2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsSan Diego State (6th title)
Winning coachBrian Dutcher (2nd title)
MVPMatt Mitchell (San Diego State)
TelevisionStadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS
2020–21 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 San Diego State†14–3 .82423–5  .821
Utah State15–4 .78920–9  .690
Colorado State14–4 .77820–8  .714
Boise State14–6 .70019–9  .679
Nevada10–7 .58816–10  .615
Fresno State9–11 .45012–12  .500
UNLV8–10 .44412–15  .444
Wyoming7–9 .43814–11  .560
San Jose State3–13 .1885–16  .238
Air Force3–17 .1505–20  .200
New Mexico2–15 .1186–16  .273
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held on March 10–13, 2021 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament champion, San Diego State, received the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 11 MW schools were eligible to participate 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 from 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
Seed School Conf Tiebreaker(s)
1 San Diego State 14-3
2 Utah State 15–4
3 Colorado State 14–4
4 Boise State 14–6
5 Nevada 10–7
6 Fresno State 9–11
7 UNLV 8–10
8 Wyoming 7–9
9 San Jose State 3–13
10 Air Force 3–17
11 New Mexico 2–15

Schedule

Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1 11:00 am No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 San Jose State 111–80 Stadium/MWN
2 1:30 pm No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force 80–52
3 4:00 pm No. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 New Mexico 85–77
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
4 12:00 pm No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Wyoming 69–66 CBSSN
5 2:30 pm No. 4 Boise State vs. No. 5 Nevada 82–89
6 6:00 pm No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 7 UNLV 74–53
7 8:30 pm No. 3 Colorado State vs. No. 6 Fresno State 72–62
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
8 6:30 pm No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Nevada 77–70 CBSSN
9 9:00 pm No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 3 Colorado State 62–50
Championship – Saturday, March 13
10 3:00 pm No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 2 Utah State 68–57 CBS
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 10
Stadium/MWN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
CBSSN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 12
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 13
CBS
            
1 #19 San Diego State 69
8 Wyoming 66
8 Wyoming 111
9 San Jose State 80
1 #19 San Diego State 77
5 Nevada 70
4 Boise State 82
5 Nevada 89
1 #19 San Diego State 68
2 Utah State 57
2 Utah State 74
7 UNLV 53
7 UNLV 80
10 Air Force 52
2 Utah State 62
3 Colorado State 50
3 Colorado State 72
6 Fresno State 62
6 Fresno State 85
11 New Mexico 77

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "2021 Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship".
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