American college basketball competition
The 2023 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference . It was held March 8–11, 2023, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas , in Paradise, Nevada .[ 1] NCAA tournament .
Seeds
The defending champions from the prior season were the Boise State Broncos .[ 2] [ 3]
All 11 Mountain West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.[ 4]
Head-to-head record between the tied teams
Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
Higher NET
Schedule
Game
Time[ 5]
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1
11:00 am
No. 8 Colorado State vs. No. 9 Fresno State
67–65
Stadium/MWN
2
1:30 pm
No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force
78–70OT
3
4:00 pm
No. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Wyoming
87–76
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4
12:00 pm
No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Colorado State
64–61
CBSSN
5
2:30 pm
No. 4 Nevada vs. No. 5 San Jose State
77-81OT
6
6:00 pm
No. 2 Boise State vs. No. 7 UNLV
87-76OT
7
8:30 pm
No. 3 Utah State vs. No. 6 New Mexico
91-76
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
8
6:30 pm
No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 San Jose State
64-49
CBSSN
9
9:00 pm
No. 2 Boise State vs. No. 3 Utah State
62-72
Championship – Saturday, March 11
10
3:00 pm
No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 3 Utah State
62-57
CBS /Paramount+
Game times in PT . Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round Stadium/MWN
Quarterfinals CBSSN
Semifinals CBSSN
Championship CBS /Paramount+
1
San Diego State
64
8
Colorado State
67
8
Colorado State
61
9
Fresno State
65
1
San Diego State
64
5
San Jose State
49
4
Nevada
77
5
San Jose State
81*
1
San Diego State
62
3
Utah State
57
2
Boise State
87*
7
UNLV
78*
7
UNLV
76
10
Air Force
70
2
Boise State
62
3
Utah State
72
3
Utah State
91
6
New Mexico
87
6
New Mexico
76
11
Wyoming
76
* denotes overtime period
References
