2018 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2018 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held from March 7–10, 2018 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. San Diego State defeated New Mexico in the championship game to win the tournament receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 11 MW schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. As a result, the top five teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Tiebreaking procedures will remain unchanged from the 2017 tournament:
SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
1Nevada15–3
2Boise State13–5
3New Mexico12–6
4Fresno State11–72–0 vs San Diego State
5San Diego State11–70–2 vs Fresno State
6Wyoming10–8
7Utah State8–102–0 vs UNLV
8UNLV8–100–2 vs Utah State
9Air Force6–12
10Colorado State4–14
11San Jose State1–17

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period