2013 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

MWC Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 201213
Teams 9
Site Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
Champions New Mexico (7th title)
Winning coach Steve Alford (4th title)
MVP Tony Snell (New Mexico)
Television CBSSN, CBS
Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2012  2014»
2012–13 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#10 New Mexico 13 3   .813     29 6   .829
Colorado State 11 5   .688     26 9   .743
UNLV 10 6   .625     25 10   .714
San Diego State 9 7   .563     23 11   .676
Boise State 9 7   .563     21 11   .656
Air Force 8 8   .500     18 14   .563
Fresno State 5 11   .313     11 19   .367
Wyoming 4 12   .250     20 14   .588
Nevada 3 13   .188     12 19   .387
2013 MWC Tournament winner
As of March 24, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2013 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was a tournament played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 12–15, 2013.[1][2] With TCU departing for the Big 12, and Fresno State and Nevada joining the MWC, the MWC will have a 9 team tournament for 2013. As the tournament champion, New Mexico received the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular–season champion, if necessary.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 New Mexico (#12) 13–3 26–5
2 Colorado State 11–5 24–7
3 UNLV 10–6 23–8
4 San Diego State 9–7 21–9 1–1 vs BSU
5 Boise State 9–7 21–9 1–1 vs SDSU
6 Air Force 8–8 17–12
7 Fresno State 5–11 11–18
8 Wyoming 4–12 18–12
9 Nevada 3–13 12–18

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television
First round – Tuesday, March 12
1 5:00 pm #8 Wyoming vs. #9 Nevada
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
2 Noon #3 UNLV vs. #6 Air Force CBSSN
3 2:30 pm #2 Colorado State vs. #7 Fresno State CBSSN
4 6:30 pm #1 New Mexico vs. #8 Wyoming CBSSN
5 9:00 pm #4 San Diego State vs. #5 Boise State CBSSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
6 6:00 pm #1 New Mexico vs. #4 San Diego State CBSSN
7 8:30 pm #3 UNLV vs. #2 Colorado State CBSSN
Championship – Saturday, March 16
8 3:00 pm #1 New Mexico vs. #3 UNLV CBS
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First round
Tuesday, March 12
 
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 13
CBSSN
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
CBSSN
Championship
Saturday, March 16
CBS
                                     
        
  1  New Mexico 59  
    8  Wyoming 46  
8  Wyoming 85
9  Nevada 81  
  1  New Mexico 60  
  4  San Diego State 50  
        
        
  4  San Diego State 73
    5  Boise State 67  
      
        
  1  New Mexico 63
  3  UNLV 56
        
        
  2  Colorado State 67
    6  Fresno State 61  
      
        
  2  Colorado State 65
  3  UNLV 75  
        
        
  3  UNLV 72
    6  Air Force 56  
      

References

  1. "Mountain West Announces 2013 Basketball Championships Schedule". Mountain West Conference. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  2. "2013 Reese's Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Mountain West Conference. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
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