| 2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Utah State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Craig Smith (2nd title) |
| MVP | Sam Merrill (Utah State) |
| Television | Stadium, CBSSN, CBS |
| Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments← 20192021 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 San Diego State | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 2 | .938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 9 | – | 24 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held from March 4–7, 2020 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Utah State upset heavily favored San Diego State to earn the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament
Seeds
All 11 MW schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record. Ties were broken by record between the tied teams, followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. As a result, the top five teams receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2019 tournament, except that RPI was replaced by the NCAA's new NET rating.
- Head-to-head record between the tied teams
- Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
- Higher NET
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker(s) |
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| 1 | San Diego State | 17–1 | |
| 2 | Utah State | 12–6 | 1–0 vs Nevada |
| 3 | Nevada | 12–6 | 0–1 vs Utah State |
| 4 | UNLV | 12–6 | 1–3 vs Nevada/Utah State |
| 5 | Boise State | 11–7 | 1–0 vs. Colorado State |
| 6 | Colorado State | 11–7 | 0–1 vs. Boise State |
| 7 | New Mexico | 7–11 | 1–0 vs Utah State |
| 8 | Fresno State | 7–11 | 0–2 vs Utah State |
| 9 | Air Force | 5–13 | |
| 10 | San Jose State | 3–15 | |
| 11 | Wyoming | 2–16 |
Schedule
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
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| First round – Wednesday, March 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Fresno State vs. No. 9 Air Force | 70–77 | Stadium | 5,198 | |
| 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 7 New Mexico vs. No. 10 San Jose State | 79–66 | |||
| 3 | 5:00 pm | No. 6 Colorado State vs. No. 11 Wyoming | 74–80 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 | ||||||
| 4 | 11:30 am | No. 1 San Diego State vs No. 9 Air Force | 73–60 | CBSSN | 8,189 | |
| 5 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 UNLV vs No. 5 Boise State | 61–67 | |||
| 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 7 New Mexico | 75–70 | 7,723 | ||
| 7 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Nevada vs. No. 11 Wyoming | 71–74 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 6 | ||||||
| 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Boise State | 81–68 | CBSSN | 9,630 | |
| 9 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 11 Wyoming | 89–82 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 7 | ||||||
| 10 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 2 Utah State | 56–59 | CBS | 10,292 | |
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||
Bracket
| First round Wednesday, March 4 MWN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 5 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 6 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 7 CBS | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #5 San Diego State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Air Force | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Fresno State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Air Force | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #5 San Diego State | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Boise State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UNLV | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Boise State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #5 San Diego State | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah State | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah State | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | New Mexico | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | New Mexico | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | San Jose State | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah State | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wyoming | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nevada | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wyoming | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Colorado State | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wyoming | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
See also
References
| Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments | |||||||
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| Most tournaments were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
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