2005 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2005 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado from March 9–12, 2005. Second-seeded New Mexico upset regular season league champion Utah 60–56 in the championship game to win the Mountain West Conference tournament and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[2] It was the first time in the history of the tournament that the league's top two seeds advanced to the title tilt.

2005 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams8
SitePepsi Center
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsNew Mexico (1st title)
MVPDanny Granger (New Mexico)
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2004–05 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 18 Utah 13 1   .929 29 6   .829
New Mexico 10 4   .714 26 7   .788
Air Force 9 5   .643 18 12   .600
UNLV 7 7   .500 17 14   .548
Wyoming 7 7   .500 15 13   .536
San Diego State 4 10   .286 11 18   .379
BYU 3 11   .214 9 21   .300
Colorado State 3 11   .214 11 17   .393
2005 Mountain West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

This marked the final conference tournament played under the league's original 8-team format. TCU joined the Mountain West in the 2005–06 athletic year. From that point on, the tournament adopted a first round play-in game, pitting the 8th and 9th place teams against each other for the right to play the regular season MWC champion in the tournament quarterfinals.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 11
Finals
March 12
         
1 #15 Utah 62
8 Colorado State 49
1 #15 Utah 73
4 UNLV 67
4 UNLV 70
5 Wyoming 63
1 #15 Utah 56
2 New Mexico 60
2 New Mexico 85
7 BYU 71
2 New Mexico 77
6 San Diego State 67
3 Air Force 68
6 San Diego State 73

References

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  1. ^ sports-reference.com 2004-05 Mountain West Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ "Lobos upend Utes in Mountain West title game". ESPN. March 13, 2005. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.