American college basketball competition
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] 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
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
87–75OT
CBSSN
5
2:30 pm
No. 4 UNLV vs. No. 5 San Diego State
71–74OT
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 Stadium/MWN
Quarterfinals CBSSN
Semifinals CBSSN
Championship 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