Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Number of teams	11
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Thomas & Mack Center
Current location	Paradise, Nevada
Played	2000–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	New Mexico
Most championships	San Diego State (7)
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network, CBS
Official website	TheMWC.CSTV.com Men's Basketball
Host stadiums
Thomas & Mack Center (2000-2003) Pepsi Center (2004-2006) Thomas & Mack Center (2007-present)
Host locations
Denver, Colorado (2004-06) Paradise, Nevada (2000-2003, 2007-present)

The Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament is held annually to determine the men's basketball champion from the Mountain West Conference. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Basketball tournament, although they did not in the 1998-1999 season, the conference's first year in existence. The Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada has hosted the most tournaments (15), including the last 11 consecutive tournaments.

San Diego State have won the tournament six times, the most of any team. The No. 2 seed has won the tournament eight times, the most of any seed. The lowest seed to win the tournament was Colorado State as a No. 6 seed in 2003.

Results

Year	Winner	Score	Runner up	Tournament MVP	Venue
2000	UNLV	79–56	BYU	Mark Dickel, UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2001	BYU	69–65	New Mexico	Mekeli Wesley, BYU
2002	San Diego State	78–75	UNLV	Randy Holcomb, San Diego State
2003	Colorado State	62–61	UNLV	Matt Nelson, Colorado State
2004	Utah	73–70	UNLV	Nick Jacobson, Utah	Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2005	New Mexico	60–56	Utah	Danny Granger, New Mexico
2006	San Diego State	69–64	Wyoming	Marcus Slaughter, San Diego State
2007	UNLV	78–70	BYU	Kevin Kruger, UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2008	UNLV	76–61	BYU	Wink Adams, UNLV
2009	Utah	52–50	San Diego State	Luke Nevill, Utah
2010	San Diego State	55–45	UNLV	Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State
2011	San Diego State	72–54	BYU	Jimmer Fredette, BYU
2012	New Mexico	68–59	San Diego State	Drew Gordon, New Mexico
2013	New Mexico	63–56	UNLV	Tony Snell, New Mexico
2014	New Mexico	64–58	San Diego State	Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico
2015	Wyoming	45–43	San Diego State	Josh Adams, Wyoming
2016	Fresno State	68–63	San Diego State	Marvelle Harris, Fresno State
2017	Nevada	79–71	Colorado State	Jordan Caroline, Nevada
2018	San Diego State	82–75	New Mexico	Trey Kell, San Diego State
2019	Utah State	64–57	San Diego State	Sam Merrill, Utah State
2020	Utah State	59–56	San Diego State	Sam Merrill, Utah State
2021	San Diego State	68–57	Utah State	Matt Mitchell, San Diego State
2022	Boise State	53–52	San Diego State	Abu Kigab, Boise State
2023	San Diego State	62–57	Utah State	Matt Bradley, San Diego State
2024	New Mexico	68–61	San Diego State	Jaelen House, New Mexico

All-time tournament record by team

Updated through the 2023 Tournament:

School	W	L	Pct.	Championships	Finals appearances	Championship years	Championship appearances
Utah State	11	5	.688	2	4	2019, 2020	2019, 2020, 2021, 2023
San Diego State	34	16	.680	7	16	2002, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023	2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
UNLV	27	17	.614	3	8	2000, 2007, 2008	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
Utah ^	13	10	.565	2	3	2004, 2009	2004, 2005, 2009
BYU ^	14	11	.560	1	5	2001	2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2011
New Mexico	20	17	.541	5	7	2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2024	2001, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2024
Fresno State	6	7	.462	1	1	2016	2016
Nevada	6	7	.462	1	1	2017	2017
Colorado State	14	20	.412	1	2	2003	2003, 2017
Wyoming	14	20	.412	1	2	2015	2006, 2015
Boise State	5	9	.357	1	1	2022	2022
TCU ^	2	7	.222	0	0
Air Force	6	21	.222	0	0
San Jose State	1	7	.125	0	0

^ No longer a Mountain West member.

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See also

• Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament