2005 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 February 2024 2005 Mountain West Conference I Men's 8 Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado New Mexico 1st Danny Granger New Mexico The 2005 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, from March 9–12, 2005. Second-seeded New Mexico upset regular season league champion Utah 60–56 in the championship game to win the Mountain West Conference tournament and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/250710254 https://web.archive.org/web/20240205081036/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/250710254 dead February 5, 2024 Lobos upend Utes in Mountain West title game ESPN March 13, 2005 February 5, 2024 It was the first time in the history of the tournament that the league's top two seeds advanced to the title tilt. This marked the final conference tournament played under the league's original 8-team format. TCU joined the Mountain West in the 2005–06 athletic year. From that point on, the tournament adopted a first round play-in game, pitting the 8th and 9th place teams against each other for the right to play the regular season MWC champion in the tournament quarterfinals. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 9 SemifinalsMarch 11 FinalsMarch 12 1 #15 Utah 62 8 Colorado State 49 4 UNLV 70 5 Wyoming 63 2 New Mexico 85 7 BYU 71 3 2004 Air Force Falcons Air Force 68 6 San Diego State 73 1 #15 Utah 73 4 UNLV 67 2 New Mexico 77 6 San Diego State 67 1 #15 Utah 56 2 New Mexico 60 References Category:Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in Denver Category:College basketball tournaments in Colorado Category:2000s in Denver