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2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsFresno State (1st title)
Winning coachRodney Terry (1st title)
MVPMarvelle Harris (Fresno State)
TelevisionMW Net, CBSSN, CBS
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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
† Conference tournament winner

The 2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place 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

Schedule

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.

Bracket

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

References

  1. ^ "Mountain West Announces Format for 2016 Basketball Championships Schedule". Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Mountain_West_Conference_men%27s_basketball_tournament