The 2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held on March 10–13, 2021 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament champion, San Diego State, received 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 with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2020 tournament. 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 State14-32Utah State15–43Colorado State14–44Boise State14–65Nevada10–76Fresno State9–117UNLV8–108Wyoming7–99San Jose State3–1310Air Force3–1711New Mexico2–15
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 10111:00 amNo. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 San Jose State111–80Stadium/MWN21:30 pmNo. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force80–5234:00 pmNo. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 New Mexico 85–77 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11412:00 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Wyoming69–66CBSSN52:30 pmNo. 4 Boise State vs. No. 5 Nevada82–8966:00 pmNo. 2 Utah State vs. No. 7 UNLV74–5378:30 pmNo. 3 Colorado State vs. No. 6 Fresno State72–62 Semifinals – Friday, March 1286:30 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Nevada77–70CBSSN99:00 pmNo. 2 Utah State vs. No. 3 Colorado State62–50 Championship – Saturday, March 13103:00 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 2 Utah State68–57CBS Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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