2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|American college basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
|Year=2024
|Conference=Mountain West Conference
|City=Paradise, Nevada
|Arena=Thomas & Mack Center
|Television=Mountain West Network, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+
|Champions=New Mexico
|TitleCount=5th
|Coach=Richard Pitino
|CoachCount=1st
|MVP= Jaelen House
|MVPTeam= New Mexico
|Teams=11
|Gender=Men's
|Division=I
|attendance=47,712 (total)
11,112 (championship)}}
{{2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings}}
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.{{Cite web |title=UNLVtickets.com - 2024 Mountain West Basketball Championships |url=https://themw.com/mbballchamp/}} 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.{{Cite web |title=San Diego State Wins Mountain West Tournament Title|url=https://admin.themw.com/sports/2024/02/06/2024_mbb_championship.aspx}}
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.{{Cite web |title=2023-2024 MW Basketball Tiebreakers (PDF) - Mountain West Conference |url=https://themw.com/2024-basketball-championships/#links}}
- 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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conf !Tiebreaker(s) |
| 1
| align="left" | Utah State |14–4 | align="left" | |
| 2
| align="left" | Nevada |13–5 | align="left" | 1–0 vs. Utah State |
| 3
| align="left" | Boise State |13–5 | align="left" | 0–2 vs. Utah State |
| 4
| align="left" | UNLV |12–6 | align="left" | |
| 5
| align="left" | San Diego State |11–7 | align="left" | |
| 6
| align="left" | New Mexico |10–8 | align="left" | 2–0 vs. Nevada |
| 7
| align="left" | Colorado State |10–8 | align="left" | 0–2 vs. Nevada |
| 8
| align="left" | Wyoming |8–10 | align="left" | |
| 9
| align="left" | Fresno State |4–14 | align="left" | |
| 10
| align="left" | San Jose State |2–16 | align="left" |2–0 vs. Air Force |
| 11
| align="left" | Air Force |2–16 | align="left" |0–2 vs. San Jose State |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center"
!Game !Matchup !Score !Television !Attendance |
| colspan="6" |First round – Wednesday, March 13 |
|---|
| 1
|11:00 am |No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 Fresno State |73–77 | rowspan="3" |Mountain West Network | rowspan="3" |5,858 |
| 2
|1:30 pm |No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 10 San Jose State |72–62 |
| 3
|4:00 pm |No. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Air Force |82–56 |
| colspan="6" |Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 |
| 4
|12:00 pm |No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 9 Fresno State |87–75OT | rowspan="4" |CBSSN | rowspan="2" |8,968 |
| 5
|2:30 pm |No. 4 UNLV vs. No. 5 San Diego State |71–74OT |
| 6
|6:00 pm |No. 2 Nevada vs. No. 7 Colorado State |78–85 | rowspan="2" |8,561 |
| 7
|8:30 pm |No. 3 Boise State vs. No. 6 New Mexico |66–76 |
| colspan="6" |Semifinals – Friday, March 15 |
| 8
|6:30 pm |No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 5 San Diego State |70–86 | rowspan="2" |CBSSN | rowspan="2" |13,213 |
| 9
|9:00 pm |No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 6 New Mexico |61–74 |
| colspan="6" |Championship – Saturday, March 16 |
| 10
|3:00 pm |No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 6 New Mexico |68–61 |11,112 |
| colspan="6" |Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
{{11TeamBracket
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 13
Mountain West Network
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
CBSSN
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 15
CBSSN
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 16
CBS/Paramount+
| RD1-seed01=8
| RD1-team01=Wyoming
| RD1-score01=73
| RD1-seed02=9
| RD1-team02=Fresno State
| RD1-score02=77
| RD1-seed3=7
| RD1-team3=Colorado State
| RD1-score3=72
| RD1-seed4=10
| RD1-team4=San Jose State
| RD1-score4=62
| RD1-seed5=6
| RD1-team5=New Mexico
| RD1-score5=82
| RD1-seed6=11
| RD1-team6=Air Force
| RD1-score6=56
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Utah State
| RD2-score01=87*
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Fresno State
| RD2-score02=75
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03= UNLV
| RD2-score03=71
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=San Diego State
| RD2-score04= 74*
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05= Nevada
| RD2-score05=78
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Colorado State
| RD2-score06=85
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Boise State
| RD2-score07=66
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=New Mexico
| RD2-score08=76
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Utah State
| RD3-score01=70
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=San Diego State
| RD3-score02=86
| RD3-seed03=7
| RD3-team03=Colorado State
| RD3-score03=61
| RD3-seed04=6
| RD3-team04=New Mexico
| RD3-score04=74
| RD4-seed02=6
| RD4-team02=New Mexico
| RD4-score02=68
| RD4-seed01=5
| RD4-team01=San Diego State
| RD4-score01=61
}}
References
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{{Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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