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2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsBoise State (1st title)
Winning coachLeon Rice (1st title)
MVPAbu Kigab (Boise State)
TelevisionStadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+
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2023 →
2021–22 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Boise State 15 3   .833 27 8   .771
No. 24 Colorado State 14 4   .778 25 6   .806
San Diego State 13 4   .765 23 9   .719
Wyoming 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
UNLV 10 8   .556 18 14   .563
Fresno State 8 9   .471 23 13   .639
Utah State 8 10   .444 18 16   .529
Nevada 6 12   .333 13 18   .419
New Mexico 5 12   .294 13 19   .406
Air Force 4 13   .235 11 18   .379
San Jose State 1 17   .056 8 23   .258
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 9–12, 2022, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion, the Boise State Broncos, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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The defending champions from the prior season were the San Diego State Aztecs.

All 11 Mountain West schools participated 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 since 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 Boise State 15–3
2 Colorado State 14–4
3 San Diego State 13–4
4 Wyoming 13–5
5 UNLV 10–8
6 Fresno State 8–9
7 Utah State 8–10
8 Nevada 6–12
9 New Mexico 5–12
10 Air Force 4–13
11 San José State 1–17

Schedule

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Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 11:00 am No. 8 Nevada vs. No. 9 New Mexico 79–72 Stadium
2 1:30 pm No. 7 Utah State vs. No. 10 Air Force 83–56
3 4:00 pm No. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 San José State 69–67 (OT)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4 12:00 pm No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 8 Nevada 71–69 CBSSN
5 2:30 pm No. 4 Wyoming vs. No. 5 UNLV 59–56
6 6:00 pm No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 7 Utah State 53−51
7 8:30 pm No. 3 San Diego State vs. No. 6 Fresno State 53−46
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8 6:30 pm No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 4 Wyoming 68−61 CBSSN
9 9:00 pm No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 3 San Diego State 58−63
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10 3:00 pm No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 3 San Diego State 53–52 CBS/Paramount+
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 9
Stadium/MWN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
CBSSN
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 12
CBS/Paramount+
1 Boise State 71
8 Nevada 79 8 Nevada 69
9 New Mexico 72 1 Boise State 68
4 Wyoming 61
4 Wyoming 59
5 UNLV 56
1 Boise State 53
3 San Diego State 52
2 Colorado State 53
7 Utah State 83 7 Utah State 51
10 Air Force 56 2 Colorado State 58
3 San Diego State 63
3 San Diego State 53
6 Fresno State 69* 6 Fresno State 46
11 San José State 67

* denotes overtime period

References

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  1. ^ "2022 MW Basketball Championships Schedule (PDF) – Mountain West Conference" (PDF). themw.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.