2003 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2003 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 13–15, 2003. Colorado State upset host school University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 62–61, in the championship game to win the Mountain West Conference tournament and the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.^[2]

2003 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2002–03
Teams	8
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
Champions	Colorado State (1st title)
MVP	Matt Nelson (Colorado State)
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2002–03 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah	11	–	3		.786			25	–	8		.758
BYU	11	–	3		.786			23	–	9		.719
Wyoming	8	–	6		.571			21	–	11		.656
UNLV	8	–	6		.571			21	–	11		.656
San Diego State	6	–	8		.429			16	–	14		.533
Colorado State †	5	–	9		.357			19	–	14		.576
New Mexico	4	–	10		.286			10	–	18		.357
Air Force	3	–	11		.214			12	–	16		.429
† 2003 Mountain West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Colorado State became, and as of 2011, remains the lowest seed (6) to ever win the MWC Tournament. They supplanted San Diego State who, just one year earlier, had won the tournament as a number 5 seed. They also had upset UNLV in the tournament championship game.

In 2004 the tournament would move to the Pepsi Center in Denver where it would stay for the next three years. It would return in 2007, where it has remained since.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 13					Semifinals March 14					Finals March 15
	2	BYU	71
	7	New Mexico	56
						2	BYU	80
						6	Colorado State	86*
	3	Wyoming	71
	6	Colorado State	74
											6	Colorado State	62
											4	UNLV	61
	1	Utah	42
	8	Air Force	38
						1	Utah	41
						4	UNLV	64
	4	UNLV	83
	5	San Diego State	67

* Overtime