Basketball in the Mountains

Tyler King continues his 2025-26 season preview series with the newcomer to the Mountain West, Grand Canyon. Brennan Williams from Go Lopes Radio joins the show for an in-depth look at coach Bryce Drew's latest team. GCU has made the NCAA Tournament in four of the last five seasons since Drew took over, but making the leap up from the WAC is the program's latest challenge. It's a new-l...

Tyler King continues his 2025-26 college hoops season preview series with Colorado State. Justin Michael from DNVR Rams joins the show to talk about the excitement heading into Ali Farokhmanesh's first year as the program's head coach before diving into the new-look roster that features several intriguing transfers that could become key players around returners Rashaan Mbemba and Kyle Jorg...

Tyler King continues his 2025-26 college hoops season preview series with the Utah State. Jason Walker from Cache Valley Dailey and 106.9 the Fan in Logan joins the show for an in-depth look at the Aggies heading into year two under coach Jerrod Calhoun. Utah State is coming off a 26-win season and another NCAA Tournament appearance and the program is once again one of the favorites in the Mountai...

Tyler King is joined by Sean Walker from KSL Sports for one of the most anticipated episodes of the 2025-26 college hoops season preview series: the BYU Cougars. After making the Sweet 16 last season, expectations have been raised even further under coach Kevin Young as potential No. 1 NBA Draft pick AJ Dybantsa has arrived for likely his lone season in Provo. That, plus the return of leading scor...

To continue the 2025-26 college hoops season preview Tyler King is joined by Nathan Carroll from Bronco Nation News for a look at Boise State entering year 16 under coach Leon Rice. Despite the loss of the program's all-time leading scorer, Tyson Degenhart, as well as veteran point guard Alvaro Cardenas, the Broncos have quickly retooled to be one of the preseason favorites in the Mountain Wes...

Tyler King is joined by KSL Sports' Steve Bartle for an in-depth look at the Utah Runnin' Utes as part of the continued 2025-25 college basketball season preview series on the show. Steve gives a look at what first-year coach Alex Jensen and a pair of veteran players had to say earlier this week at Big 12 media days in Kansas City before sharing some insight on how the Utes looked in their...

Tyler King is joined by Denver Gazette colleague Vinny Benedetto to do a complete Nuggets season preview less than a week from the 2025-26 opener. They discuss whether or not this is the most talented and deepest team of the Nikola Jokic era and whether or not that has raised the expectations in the Mile High City after back-to-back exits in Game 7 of the second round. They go through each member...

Tyler King is joined by Caleb Wilfinger from PicksWise for a gambling-centric preview of the three NBA teams in the Mountain time zone. Tyler and Caleb talk through the over/under win totals for the Nuggets, Suns and Jazz, giving their thoughts on each team as a whole in the process. Then, they discuss some potential awards bets, most notably Nikola Jokic's chances to win a fourth MVP. Finally...

Tyler King continues his 2025-26 season preview series on Basketball in the Mountains by welcoming reigning Big Sky coach of the year Travis DeCuire to the show. Montana is coming off its third trip to the NCAA Tournament under DeCuire and returns plenty of talent from last year's squad, namely leading scorer Money Williams. Coach DeCuire talks about both the returners and newcomers that make...

Denver Gazette college sports reporter Tyler King continues the 2025-26 season preview series on Basketball in the Mountains with Utah Valley coach Todd Phillips. The Wolverines are coming off a WAC regular season championship and should once again be one of the favorites in their last year in the conference. Coach Phillips talks about recruiting in the transfer portal era, his new-look team and w...

Denver Gazette college sports reporter Tyler King kicks off his 2025-26 season preview series with the Wyoming Cowboys. Coach Sundance Wicks joins to talk about the excitement in Laramie heading into his second season in charge of the Pokes. Before talking about the last year in the current iteration of the Mountain West, Tyler and Coach Wicks break down Wyoming's new-look roster and the Cowboys'...

*taps mic* Is this thing on? After a two-month break, Tyler King is back with the latest episode of Basketball in the Mountains, catching up on all of the news from the end of the summer on the hardwood, led by takeaways from EuroBasket led by Tristan da Silva taking home gold with Germany, the surprise exit in the Round of 16 by Nikola Jokic and Serbia, as well as Lauri Markkanen's return to...

