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2000 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2000 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsUNLV (1st title)
Winning coachBill Bayno
MVPMark Dickel (UNLV)
2001 →
1999–2000 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNLV 10 4   .714 23 8   .742
Utah 10 4   .714 23 9   .719
New Mexico 9 5   .643 18 14   .563
Colorado State 8 6   .571 18 12   .600
Wyoming 8 6   .571 19 12   .613
BYU 7 7   .500 22 11   .667
Air Force 4 10   .286 8 20   .286
San Diego State 0 14   .000 5 23   .179
2000 Mountain West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The inaugural Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 9–11, 2000. All eight member schools entered the three round tournament seeded according to their regular season league finish.

Host school and top seed UNLV won the tournament by beating 6th seed BYU 79–56.[2] They were not awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the MWC did not have one this year. UNLV did receive an at-large invitation.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Finals
March 11
         
3 New Mexico 43
6 BYU 55
6 BYU 58
2 Utah 54
2 Utah 74
7 Air Force 65
6 BYU 56
1 UNLV 79
1 UNLV 42
8 San Diego State 38
1 UNLV 97
5 Wyoming 92
4 Colorado State 68
5 Wyoming 74

References

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  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1999-00 Mountain West Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ Dahlberg, Tim (March 11, 2000). "UNLV blows out BYU to win MWC championship". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved February 6, 2024.