2013 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2013 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

MWC Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2012–13
Teams 9
Site Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
Champions New Mexico (3rd title)
Winning coach Steve Alford (2nd title)
MVP Tony Snell (New Mexico)
Television CBSSN, CBS
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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