2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Champions	New Mexico (5th title)
Winning coach	Richard Pitino (1st title)
MVP	Jaelen House (New Mexico)
Television	Stadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Utah State	14	–	4		.778			28	–	7		.800
Nevada	13	–	5		.722			26	–	8		.765
Boise State	13	–	5		.722			22	–	11		.667
UNLV	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
No. 17 San Diego State	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
New Mexico †	10	–	8		.556			26	–	10		.722
Colorado State	10	–	8		.556			25	–	11		.694
Wyoming	8	–	10		.444			15	–	17		.469
Fresno State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	21		.364
San Jose State	2	–	16		.111			9	–	23		.281
Air Force	2	–	16		.111			9	–	22		.290
† 2024 Mountain West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It is to be held March 13–16, 2024, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada.^[1] The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

The defending champions from the prior season were the San Diego State Aztecs.^[2]

All 11 Mountain West schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are to be seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams will receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.^[3]

• 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	Utah State	14–4
2	Nevada	13–5	1–0 vs. Utah State
3	Boise State	13–5	0–2 vs. Utah State
4	UNLV	12–6
5	San Diego State	11–7
6	New Mexico	10–8	2–0 vs. Nevada
7	Colorado State	10–8	0–2 vs. Nevada
8	Wyoming	8–10
9	Fresno State	4–14
10	San Jose State	2–16	2–0 vs. Air Force
11	Air Force	2–16	0–2 vs. San Jose State

Schedule

Game	Time[4]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 13
1	11:00 am	No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 Fresno State	73–77	MWN
2	1:30 pm	No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 10 San Jose State	72–62
3	4:00 pm	No. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Air Force	82–56
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 9 Fresno State	87–75^OT	CBSSN
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 UNLV vs. No. 5 San Diego State	71–74^OT
6	6:00 pm	No. 2 Nevada vs. No. 7 Colorado State	78–85
7	8:30 pm	No. 3 Boise State vs. No. 6 New Mexico	66–76
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
8	6:30 pm	No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 5 San Diego State	70–86	CBSSN
9	9:00 pm	No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 6 New Mexico	61–74
Championship – Saturday, March 16
10	3:00 pm	No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 6 New Mexico	68–61	CBS/Paramount+
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 13 Stadium/MWN					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 CBSSN					Semifinals Friday, March 15 CBSSN					Championship Saturday, March 16 CBS/Paramount+
						1	Utah State	87*
	8	Wyoming	73			9	Fresno State	75
	9	Fresno State	77								1	Utah State	70
											5	San Diego State	86
						4	UNLV	71
						5	San Diego State	74*
																5	San Diego State	61
																6	New Mexico	68
						2	Nevada	78
	7	Colorado State	72			7	Colorado State	85
	10	San Jose State	62								7	Colorado State	61
											6	New Mexico	74
						3	Boise State	66
	6	New Mexico	82			6	New Mexico	76
	11	Air Force	56

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "UNLVtickets.com - 2024 Mountain West Basketball Championships".
2. "San Diego State Wins Mountain West Tournament Title".
3. "2023-2024 MW Basketball Tiebreakers (PDF) - Mountain West Conference".
4. "2024 MW Basketball Championships Schedule (PDF) – Mountain West Conference" (PDF).