Mountain West Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker: 2026 Offseason
It’s transfer portal season in college basketball, and this page will track the comings and goings of Mountain West players related to the portal this offseason. The portal opened on April 7 and will close on April 21. As of March 26, 2026, four MW players have announced their intention to enter the portal when it opens. All MW moves will be tracked below.
Air Force
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: Air Force will break in a new head coach after firing Joe Scott in the middle of last season.
Hawaii
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: Hawaii will join the MW in 2026 (from the Big West) after reaching this year’s NCAA Tournament, its first berth since 2016.
Grand Canyon
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: Grand Canyon had a successful first season in the MW and should have one of the conference’s top NIL budgets.
Nevada
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: Nevada has had a lot of transfer-portal activity in recent seasons, both in adding and losing key players.
New Mexico
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: New Mexico will wrap up its run at the NIT (it is in the Final Four) before the portal activity begins.
San Jose State
In the portal: Colby Garland, Adrian Myers, Ben Roseborough
Added from portal: None
Overview: San Jose State has struggled to retain its top players over the years and already lost three players who said they will enter the portal, including All-MW honoree Colby Garland, whose 20.3 points per game ranked second in the conference. He added 4.6 assists, and 3.3 rebounds per game, shooting 49/37.2/84.8. He will move to his fourth school in his final year of college. Myers averaged 11.1 points and 4.9 rebounds, hitting 37.2 percent of his threes. Roseborough played only 11 games due to injury, but he averaged 12 points per game on 41.1 percent shooting from three.
UC Davis
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: UC Davis will join the MW (from the Big West) in 2026 after averaging 18 wins per game over the last four seasons.
UTEP
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: UTEP will join the MW in 2026 (from Conference-USA) in search of its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2010.
UNLV
In the portal: None
Added from portal: None
Overview: UNLV enters its second season under head coach Josh Pastner, who will try and retain star Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn.
Wyoming
In the portal: Damarion Dennis
Added from portal: None
Overview: Damarion Dennis was Wyoming’s No. 3 scorer last season, averaging 11.2 points and 3.2 rebounds on 52.0/34.0/86.1 percent shooting. He has two years of eligibility remaining after a season at Wyoming and a season at Texas A&. M-Corpus Christi.
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