2018 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2018 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Champions	San Diego State (5th title)
Winning coach	Brian Dutcher (1st title)
MVP	Trey Kell (San Diego State)
Attendance	35,565
Television	Stadium, CBSSN, CBS
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Nevada	15	–	3		.833			29	–	8		.784
Boise State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	9		.719
New Mexico	12	–	6		.667			19	–	15		.559
Fresno State	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
San Diego State †	11	–	7		.611			22	–	11		.667
Wyoming	10	–	8		.556			20	–	13		.606
UNLV	8	–	10		.444			20	–	13		.606
Utah State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	17		.500
Air Force	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Colorado State	4	–	14		.222			11	–	21		.344
San Jose State	1	–	17		.056			4	–	26		.133
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held from March 7–10, 2018 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. San Diego State defeated New Mexico in the championship game to win the tournament receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1][2]

Seeds

All 11 MW schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. As a result, the top five teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Tiebreaking procedures will remain unchanged from the 2017 tournament:

• Record between the tied teams
• Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
• Higher RPI:
• Head-to-head

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker
1	Nevada	15–3
2	Boise State	13–5
3	New Mexico	12–6
4	Fresno State	11–7	2–0 vs San Diego State
5	San Diego State	11–7	0–2 vs Fresno State
6	Wyoming	10–8
7	Utah State	8–10	2–0 vs UNLV
8	UNLV	8–10	0–2 vs Utah State
9	Air Force	6–12
10	Colorado State	4–14
11	San Jose State	1–17

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 7
1	11:00 am	No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Air Force	97–90 ^OT	Stadium	4,994
2	1:30 pm	No. 7 Utah State vs. No. 10 Colorado State	76–65
3	4:00 pm	No. 6 Wyoming vs. No. 11 San Jose State	74–61
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
4	Noon	No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 8 UNLV	79–74	CBSSN	6,753
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 Fresno State vs. No. 5 San Diego State	52–64
6	6:00 pm	No. 2 Boise State vs. No. 7 Utah State	75–78		7,138
7	8:30 pm	No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 6 Wyoming	85–75
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
8	6:00 pm	No. 1 Nevada vs. No. 5 San Diego State	73–90	CBSSN	8,224
9	8:30 pm	No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 7 Utah State	83–68
Championship – Saturday, March 10
10	3:00 pm	No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 5 San Diego State	75–82	CBS	8,456
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 7					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Championship Saturday, March 10
						1	Nevada	79
						8	UNLV	74
	8	UNLV	97*
	9	Air Force	90
											1	Nevada	73
											5	San Diego State	90
						4	Fresno State	52
						5	San Diego State	64
																5	San Diego State	82
																3	New Mexico	75
						2	Boise State	75
						7	Utah State	78
	7	Utah State	76
	10	Colorado State	65
											7	Utah State	68
											3	New Mexico	83
						3	New Mexico	85
						6	Wyoming	75
	6	Wyoming	74
	11	San Jose State	61

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. Zeigler, Mark (March 11, 2018). "Aztecs get 11 seed, draw Houston in NCAA Tournament". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
2. Rutherford, Mike (March 10, 2018). "Trey Kell carries San Diego State past New Mexico in Mountain West title game". SBNation. Retrieved March 12, 2018.