2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 2016 Mountain West Conference I Men's 200px 11 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada Fresno State 1st Rodney Terry 1st Marvelle Harris Fresno State MW Net, CBSSN, CBS The 2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 9–12, 2016 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.Mountain West Announces Format for 2016 Basketball Championships Schedule http://www.themwc.com/news/16-mwmadness-format July 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150707032841/http://www.themwc.com/news/16-mwmadness-format July 7, 2015 dead mdy-all The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1San Diego State16–22Fresno State 13–53Boise State11–74New Mexico10–82–0 vs. Nevada5Nevada10–80–2 vs. New Mexico6Colorado State8–100–1 vs. Fresno State7UNLV8–100–2 vs. Fresno State8Wyoming7–111–0 vs. Utah State9Utah State7–110–1 vs. Wyoming10Air Force5–1311San Jose State4–14 Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Wednesday, March 9111:00 am#8 Wyoming 70 vs. #9 Utah State 88MW Net21:30 pm#7 UNLV 108 vs. #10 Air Force 102 3OTMW Net34:00 pm#6 Colorado State 80 vs. #11 San Jose State 61MW Net Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10412:00 pm#1 San Diego State 71 vs. #9 Utah State 65CBSSN52:30 pm#4 New Mexico 62 vs. #5 Nevada 64CBSSN66:00 pm#2 Fresno State 95 vs. #7 UNLV 82CBSSN78:30 pm#3 Boise State 81 vs. #6 Colorado State 88 CBSSN Semifinals – Friday, March 1186:00 pm#1 San Diego State 67 vs. #5 Nevada 55CBSSN98:30 pm#2 Fresno State 64 vs. #6 Colorado State 56CBSSN Championship – Saturday, March 12103:00 pm#1 San Diego State 63 vs. #2 Fresno State 68CBS *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket First roundWednesday, March 9MWN QuarterfinalsThursday, March 10CBSSN SemifinalsFriday, March 11CBSSN ChampionshipSaturday, March 12CBS 8 Wyoming 70 9 Utah State 88 7 UNLV 108*** 10 Air Force 102 6 Colorado State 80 11 San Jose State 61 1 San Diego State 71 9 Utah State 65 4 New Mexico 62 5 Nevada 64 2 Fresno State 95 7 UNLV 82 3 Boise State 81 6 Colorado State 88 1 San Diego State 67 5 Nevada 55 2 Fresno State 64 6 Colorado State 56 1 San Diego State 63 2 Fresno State 68 * denotes overtime period References Category:Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament