Mountain West Conference men's basketball

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NCAA Division I men's basketball conference

Mountain West Conference men's basketball is an NCAA Division I collegiate basketball league featuring teams from universities primarily located in the western United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Mountain West Conference men's basketball canonical	7
Mountain West Conference men's basketball season	3
Mountain West Conference men's basketball teams	2
2018–19 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season	1
Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T243231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Context triple: [New Mexico Lobos men's basketball, memberOf, Mountain West Conference men's basketball]

A. Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States that has historically sponsored competition in multiple NCAA sports across institutions primarily in the western region.
B. Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference best known for sponsoring Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs across universities primarily in the western United States.
C. West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily composed of private, faith-based universities located along the U.S. West Coast.
D. Metro Conference
The Metro Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference in the United States that primarily sponsored men's basketball before its members were later reorganized into Conference USA.
E. Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mountain West Conference men's basketball
Target entity description: Mountain West Conference men's basketball is an NCAA Division I collegiate basketball league featuring teams from universities primarily located in the western United States.

A. Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States that has historically sponsored competition in multiple NCAA sports across institutions primarily in the western region.
B. Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference best known for sponsoring Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs across universities primarily in the western United States.
C. West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference is an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference primarily composed of private, faith-based universities located along the U.S. West Coast.
D. Metro Conference
The Metro Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference in the United States that primarily sponsored men's basketball before its members were later reorganized into Conference USA.
E. Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was a former NCAA Division I athletic conference that operated in the early 1990s, primarily featuring universities from the Midwestern United States before its members were absorbed into Conference USA.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA Division I men's basketball conference ⓘ
ageGroup	adult ⓘ
amateurOrProfessional	amateur ⓘ
awardsAutomaticBidTo	NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
competitionFormat	regular season and conference tournament ⓘ
competitionLevel	major college basketball ⓘ
conferenceName	Mountain West Conference ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determinesChampionBy	conference tournament winner ⓘ regular season standings ⓘ
division	NCAA Division I ⓘ
eligibilityLevel	NCAA student-athletes ⓘ
gender	men's ⓘ
geographicFootprintIncludes	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Colorado ⓘ Idaho ⓘ Nevada ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Utah ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ
governingBody	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
hasMemberTeam	Boise State University ⓘ Colorado State University ⓘ Fresno State University ⓘ linked to: California State University, Fresno San Diego State University ⓘ San Jose State University ⓘ United States Air Force Academy ⓘ University of Nevada, Las Vegas ⓘ University of Nevada, Reno ⓘ University of Wyoming ⓘ Utah State University ⓘ
isCollegiateConferenceFor	member universities' men's varsity basketball teams ⓘ
isConferenceOf	Mountain West Conference ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
level	college ⓘ
organizes	Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament ⓘ
partOf	Mountain West Conference ⓘ
primaryAudience	college sports fans ⓘ
region	Western United States ⓘ linked to: western United States
rulesFollow	NCAA men's basketball rules ⓘ
seasonCulminatesIn	Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament ⓘ
seasonStructureIncludes	conference games ⓘ non-conference games ⓘ postseason tournament ⓘ
seasonType	winter sport season ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
televisionCoverageIncludes	CBS Sports Network ⓘ linked to: CBS Sports ESPN networks ⓘ linked to: ESPN family of networks Fox Sports networks ⓘ linked to: Fox Sports Networks

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Mexico Lobos men's basketball → memberOf → Mountain West Conference men's basketball ⓘ

subject linked to: New Mexico Lobos men’s basketball

San Diego State Aztecs → conference → Mountain West Conference men's basketball ⓘ

Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball → conferenceRegularSeasonTitle → 2018–19 Mountain West Conference men's basketball season ⓘ