College basketball tournament
The 2022 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference . It was held March 9–12, 2022, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas , in Paradise, Nevada . The tournament champion, the Boise State Broncos , received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament .
Seeds
The defending champions from the prior season were the San Diego State Aztecs .
All 11 Mountain West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.
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
Schedule
Game
Time[ 1]
Matchup
Score
Television
Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1
11:00 am
No. 8 Nevada vs. No. 9 New Mexico
79–72
Stadium
2
1:30 pm
No. 7 Utah State vs. No. 10 Air Force
83–56
3
4:00 pm
No. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 San José State
69–67 (OT)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4
12:00 pm
No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 8 Nevada
71–69
CBSSN
5
2:30 pm
No. 4 Wyoming vs. No. 5 UNLV
59–56
6
6:00 pm
No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 7 Utah State
53−51
7
8:30 pm
No. 3 San Diego State vs. No. 6 Fresno State
53−46
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8
6:30 pm
No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 4 Wyoming
68−61
CBSSN
9
9:00 pm
No. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 3 San Diego State
58−63
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10
3:00 pm
No. 1 Boise State vs. No. 3 San Diego State
53–52
CBS /Paramount+
Game times in PT . Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round Stadium/MWN
Quarterfinals CBSSN
Semifinals CBSSN
Championship CBS /Paramount+
1
Boise State
71
8
Nevada
79
8
Nevada
69
9
New Mexico
72
1
Boise State
68
4
Wyoming
61
4
Wyoming
59
5
UNLV
56
1
Boise State
53
3
San Diego State
52
2
Colorado State
53
7
Utah State
83
7
Utah State
51
10
Air Force
56
2
Colorado State
58
3
San Diego State
63
3
San Diego State
53
6
Fresno State
69*
6
Fresno State
46
11
San José State
67
* denotes overtime period
References