2002 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2002 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200102
Teams 8
Site Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
Champions San Diego State (1 title)
MVP Randy Holcomb (SDSU)
Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2001  2003»

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.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 7
Semifinals
March 8
Finals
March 9
         
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**
6 New Mexico 117

* Overtime period