The 2017 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 8–11, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner, Nevada, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79-71 win over Colorado State.
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.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Nevada14–42Colorado State13–53Boise State12–64Fresno State11–75New Mexico10–86San Diego State9–97Wyoming8–108Utah State7–111–0 vs. San Jose State9San Jose State7–110–1 vs. Utah State10Air Force4–141–1 vs. UNLV, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–1 vs. CSU11UNLV4–141–1 vs. AF, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–2 vs. CSU
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV announcersMW radio announcers First round – Wednesday, March 8111:00 am#8 Utah State 90 vs. #9 San Jose State 64MW NetRich Cellini & Marty FletcherNate Kreckman & Ray Giacoletti21:30 pm#7 Wyoming 68 vs. #10 Air Force 83Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti34:00 pm#6 San Diego St 62 vs. #11 UNLV 52Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9412:00 pm#1 Nevada 83 vs. #8 Utah State 69CBSSNBrent Stover, Bob Wenzel & Evan WashburnNate Kreckman & Robert Smith52:30 pm#4 Fresno State 65 vs. #5 New Mexico 60Chad Andrus & Robert Smith66:00 pm#2 Colorado State 81 vs. #10 Air Force 55Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas & Evan WashburnNate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher78:30 pm#3 Boise State 68 vs. #6 San Diego State 87Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher Semifinals – Friday, March 1087:00 pm#1 Nevada 83 vs. #4 Fresno State 72CBSSNAndrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, & Evan Washburn99:30 pm#2 Colorado State 71 vs. #6 San Diego State 63 Championship – Saturday, March 11103:00 pm#1 Nevada 79 vs. #2 Colorado State 71CBSKevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, & Evan Washburn *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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