2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place from March 8–11, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] The winner, Nevada, receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79-71 win over Colorado State.

2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsNevada Wolf Pack (1st title)
Winning coachEric Musselman (1st title)
MVPJordan Caroline (Nevada)
TelevisionMW Net, CBSSN, CBS
2016–17 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Nevada144 .778  287  .800
Colorado State135 .722  2412  .667
Boise State126 .667  2012  .625
Fresno State117 .611  2013  .606
New Mexico108 .556  1714  .548
San Diego State99 .500  1914  .576
Wyoming810 .444  2315  .605
San Jose State711 .389  1416  .467
Utah State711 .389  1417  .452
Air Force414 .222  1221  .364
UNLV414 .222  1121  .344
2017 MW Tournament winner

Seeds

All 11 conference teams participate in the tournament. The top five seeds receive first round byes.

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Nevada 14–4
2 Colorado State 13–5
3 Boise State 12–6
4 Fresno State 11–7
5 New Mexico 10–8
6 San Diego State 9–9
7 Wyoming 8–10
8 Utah State 7–11 1–0 vs. San Jose State
9 San Jose State 7–11 0–1 vs. Utah State
10 Air Force 4–14 1–1 vs. UNLV, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–1 vs. CSU
11 UNLV 4–14 1–1 vs. AF, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–2 vs. CSU

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television TV announcers MW radio announcers
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 11:00 am #8 Utah State 90 vs. #9 San Jose State 64 MW Net Rich Cellini & Marty Fletcher Nate Kreckman & Ray Giacoletti
2 1:30 pm #7 Wyoming 68 vs. #10 Air Force 83 Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti
3 4:00 pm #6 San Diego St 62 vs. #11 UNLV 52 Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4 12:00 pm #1 Nevada 83 vs. #8 Utah State 69 CBSSN Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel & Evan Washburn Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
5 2:30 pm #4 Fresno State 65 vs. #5 New Mexico 60 Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
6 6:00 pm #2 Colorado State 81 vs. #10 Air Force 55 Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas & Evan Washburn Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
7 8:30 pm #3 Boise State 68 vs. #6 San Diego State 87 Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
8 7:00 pm #1 Nevada 83 vs. #4 Fresno State 72 CBSSN Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, & Evan Washburn
9 9:30 pm #2 Colorado State 71 vs. #6 San Diego State 63
Championship – Saturday, March 11
10 3:00 pm #1 Nevada 79 vs. #2 Colorado State 71 CBS Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, & Evan Washburn
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 8
MWN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
CBSSN
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 11
CBS
                                     
       
  1 Nevada 83  
    8 Utah State 69  
8 Utah State 90
9 San Jose State 64  
  1 Nevada 83  
  4 Fresno State 72  
       
       
  4 Fresno State 65
    5 New Mexico 60  
     
       
  1 Nevada 79
  2 Colorado State 71
       
       
  2 Colorado State 81
    10 Air Force 55  
7 Wyoming 68
10 Air Force 83  
  2 Colorado State 71
  6 San Diego State 63  
       
       
  3 Boise State 68
    6 San Diego State 87  
6 San Diego State 62*
11 UNLV 52  

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. "Mountain West Announces Format for 2017 Basketball Championships Schedule". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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