2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Boise State (1st title)
Winning coach	Leon Rice (1st title)
MVP	Abu Kigab (Boise State)
Television	Stadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2021–22 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 23 Boise State †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
No. 24 Colorado State	14	–	4		.778			25	–	6		.806
San Diego State	13	–	4		.765			23	–	9		.719
Wyoming	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
UNLV	10	–	8		.556			18	–	14		.563
Fresno State	8	–	9		.471			23	–	13		.639
Utah State	8	–	10		.444			18	–	16		.529
Nevada	6	–	12		.333			13	–	18		.419
New Mexico	5	–	12		.294			13	–	19		.406
Air Force	4	–	13		.235			11	–	18		.379
San Jose State	1	–	17		.056			8	–	23		.258
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 9–12, 2022, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion, the Boise State Broncos, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The defending champions from the prior season were the San Diego State Aztecs.

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.

• 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

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

Schedule

Game	Time[1]	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	11:00 am	No. 8 Nevada vs. No. 9 New Mexico	79–72	Stadium
2	1:30 pm	No. 7 Utah State vs. No. 10 Air Force	83–56
3	4:00 pm	No. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 San José State	69–67 (OT)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 8 Nevada	71–69	CBSSN
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 Wyoming vs. No. 5 UNLV	59–56
6	6:00 pm	No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 7 Utah State	53−51
7	8:30 pm	No. 3 San Diego State vs. No. 6 Fresno State	53−46
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8	6:30 pm	No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 4 Wyoming	68−61	CBSSN
9	9:00 pm	No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 3 San Diego State	58−63
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10	3:00 pm	No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 3 San Diego State	53–52	CBS/Paramount+
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 Stadium/MWN					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 CBSSN					Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN					Championship Saturday, March 12 CBS/Paramount+
						1	Boise State	71
	8	Nevada	79			8	Nevada	69
	9	New Mexico	72								1	Boise State	68
											4	Wyoming	61
						4	Wyoming	59
						5	UNLV	56
																1	Boise State	53
																3	San Diego State	52
						2	Colorado State	53
	7	Utah State	83			7	Utah State	51
	10	Air Force	56								2	Colorado State	58
											3	San Diego State	63
						3	San Diego State	53
	6	Fresno State	69*			6	Fresno State	46
	11	San José State	67

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "2022 MW Basketball Championships Schedule (PDF) – Mountain West Conference" (PDF). themw.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.