2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
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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.
| 2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Boise State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Leon Rice (1st title) |
| MVP | Abu Kigab (Boise State) |
| Television | Stadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
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
| 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
| 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