2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 10–13, 2010. The tournament is sponsored by Conoco. The first-round game and all four quarterfinals were broadcast live on the MountainWest Sports Network. The semifinals was broadcast on CBS College Sports Network, and the championship game on Versus. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[1]

2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams9
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsSan Diego State (3rd title)
Winning coachSteve Fisher
MVPKawhi Leonard (San Diego State)
TelevisionThe Mtn.,
CSTV, Versus
2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 New Mexico142 .875  305  .857
No. 17 BYU133 .813  306  .833
UNLV115 .688  258  .758
San Diego State115 .688  259  .735
Colorado State79 .438  1616  .500
Utah79 .438  1417  .452
TCU511 .313  1319  .406
Wyoming313 .188  1021  .323
Air Force115 .063  1021  .323
2010 MWC Men's Basketball Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2010; Rankings from AP/Coaches Poll

San Diego State, the fourth seed, defeated University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the third seed, to claim the 2010 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament championship.

Tournament bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                     
       
  1 New Mexico (#8) 75  
    9 Air Force 69  
8 Wyoming 40
9 Air Force 59  
  1 New Mexico (#8) 69  
  4 San Diego State 72  
       
       
  4 San Diego State 72
    5 Colorado State 71  
     
       
  4 San Diego State 55
  3 UNLV 45
       
       
  3 UNLV 73
    6 Utah 61  
     
       
  3 UNLV 70
  2 BYU (#14) 66  
       
       
  2 BYU (#14) 95
    7 Texas Christian 85  
     

References

  1. "MWC Basketball Tournament Schedule & Scores". Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
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