The 2023 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 8–11, 2023, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds The defending champions from the prior season were the Boise State Broncos.
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)1 San Diego State15–3 2 Boise State13–5 1–1 vs SDSU3 Utah State13–5 0–2 vs SDSU4 Nevada12–65 San Jose State10–86 New Mexico8–107 UNLV7–118 Colorado State6–12 2–0 vs FSU9 Fresno State6–12 0–2 vs CSU10 Air Force5–1311 Wyoming 4–14
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 8111:00 amNo. 8 Colorado State vs. No. 9 Fresno State 67–65Stadium/MWN21:30 pmNo. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force78–70OT34:00 pmNo. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Wyoming87–76Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9412:00 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Colorado State64–61CBSSN52:30 pmNo. 4 Nevada vs. No. 5 San Jose State77-81OT66:00 pmNo. 2 Boise State vs. No. 7 UNLV87-76OT78:30 pmNo. 3 Utah State vs. No. 6 New Mexico91-76Semifinals – Friday, March 1086:30 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 San Jose State64-49CBSSN 99:00 pmNo. 2 Boise State vs. No. 3 Utah State62-72Championship – Saturday, March 11103:00 pmNo. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 3 Utah State62-57CBS/Paramount+Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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