2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

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

2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
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

2019–20 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
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

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)
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
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

• 2020 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament