2014 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held on March 12–15 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1][2] With San Jose State and Utah State added to the MWC, the MWC had an 11-team tournament for 2014. The top five seeds got a first round bye. For the second year in a row, the first round games were online, quarterfinals and semifinals games were on the CBS Sports Network and the championship game was televised on CBS. The tournament champion received the Mountain West's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

2014 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsNew Mexico (4th title)
Winning coachCraig Neal (1st title)
MVPCameron Bairstow (New Mexico)
TelevisionCBSSN, CBS
2013–14 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 13 San Diego State16–2 .889  31–5  .861
No. 17 New Mexico †15–3 .833  27–7  .794
UNLV10–8 .556  20–13  .606
Nevada10–8 .556  15–17  .469
Boise State9–9 .500  21–13  .618
Wyoming9–9 .500  18–15  .545
Fresno State9–9 .500  21–18  .538
Utah State7–11 .389  18–14  .563
Colorado State7–11 .389  16–16  .500
Air Force6–12 .333  12–18  .400
San Jose State1–17 .056  7–24  .226
† 2014 MWC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five seeds received first round byes.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 San Diego State 16–2 27–4
2 New Mexico 15–3 26–6
3 Nevada 10–8 15–17 2–0 vs. UNLV
4 UNLV 10–8 20–13 0–2 vs. Nevada
5 Wyoming 9–9 18–13 2–2 vs Boise/Fresno; 1–0 vs. SDSU
6 Boise State 9–9 21–13 2–2 vs Wyoming/Fresno; 0–2 vs SDSU; 1–1 vs. UNM
7 Fresno State 9–9 17–16 2–2 vs Boise/Wyoming; 0–2 vs. SDSU; 0–1 vs. UNM
8 Utah State 7–11 18–14 2–0 vs Colorado State
9 Colorado State 7–11 16–17 0–2 vs Utah State
10 Air Force 6–12 12–19
11 San Jose State 1–17 7–25

Schedule
Game Time* Matchup# Television
First round – Wednesday, March 12
1 2:00 pm #8 Utah State vs. #9 Colorado State MWN
2 4:30 pm #7 Fresno State vs. #10 Air Force MWN
3 7:00 pm #6 Boise State vs. #11 San Jose State MWN
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
4 Noon #1 San Diego State vs. #8 Utah State CBSSN
5 2:30 pm #4 UNLV vs. #5 Wyoming CBSSN
6 6:00 pm #2 New Mexico vs. #7 Fresno State CBSSN
7 8:30 pm #3 Nevada vs. #6 Boise State CBSSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
8 6:00 pm #1 San Diego State vs. #4 UNLV CBSSN
9 8:30 pm #2 New Mexico vs. #6 Boise State CBSSN
Championship – Saturday, March 15
10 3:00 pm #1 San Diego State vs. #2 New Mexico CBS
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket
  First round
Wednesday, March 12
 		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
CBSSN		 Semifinals
Friday, March 14
CBSSN		 Championship
Saturday, March 15
CBS
                                     
       
  1 San Diego State 73  
    8 Utah State 39  
8 Utah State 73
9 Colorado State 69  
  1 San Diego State 59  
  4 UNLV 51  
       
       
  4 UNLV 71
    5 Wyoming 67  
     
       
  1 San Diego State 58
  2 New Mexico 64
       
       
  2 New Mexico 93
    7 Fresno State 77  
7 Fresno State 61
10 Air Force 59  
  2 New Mexico 70
  6 Boise State 67  
       
       
  3 Nevada 62
    6 Boise State 75  
6 Boise State 83
11 San Jose State 52  

References
  1. "Mountain West Announces 2014 Basketball Championships Schedule". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. "2014 Reese's Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
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