Denver Gazette college sports reporter Tyler King is joined by Northern Colorado coach Steve Smiley to talk all things Bears basketball. They discuss UNC's regular season Big Sky championship from a season ago, how that momentum has carried over this summer, a pair of former players participating in NBA Summer League and the program's upcoming trip to Portugal. Go to uncbears.com to secure tickets...

Denver Gazette college sports reporter Tyler King is joined by Troy Finnegan of ClutchPoints to give their takeaways from 2025 NBA Summer League action. They start off with former Colorado State star Nique Clifford, who has been one of the MVPs in Las Vegas as the go-to player for the unbeaten Sacramento Kings. Then, they discuss the loaded Utah Jazz roster that is headlined by Kyle Filipowski's b...

Tyler King is joined by Denver Gazette colleague to break down the Nuggets' impressive start to free agency, headlined by the trade that sends Michael Porter Jr. and a future draft pick to the Brooklyn Nets for sharpshooter Cam Johnson. Denver also brought back fan favorite Bruce Brown on a minimum contract and added veteran wing Tim Hardaway Jr., also on a minimum deal. The guys also broke do...

Tyler King is joined by Jason Walker from the Cache Valley Dailey and the Full Court Press on 106.9 in Logan to break down the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft, which was headlined by the Jazz's decision to go against Ace Bailey's reported desires and bring the Rutgers star to Utah as the potential face of the franchise. They talk about Bailey's fit on a young roster and how he can ch...

Tyler King is joined by Utah beat writer Steve Bartle from KSL sports to talk all things Runnin' Utes, who are in their first offseason with new head coach Alex Jensen, the program legend who will always be remembered for his contributions to the 1998 team that made the national championship game. Tyler and Steve discuss the revitalized fan base in Salt Lake City and how that has propelled a flurr...

The Kevin Durant trade saga has finally reached its conclusion and Tyler King is back to break it all down on the latest episode of Basketball in the Mountains. He breaks down Phoenix's return for KD from the Houston Rockets, which includes Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks and the No. 10 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft. He discusses why this feels like such an underwhelming haul for one of the all-ti...

Tyler King is joined by Erik Ruby from PHNX Sports to talk all things Phoenix Suns. They begin by discussing the ongoing Kevin Durant trade saga, whether or not the superstar will be dealt before or during next week's NBA Draft and what the Suns should be looking to get back in return. Then, they discuss the early first impression made by first time head coach Jordan Ott, who has quickly risen...

On the latest episode of Basketball in the Mountains, Tyler King is joined by Tyler Rucker from No Ceilings for NBA Draft breakdowns on the three top prospects from the MT time zone — Arizona's Carter Bryant, BYU's Egor Demin and Colorado State's Nique Clifford. They talk about how each player has done throughout the pre-draft process, how their skills will translate to an NBA role and some of the...

Tyler King is joined by Troy Finnegan from ClutchPoints to break down all of the options for the Jazz at No. 5 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft. From VJ Edgecombe to Ace Bailey to Tre Johnson to Collin Murray-Boyles, they give their detailed evaluations of nine different prospects Utah could be considering with its highest draft pick in a decade.

Tyler King is joined by Oliver Hayes from BuffStampede on 247sports to talk all things Colorado Buffaloes. They discuss the two transfer portal additions so far and if either can really make a difference for a team that finished in last place in a loaded Big 12 last season. Then, they talk about the important summer ahead for the returning players and who Tad Boyle will be counting on to take a ma...

On the latest episode of Basketball in the Mountains, Tyler King is joined by Trevor Booth from Bright Side of the Sun to discuss Phoenix's coaching search seemingly approaching an end with some interesting names still in the mix. Then, they preview what will be a very important first offseason for new GM Brian Gregory that starts with the looming decisions on both Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal. F...

Tyler King is joined by Denver Gazette colleague Vinny Benedetto to recap the Nuggets' blowout loss to the Thunder in Game 7 of the second round and preview the offseason ahead in Denver. They talk about the team's shortcomings in the series against Oklahoma City, David Adelman quickly having his interim tag removed after the season ended and Josh Kroenke's press conference that kicked off the sum...

Denver Gazette college sports reporter Tyler King is joined by Jazz Insider Ben Anderson from KSL to talk about Utah falling to No. 5 in the NBA Draft lottery, despite having the worst record in the league this past season. From Ace Bailey to Kon Knueppel to Tre Johnson, they talk potential Jazz targets at No. 5 before taking a look at what the entire offseason has in store for Danny Ainge and the...