The 2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 9–12, 2016 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 11 conference teams participated in the tournament. The top five seeds received first round byes.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1San Diego State16–22Fresno State 13–53Boise State11–74New Mexico10–82–0 vs. Nevada5Nevada10–80–2 vs. New Mexico6Colorado State8–100–1 vs. Fresno State7UNLV8–100–2 vs. Fresno State8Wyoming7–111–0 vs. Utah State9Utah State7–110–1 vs. Wyoming10Air Force5–1311San Jose State4–14
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Wednesday, March 9111:00 am#8 Wyoming 70 vs. #9 Utah State 88MW Net21:30 pm#7 UNLV 108 vs. #10 Air Force 102 3OTMW Net34:00 pm#6 Colorado State 80 vs. #11 San Jose State 61MW Net Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10412:00 pm#1 San Diego State 71 vs. #9 Utah State 65CBSSN52:30 pm#4 New Mexico 62 vs. #5 Nevada 64CBSSN66:00 pm#2 Fresno State 95 vs. #7 UNLV 82CBSSN78:30 pm#3 Boise State 81 vs. #6 Colorado State 88 CBSSN Semifinals – Friday, March 1186:00 pm#1 San Diego State 67 vs. #5 Nevada 55CBSSN98:30 pm#2 Fresno State 64 vs. #6 Colorado State 56CBSSN Championship – Saturday, March 12103:00 pm#1 San Diego State 63 vs. #2 Fresno State 68CBS *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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