas
5/7:30 p.m. CT
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15
Wichita State at Colorado State
Fort Collins, Colo.
2 p.m. MT
Houston Baptist at TCU
Fort Worth, Texas
1 p.m. CT
Nebraska at UNLV
Las Vegas, Nev.
2 p.m. PT
Montana at Wyoming
Laramie, Wyo.
2 p.m. MT
MWC NOTABLES 2009 PRESEASON WNIT
New Mexico has been invited to particpate in the 2009 Preseason WNIT. The Lobos will host Northern Colorado on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. MT. Six MWC teams (BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, TCU, UNLV and Utah) have made appearances in the preseason tournament, with BYU (2006), New Mexico (2005) and TCU (2007) advancing to the quarterfinals. The MWC holds a 10-7 all-time record in the Preseason WNIT.
The Preseason WNIT features a three-game guarantee format. The event opens Friday, Nov. 13, with first-round games. Second-round games will be played Nov. 15-16, semifinals will be Nov. 18-19, and the championship is set for Sunday, Nov. 22. Teams that lose in the first two rounds will play consolation games on the second weekend, Nov. 20-22. All games are hosted by participating schools, and sites are announced by the end of the preceding round.
COACHES CORNER
Utah head coach Elaine Elliott enters her 27th season at the helm of the Utes, posting a league-best 559 career wins, and is one of only 29 active coaches to reach the 550-win plateau. TCU skipper Jeff Mittie has amassed 367 overall wins, while New Mexico's Don Flanagan has also reached the 300-win mark (308 career wins). In her second stint at San Diego State, Beth Burns begins her 12th year, while Ardie McInelly and Jeff Judkins enter their eighth seasons at Air Force and BYU, respectively. Joe Legerski will lead the Cowgirls in his sixth season, while Kristen Holt (Colorado State) and Kathy Olivier (UNLV) will return for their second seasons in the league.
1,000+ SCORERS
The Mountain West returns two 1,000 point scorers from the 2008-09 season. Utah senior Kalee Whipple currently ranks 16th all-time in the MWC record books for career points with 1,389. New Mexico senior Amy Beggin reached the milestone last season and now has 1,063 career points. San Diego State has two players within reach of 1,000 points in seniors Quenese Davis (922) and Jené Morris (919).
DOUBLE UP
Sixteen of the 25 MWC student-athletes that recorded at least one double-double last season will return for the 2009-10 season. The group is led by UNLV sophomore Jamie Smith, who earned 13 double-doubles in her first season with the Rebels, setting a new school and MWC freshman record.
RETURNING ALL-MWC PERFORMERS
Ten of 15 all-MWC selections return for the 2009-10 season, including Newcomer of the Year TK LaFleur (TCU), Freshman of the Year Jamie Smith (UNLV), Defensive Player of the Year Jené Morris (San Diego State) and the 6th Player of the Year Emma Langford (Wyoming). In addition, three of the five honorable mention selections are back. The Aztecs and Horned Frogs lead the way, returning three all-conference members apiece.
Returning all-MWC Performers
School
Player
Class
Position
2008-09 all-MWC
Air Force
Raimee Beck
Senior
Guard
Honorable Mention
BYU
Mindy Nielson
Junior
Guard
Third Team
New Mexico
Amy Beggin
Senior
Guard
Second Team
San Diego State
Jené Morris
Senior
Guard
First Team
San Diego State
Quenese Davis
Senior
Guard
Second Team
TCU
Helena Sverrisdottir
Senior
Guard
First Team
TCU
TK LaFleur
Senior
Guard
Second Team
TCU
Emily Carter
Junior
Guard
Second Team
UNLV
Jamie Smith
Sophomore
Guard/Forward
Honorable Mention
Utah
Kalee Whipple
Senior
Forward
First Team
Wyoming
Hillary Carlson
Junior
Forward
Second Team
Wyoming
Kristen Scheffler
Sophomore
Guard
Honorable Mention
MWC ON TV
The 2009-10 women's basketball broadcast schedule currently features 36 games on national television. Twenty-three games will be shown on the The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network. Five games will be broadcast live on CBS College Sports Network (CBS C), while the final game of the MWC Championship can be seen live on VERSUS. A total of 12 conference matchups will be televised on The Mtn.
The television schedule tips off Saturday, Nov. 21, with San Diego State hosting Arizona at 6:30 p.m. PT. Conference play begins on Tuesday, Jan. 5, with Wyoming facing Colorado State in Fort Collins on The Mtn. at 6 p.m. MT.
A LOOK AT THE 2009-10 SCHEDULE
Mountain West institutions have the potential to face 14 teams that participated in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, including Final Four participants Louisville and Stanford. MWC teams will battle against 22 non-conference opponents from the top-six RPI conferences in 2008-09. The league will face seven Big 12 teams (Colorado, Kansas, Kansas State, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech), seven Pac-10 teams (Arizona, California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Washington, Washington State), three ACC teams (North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest), two Big East teams (Louisville, Notre Dame), two SEC teams (Alabma, South Carolina.) and one Big Ten team (Minnesota).
