2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held from March 4–7, 2020 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Utah State upset heavily favored San Diego State to earn the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 11 MW schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. Ties were broken by record between the tied teams, followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. As a result, the top five teams receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2019 tournament, except that RPI was replaced by the NCAA's new NET rating. 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

SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker(s)1San Diego State17–12Utah State12–61–0 vs Nevada3Nevada12–60–1 vs Utah State4UNLV12–61–3 vs Nevada/Utah State5Boise State11–71–0 vs. Colorado State6Colorado State11–70–1 vs. Boise State7New Mexico7–111–0 vs Utah State8Fresno State7–110–2 vs Utah State9Air Force5–1310San Jose State3–1511Wyoming2–16

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 4112:00 pmNo. 8 Fresno State vs. No. 9 Air Force70–77Stadium5,19822:30 pmNo. 7 New Mexico vs. No. 10 San Jose State79–6635:00 pmNo. 6 Colorado State vs. No. 11 Wyoming74–80 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5411:30 amNo. 1 San Diego State vs No. 9 Air Force73–60CBSSN8,18952:00 pmNo. 4 UNLV vs No. 5 Boise State61–6766:00 pmNo. 2 Utah State vs. No. 7 New Mexico75–707,72378:30 pmNo. 3 Nevada vs. No. 11 Wyoming71–74 Semifinals – Friday, March 686:00 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Boise State81–68CBSSN9,63098:30 pmNo. 2 Utah State vs. No. 11 Wyoming89–82 Championship – Saturday, March 7102:30 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 2 Utah State56–59CBS10,292 Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also 2020 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

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