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.

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