2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center; Paradise, Nevada
Champions	San Diego State (6th title)
Winning coach	Brian Dutcher (2nd title)
MVP	Matt Mitchell (San Diego State)
Television	Stadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS
	Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

2020–21 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 San Diego State†	14	–	3	.824	23	–	5	.821
Utah State	15	–	4	.789	20	–	9	.690
Colorado State	14	–	4	.778	20	–	8	.714
Boise State	14	–	6	.700	19	–	9	.679
Nevada	10	–	7	.588	16	–	10	.615
Fresno State	9	–	11	.450	12	–	12	.500
UNLV	8	–	10	.444	12	–	15	.444
Wyoming	7	–	9	.438	14	–	11	.560
San Jose State	3	–	13	.188	5	–	16	.238
Air Force	3	–	17	.150	5	–	20	.200
New Mexico	2	–	15	.118	6	–	16	.273

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held on March 10–13, 2021 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament champion, San Diego State, received the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 11 MW schools were eligible to participate 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 from 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
1	San Diego State	14-3
2	Utah State	15–4
3	Colorado State	14–4
4	Boise State	14–6
5	Nevada	10–7
6	Fresno State	9–11
7	UNLV	8–10
8	Wyoming	7–9
9	San Jose State	3–13
10	Air Force	3–17
11	New Mexico	2–15

Schedule

Game	Time^[1]	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1	11:00 am	No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 San Jose State	111–80	Stadium/MWN
2	1:30 pm	No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force	80–52
3	4:00 pm	No. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 New Mexico	85–77
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
4	12:00 pm	No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Wyoming	69–66	CBSSN
5	2:30 pm	No. 4 Boise State vs. No. 5 Nevada	82–89
6	6:00 pm	No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 7 UNLV	74–53
7	8:30 pm	No. 3 Colorado State vs. No. 6 Fresno State	72–62
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
8	6:30 pm	No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Nevada	77–70	CBSSN
9	9:00 pm	No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 3 Colorado State	62–50	CBSSN
Championship – Saturday, March 13
10	3:00 pm	No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 2 Utah State	68–57	CBS
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round Wednesday, March 10 Stadium/MWN			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 CBSSN			Semifinals Friday, March 12 CBSSN			Championship Saturday, March 13 CBS

			1	#19 San Diego State	69

			8	Wyoming	66
8	Wyoming	111

9	San Jose State	80
						1	#19 San Diego State	77

						5	Nevada	70



			4	Boise State	82

			5	Nevada	89



									1	#19 San Diego State	68

									2	Utah State	57



			2	Utah State	74

			7	UNLV	53
7	UNLV	80

10	Air Force	52
						2	Utah State	62

						3	Colorado State	50



			3	Colorado State	72

			6	Fresno State	62
6	Fresno State	85

11	New Mexico	77

* denotes overtime period

References

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[1] "2021 Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship".

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2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

References

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