2016 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Classification

Season

Teams

Site

Champions

Fresno State (1st title)

Winning coach

Rodney Terry (1st title)

Marvelle Harris (Fresno State)

Television

Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015	2017»

2015–16 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
San Diego State	16	–	2	.889	28	–	10	.737
Fresno State †	13	–	5	.722	25	–	10	.714
Boise State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Nevada	10	–	8	.556	24	–	14	.632
New Mexico	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
Colorado State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	16	.529
UNLV	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Utah State	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
Wyoming	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Air Force	5	–	13	.278	14	–	18	.438
San Jose State	4	–	14	.222	9	–	22	.290

† 2016 MWC Tournament winner

The 2016 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 9–12, 2016 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	San Diego State	16–2
2	Fresno State	13–5
3	Boise State	11–7
4	New Mexico	10–8	2–0 vs. Nevada
5	Nevada	10–8	0–2 vs. New Mexico
6	Colorado State	8–10	0–1 vs. Fresno State
7	UNLV	8–10	0–2 vs. Fresno State
8	Wyoming	7–11	1–0 vs. Utah State
9	Utah State	7–11	0–1 vs. Wyoming
10	Air Force	5–13
11	San Jose State	4–14

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1	11:00 am	#8 Wyoming 70 vs. #9 Utah State 88	MW Net
2	1:30 pm	#7 UNLV 108 vs. #10 Air Force 102 ^3OT	MW Net
3	4:00 pm	#6 Colorado State 80 vs. #11 San Jose State 61	MW Net
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4	12:00 pm	#1 San Diego State 71 vs. #9 Utah State 65	CBSSN
5	2:30 pm	#4 New Mexico 62 vs. #5 Nevada 64	CBSSN
6	6:00 pm	#2 Fresno State 95 vs. #7 UNLV 82	CBSSN
7	8:30 pm	#3 Boise State 81 vs. #6 Colorado State 88	CBSSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8	6:00 pm	#1 San Diego State 67 vs. #5 Nevada 55	CBSSN
9	8:30 pm	#2 Fresno State 64 vs. #6 Colorado State 56	CBSSN
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10	3:00 pm	#1 San Diego State 63 vs. #2 Fresno State 68	CBS
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

First round Wednesday, March 9 MWN			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 CBSSN			Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN			Championship Saturday, March 12 CBS


			1	San Diego State	71

			9	Utah State	65
8	Wyoming	70

9	Utah State	88
						1	San Diego State	67

						5	Nevada	55



			4	New Mexico	62

			5	Nevada	64



									1	San Diego State	63

									2	Fresno State	68



			2	Fresno State	95

			7	UNLV	82
7	UNLV	108***

10	Air Force	102
						2	Fresno State	64

						6	Colorado State	56



			3	Boise State	81

			6	Colorado State	88
6	Colorado State	80

11	San Jose State	61

* denotes overtime period

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2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments

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Postseason	NCAA NIT CBI CIT Vegas 16

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