2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
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| Year = 2010
| Conference = Mountain West Conference
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
| Image = 2010 MWC men's basketball tournament logo.JPG
| ImageSize = 160px
| Caption = Tournament logo
| Teams = 9
| Arena = Thomas & Mack Center
| City = Paradise, NV
| Champions = San Diego State
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Steve Fisher
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| MVP = Kawhi Leonard
| MVPTeam = San Diego State
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| Television = The Mtn.,
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{{2009–10 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 10–13, 2010. The tournament is sponsored by Conoco. The first-round game and all four quarterfinals were broadcast live on the MountainWest Sports Network. The semifinals was broadcast on CBS College Sports Network, and the championship game on Versus. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.mwc-fans.com/basketball/mwc-tournament.html |title=MWC Basketball Tournament Schedule & Scores |access-date=2010-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308032211/http://www.mwc-fans.com/basketball/mwc-tournament.html |archive-date=2010-03-08 |url-status=dead }}
San Diego State, the fourth seed, defeated University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the third seed, to claim the 2010 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament championship.
Tournament bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 10
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 12
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 13
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Wyoming
| RD1-score03=40
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=Air Force
| RD1-score04=59
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=New Mexico (#8)
| RD2-score01=75
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Air Force
| RD2-score02=69
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=San Diego State
| RD2-score03=72
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Colorado State
| RD2-score04=71
| RD2-seed05=3
| RD2-team05=UNLV
| RD2-score05=73
| RD2-seed06=6
| RD2-team06=Utah
| RD2-score06=61
| RD2-seed07=2
| RD2-team07= BYU (#14)
| RD2-score07=95
| RD2-seed08=7
| RD2-team08=Texas Christian
| RD2-score08=85
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01= New Mexico (#8)
| RD3-score01= 69
| RD3-seed02= 4
| RD3-team02=San Diego State
| RD3-score02=72
| RD3-seed03=3
| RD3-team03=UNLV
| RD3-score03= 70
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04=BYU (#14)
| RD3-score04= 66
| RD4-seed01= 4
| RD4-team01= San Diego State
| RD4-score01=55
| RD4-seed02= 3
| RD4-team02= UNLV
| RD4-score02=45
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References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.themwc.com/champ/10-mwc-bb-tourney.html}}
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