2017 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 8–11, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] The winner, Nevada, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79-71 win over Colorado State.

2017 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Nevada Wolf Pack (1st title)
Winning coach	Eric Musselman (1st title)
MVP	Jordan Caroline (Nevada)
Television	MW Net, CBSSN, CBS
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2016 2018 →

2016–17 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nevada †	14	–	4		.778			28	–	7		.800
Colorado State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	12		.667
Boise State	12	–	6		.667			20	–	12		.625
Fresno State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
New Mexico	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
San Diego State	9	–	9		.500			19	–	14		.576
Wyoming	8	–	10		.444			23	–	15		.605
San Jose State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	16		.467
Utah State	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
Air Force	4	–	14		.222			12	–	21		.364
UNLV	4	–	14		.222			11	–	21		.344
† Conference tournament winner

Seeds

All 11 conference teams participated in the tournament. The top five seeds received first round byes.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Nevada	14–4
2	Colorado State	13–5
3	Boise State	12–6
4	Fresno State	11–7
5	New Mexico	10–8
6	San Diego State	9–9
7	Wyoming	8–10
8	Utah State	7–11	1–0 vs. San Jose State
9	San Jose State	7–11	0–1 vs. Utah State
10	Air Force	4–14	1–1 vs. UNLV, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–1 vs. CSU
11	UNLV	4–14	1–1 vs. AF, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–2 vs. CSU

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	TV announcers	MW radio announcers
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1	11:00 am	#8 Utah State 90 vs. #9 San Jose State 64	MW Net	Rich Cellini & Marty Fletcher	Nate Kreckman & Ray Giacoletti
2	1:30 pm	#7 Wyoming 68 vs. #10 Air Force 83			Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti
3	4:00 pm	#6 San Diego St 62 vs. #11 UNLV 52			Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
4	12:00 pm	#1 Nevada 83 vs. #8 Utah State 69	CBSSN	Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel & Evan Washburn	Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
5	2:30 pm	#4 Fresno State 65 vs. #5 New Mexico 60			Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
6	6:00 pm	#2 Colorado State 81 vs. #10 Air Force 55		Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas & Evan Washburn	Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
7	8:30 pm	#3 Boise State 68 vs. #6 San Diego State 87			Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
8	7:00 pm	#1 Nevada 83 vs. #4 Fresno State 72	CBSSN	Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, & Evan Washburn
9	9:30 pm	#2 Colorado State 71 vs. #6 San Diego State 63
Championship – Saturday, March 11
10	3:00 pm	#1 Nevada 79 vs. #2 Colorado State 71	CBS	Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, & Evan Washburn
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 8 MWN					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CBSSN					Semifinals Friday, March 10 CBSSN					Championship Saturday, March 11 CBS
						1	Nevada	83
						8	Utah State	69
	8	Utah State	90
	9	San Jose State	64
											1	Nevada	83
											4	Fresno State	72
						4	Fresno State	65
						5	New Mexico	60
																1	Nevada	79
																2	Colorado State	71
						2	Colorado State	81
						10	Air Force	55
	7	Wyoming	68
	10	Air Force	83
											2	Colorado State	71
											6	San Diego State	63
						3	Boise State	68
						6	San Diego State	87
	6	San Diego State	62*
	11	UNLV	52

* denotes overtime period

References

1. "Mountain West Announces Format for 2017 Basketball Championships Schedule". Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.