Welcome back to another episode of the three-man-weave college basketball podcast.

I am your host this week, Jim Roots, joined by Matthew Cox and Kai McEwen.

We are talking Mountain West.

We're headed west.

It is an interesting transition year or pre-transition year for the Mountain West before everything goes nuts.

Next offseason with the return of the Pack 12.

But we are going to give this league one last big heeping of love here on the podcast.

It's our previous season, the last one before we get into the power fives as college basketball fast approaches.

Mr. McEwen, how are you feeling? Are you ready to get up in the altitude with these schools?

Yes, of course I am, Jim, a little worried about the season starting in less than 50 days because the preview

4A we do every single summer.

It is, it's getting against the deadline now.

And I got to really start writing quickly like Sonic the Hedgehog, Matthew.

I'm getting a little nervous.

But of course I'm excited about college basketball and to talk about the Mountain West. I do finally feel up to speed. I did like a binge catch-up of like previews and ratings this last week. So I feel prepped. Come back on my feet. But like you, I'll have to go out as soundage the hedgehog or what's his right hand, man.

Tails. Yeah. Knuckles. That's always been a tails guy. Everybody's definitely a tail. Oh, you got two compagros? I've never known. I've been a while since I played Sega Genesis. Yeah, love the mountain was. Grand Canyon, welcome to our discussion today. Welcome indeed. I've also, Matt, with your discussion of catching up on ratings and everything,

the human poll is out from Mr. Ken Pomeroy, the annual, do you know ball extraordinary

competition.

I knew ball two years ago.

I did not know ball last year, Kai.

So I'm hoping, you know, it's an odd

even year type of thing for me. That is due October 5th. Invite everybody to do that. Get your

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