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Basketball Tournament |
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| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2001–02 | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Site | Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, NV |
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| Champions | San Diego State (1 title) | ||
| MVP | Randy Holcomb SDSU | ||
| Post-Mountain West Conference tournament(s) |
2002 NIT, 2002 NCAA | ||
| Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
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The 2002 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 7–9, 2002. San Diego State upset tournament host UNLV, who returned to league tournament play following a one year ban due to recruiting violations, 78–75 to win the MWC Tournament and the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid. Though the league had only existed for three years, SDSU became the lowest seed (5) to win the Mountain West Conference Tournament in the league's short history.
| Quarterfinals March 7 |
Semifinals March 8 |
Finals March 9 |
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| 1 | Wyoming | 69* | |||||||||||
| 8 | Air Force | 67 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wyoming | 69 | |||||||||||
| 5 | San Diego State | 70 | |||||||||||
| 4 | BYU | 51 | |||||||||||
| 5 | San Diego State | 62 | |||||||||||
| 5 | San Diego State | 78 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNLV | 75 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Utah | 69 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Colorado State | 66 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Utah | 70 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNLV | 76 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UNLV | 120*(2 OT) | |||||||||||
| 6 | New Mexico | 117 | |||||||||||
* Overtime
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