2025 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2025 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsColorado State (2nd title)
Winning coachNiko Medved (1st title)
TelevisionMountain West Network, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+
2024–25 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
New Mexico 17 – 3   .850 27 – 8   .771
Colorado State † 16 – 4   .800 26 – 10   .722
Utah State 15 – 5   .750 26 – 8   .765
San Diego State 14 – 6   .700 21 – 10   .677
Boise State 14 – 6   .700 26 – 11   .703
UNLV 11 – 9   .550 18 – 15   .545
Nevada 8 – 12   .400 17 – 16   .515
San Jose State 7 – 13   .350 15 – 20   .429
Wyoming 5 – 15   .250 12 – 20   .375
Fresno State 2 – 18   .100 6 – 26   .188
Air Force 1 – 19   .050 4 – 28   .125
† winner

The 2025 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 12–15, 2025, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada.[1] The tournament champion, Colorado State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 11 Mountain West schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are to be seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams will receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.[2]

  • 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 New Mexico 17–3
2 Colorado State 16–4
3 Utah State 15–5
4 San Diego State 14–6 2–0 vs. Boise State
5 Boise State 14–6 0–2 vs. San Diego State
6 UNLV 11–9
7 Nevada 8–12
8 San Jose State 7–13
9 Wyoming 5–15
10 Fresno State 2–18
11 Air Force 1–19

Schedule

Game Time[3] Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1 11:00 am No. 8 San Jose State vs. No. 9 Wyoming 66–61 Mountain West Network
2 1:30 pm No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 10 Fresno State 86–71
3 4:00 pm No. 6 UNLV vs. No. 11 Air Force 68–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
4 12:00 pm No. 1 New Mexico vs. No. 8 San Jose State 63–52 CBSSN
5 2:30 pm No. 4 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Boise State 52–62
6 6:00 pm No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 7 Nevada 67–59
7 8:30 pm No. 3 Utah State vs. No. 6 UNLV 70–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
8 6:30 pm No. 1 New Mexico vs. No. 5 Boise State 69–72 CBSSN
9 9:00 pm No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 3 Utah State 83–72
Championship – Saturday, March 15
10 3:00 pm No. 5 Boise State vs. No. 2 Colorado State 56–69 CBS/Paramount+ 4,675
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 12
Mountain West Network 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
CBSSN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 14
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 15
CBS/Paramount+
1 New Mexico 63
8 San Jose State 66 8 San Jose State 52
9 Wyoming 61 1 New Mexico 69
5 Boise State 72
4 San Diego State 52
5 Boise State 62
5 Boise State 56
2 Colorado State 69
2 Colorado State 67
7 Nevada 86 7 Nevada 59
10 Fresno State 71 2 Colorado State 83
3 Utah State 72
3 Utah State 70
6 UNLV 68 6 UNLV 58
11 Air Force 59

Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ "2025 Basketball Championships". Mountain West Conference. December 6, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "Men's basketball tiebreakers" (PDF). Mountain West Conference.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball Championship". Mountain West Conference. August 8, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "Bracket" (PDF). Mountain West Conference.
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