2003 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2003 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200203
Teams8
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsColorado State (1st title)
MVPMatt Nelson (Colorado State)
2002–03 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Utah113 .786  258  .758
BYU113 .786  239  .719
Wyoming86 .571  2111  .656
UNLV86 .571  2111  .656
San Diego State68 .429  1614  .533
Colorado State59 .357  1914  .576
New Mexico410 .286  1018  .357
Air Force311 .214  1216  .429
2003 Mountain West Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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

Quarterfinals
March 13
Semifinals
March 14
Finals
March 15
         
2 BYU 71
7 New Mexico 56
2 BYU 80
6 Colorado State 86*
3 Wyoming 71
6 Colorado State 74
6 Colorado State 62
4 UNLV 61
1 Utah 42
8 Air Force 38
1 Utah 41
4 UNLV 64
4 UNLV 83
5 San Diego State 67

* Overtime

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