2009 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 2009 Mountain West Conference I Men's 9 Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV Utah 2nd Jim Boylen 1st Luke Nevill Utah MountainWest Sports Network,CSTV, Versus The 2009 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 11–14, 2009. The tournament was sponsored by Conoco. The quarterfinal was broadcast live on the MountainWest Sports Network, the semifinal games on CBS College Sports Network, and the championship game on Versus. All games were available in HD. Second-seeded Utah, one of three teams that shared the regular season conference title, defeated San Diego State 52–50 to claim the Mountain West Conference tournament championship and the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Of note, this was the first time that UNLV failed to make the championship game of the tournament when they were hosting. The Rebels did not play in the 2001 tournament due to a postseason ban. Regular season Standings  Conf OverallPost-tournament playSeedSchoolWLWLTournamentEliminated 1Brigham Young* 12 4 24 6 NCAA1st round 2Utah* 12 4 21 9 NCAA1st round 3New Mexico* 12 4 21 10 NIT2nd round 4San Diego State 11 5 21 8 NITSemifinals 5UNLV 9 7 21 9 NIT1st round 6Wyoming 7 9 18 12 CBI1st round 7Texas Christian 5 11 14 16 8Colorado State 4 12 9 21 9Air Force 0 16 9 20 Tournament bracket First round Wednesday, March 11 Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 Semifinals Friday, March 13 Championship Saturday, March 14 8 Colorado State 67 9 Air Force 71 1 #25 BYU 80 9 Air Force 69 4 San Diego State 71 5 UNLV 57 3 New Mexico 67 6 Wyoming 75 2 Utah 61 7 TCU 58 1 #25 BYU 62 4 San Diego State 64 6 Wyoming 55 2 Utah 68 4 San Diego State 50 2 Utah 52 External links http://www.themwc.com/champ/09-mwc-bb-tourney.html Tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament