2003 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 February 2024 2003 Mountain West Conference I Men's 8 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Colorado State 1st Matt Nelson Colorado State The 2003 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 13–15, 2003. Colorado State upset host school University of Nevada at Las Vegas, 62–61, in the championship game to win the Mountain West Conference tournament and the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid.https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/csu/mens-basketball/2018/03/06/15-years-ago-csu-cinderella-mw-tournament/400633002/ 15 years ago, CSU was the Cinderella of the MW tournament Kelly Lyell The Coloradoan March 6, 2018 February 6, 2024 Colorado State became, and as of 2011, remains the lowest seed (6) to ever win the MWC Tournament. They supplanted San Diego State who, just one year earlier, had won the tournament as a number 5 seed. They also had upset UNLV in the tournament championship game. In 2004 the tournament would move to the Pepsi Center in Denver where it would stay for the next three years. It would return in 2007, where it has remained since. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 13 SemifinalsMarch 14 FinalsMarch 15 2 BYU 71 7 New Mexico 56 3 Wyoming 71 6 Colorado State 74 1 Utah 42 8 Air Force 38 4 UNLV 83 5 San Diego State 67 2 BYU 80 6 Colorado State 86* 1 Utah 41 4 UNLV 64 6 Colorado State 62 4 UNLV 61 * Overtime 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:College basketball tournaments in the Las Vegas Valley Category:Basketball competitions in Paradise, Nevada