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	2016
Current champion	Fresno State
Most championships	New Mexico, San Diego State (4)
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network, CBS
Official website	TheMWC.CSTV.com Men's Basketball

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 1999–2000 season.

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	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2002	San Diego State	78–75	UNLV	Randy Holcomb, San Diego State	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2003	Colorado State	62–61	UNLV	Matt Nelson, Colorado State	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2004	Utah	73–70	UNLV	Nick Jacobson, Utah	Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2005	New Mexico	60–56	Utah	Danny Granger, New Mexico	Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2006	San Diego State	69–64	Wyoming	Marcus Slaughter, San Diego State	Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2007	UNLV	78–70	BYU	Kevin Kruger, UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2008	UNLV	76–61	BYU	Wink Adams, UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2009	Utah	52–50	San Diego State	Luke Nevill, Utah	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2010	San Diego State	55–45	UNLV	Kawhi Leonard, San Diego State	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2011	San Diego State	72–54	BYU	Jimmer Fredette, BYU	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2012	New Mexico	68–59	San Diego State	Drew Gordon, New Mexico	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2013	New Mexico	63–56	UNLV	Tony Snell, New Mexico	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2014	New Mexico	64–58	San Diego State	Cameron Bairstow, New Mexico	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2015	Wyoming	45–43	San Diego State	Josh Adams, Wyoming	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada
2016	Fresno State	68–63	San Diego State	Marvelle Harris, Fresno State	Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada

Performance by school

School	Championships	Finals appearances	Championship years	Championship appearances
San Diego State	4	9	2002, 2006, 2010, 2011	2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
New Mexico	4	5	2005, 2012, 2013, 2014	2001, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2014
UNLV	3	8	2000, 2007, 2008	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
Utah	2	3	2004, 2009	2004, 2005, 2009
BYU	1	5	2001	2000, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2011
Wyoming	1	2	2015	2006, 2015
Colorado State	1	1	2003	2003
Fresno State	1	1	2016	2016

All-time tournament record by team

Updated through the 2015 tournament:

School	W	L	Pct.
UNLV	25	12	.678
San Diego State	23	12	.657
BYU ^	14	11	.576
New Mexico	16	12	.571
Utah ^	13	10	.560
Boise State	3	4	.429
Wyoming	11	15	.423
Colorado State	10	15	.417
Utah State	1	2	.333
Fresno State	1	3	.250
TCU ^	2	7	.222
Air Force	3	16	.158
San Jose State	0	1	.000
Nevada	0	3	.000

^ No longer a Mountain West member.

Source:^[1]

References

↑ Mountain West Conference Official Athletic Site

Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Broadcasters

Mountain West Conference men's basketball

Teams	Air Force Falcons Boise State Broncos Colorado State Rams Fresno State Bulldogs Nevada Wolf Pack New Mexico Lobos San Diego State Aztecs San Jose State Spartans UNLV Runnin' Rebels Utah State Aggies Wyoming Cowboys

Championships & awards	Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments (United States)

Division I

Pre-season	2K Sports Classic AdvoCare Invitational Barclays Center Classic Battle 4 Atlantis Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic CBE Hall of Fame Classic Charleston Classic Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Diamond Head Classic Emerald Coast Classic Great Alaska Shootout Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Tip Off Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas Invitational Legends Classic Maui Invitational Men Who Speak Up Main Event NIT Season Tip-Off Paradise Jam Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational Wooden Legacy

Conference postseason	ACC America East The American Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast

Postseason	NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament National Invitation Tournament Vegas 16 College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament National Commissioners Invitational Tournament 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA GNAC Heartland Northern Sun RMAC

Postseason	NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship ECAC Tournaments

Division III

Postseason	NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship

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