2000 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 February 2024 2000 Mountain West Conference I Men's Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV UNLV 1st Bill Bayno Mark Dickel UNLV Yes The inaugural Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 9–11, 2000. All eight member schools entered the three round tournament seeded according to their regular season league finish. Host school and top seed UNLV won the tournament by beating 6th seed BYU 79–56.https://lasvegassun.com/news/2000/mar/11/unlv-blows-out-byu-to-win-mwc-championship/ UNLV blows out BYU to win MWC championship Tim Dahlberg Las Vegas Sun March 11, 2000 February 6, 2024 They were not awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the MWC did not have one this year. UNLV did receive an at-large invitation. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 9 SemifinalsMarch 10 FinalsMarch 11 3 New Mexico 43 6 BYU 55 2 Utah 74 7 Air Force 65 1 UNLV 42 8 San Diego State 38 4 Colorado State 68 5 Wyoming 74 6 BYU 58 2 Utah 54 1 UNLV 97 5 Wyoming 92 6 BYU 56 1 UNLV 79 References Category:Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament