2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament will take place from March 8–11, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner, Nevada, receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament with a 79-71 win over Colorado State.
Seeds
All 11 conference teams participate in the tournament. The top five seeds receive first round byes.Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Nevada | 14–4 | |
| 2 | Colorado State | 13–5 | |
| 3 | Boise State | 12–6 | |
| 4 | Fresno State | 11–7 | |
| 5 | New Mexico | 10–8 | |
| 6 | San Diego State | 9–9 | |
| 7 | Wyoming | 8–10 | |
| 8 | Utah State | 7–11 | 1–0 vs. San Jose State |
| 9 | San Jose State | 7–11 | 0–1 vs. Utah State |
| 10 | Air Force | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. UNLV, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–1 vs. CSU |
| 11 | UNLV | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. AF, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–2 vs. CSU |