The 2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 13–16, 2024, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion will receive 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 will participate in the tournament. Teams are to be seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams will receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play 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 Utah State14–4 2 Nevada13–5 1–0 vs. Utah State3 Boise State 13–5 0–2 vs. Utah State4 UNLV12–65 San Diego State11–76 New Mexico10–8 2–0 vs. Nevada7 Colorado State10–8 0–2 vs. Nevada8 Wyoming 8–10 9 Fresno State4–14 10 San Jose State2–162–0 vs. Air Force11 Air Force2–160–2 vs. San Jose State
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 13111:00 amNo. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 Fresno State73–77Mountain West Network5,85821:30 pmNo. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 10 San Jose State72–6234:00 pmNo. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Air Force82–56Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14412:00 pmNo. 1 Utah State vs. No. 9 Fresno State87–75OTCBSSN8,96852:30 pmNo. 4 UNLV vs. No. 5 San Diego State71–74OT66:00 pmNo. 2 Nevada vs. No. 7 Colorado State78–858,56178:30 pmNo. 3 Boise State vs. No. 6 New Mexico66–76Semifinals – Friday, March 1586:30 pmNo. 1 Utah State vs. No. 5 San Diego State70–86CBSSN13,21399:00 pmNo. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 6 New Mexico61–74Championship – Saturday, March 16103:00 pmNo. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 6 New Mexico68–61CBS/Paramount+11,112Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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