The 2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 9–12, 2022, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion, the Boise State Broncos, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds The defending champions from the prior season were the San Diego State Aztecs.
All 11 Mountain West schools participated 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 since 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)1Boise State15–32Colorado State14–43San Diego State13–44Wyoming13–55UNLV10–86Fresno State8–97Utah State8–108Nevada6–129New Mexico5–1210Air Force4–1311San José State1–17
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 9111:00 amNo. 8 Nevada vs. No. 9 New Mexico 79–72Stadium21:30 pmNo. 7 Utah State vs. No. 10 Air Force83–5634:00 pmNo. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 San José State69–67 (OT)Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10412:00 pmNo. 1 Boise State vs. No. 8 Nevada71–69CBSSN52:30 pmNo. 4 Wyoming vs. No. 5 UNLV59–5666:00 pmNo. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 7 Utah State53−5178:30 pmNo. 3 San Diego State vs. No. 6 Fresno State53−46Semifinals – Friday, March 1186:30 pmNo. 1 Boise State vs. No. 4 Wyoming68−61CBSSN99:00 pmNo. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 3 San Diego State58−63Championship – Saturday, March 12103:00 pmNo. 1 Boise State vs. No. 3 San Diego State53–52CBS/Paramount+Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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