2020 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2020 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held from March 4–7, 2020 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Utah State upset heavily favored San Diego State to earn the Mountain West'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. Ties were 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 byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2019 tournament, except that RPI was replaced by the NCAA's new NET rating.
SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
1San Diego State17–1
2Utah State12–61–0 vs Nevada
3Nevada12–60–1 vs Utah State
4UNLV12–61–3 vs Nevada/Utah State
5Boise State11–71–0 vs. Colorado State
6Colorado State11–70–1 vs. Boise State
7New Mexico7–111–0 vs Utah State
8Fresno State7–110–2 vs Utah State
9Air Force5–13
10San Jose State3–15
11Wyoming2–16

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period