2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

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2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification
CBS
2015–16 Mountain West Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
San Diego State 16 – 2   .889 28 – 10   .737
Fresno State † 13 – 5   .722 25 – 10   .714
Boise State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 12   .625
Nevada 10 – 8   .556 24 – 14   .632
New Mexico 10 – 8   .556 17 – 15   .531
Colorado State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 16   .529
UNLV 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Utah State 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
Wyoming 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Air Force 5 – 13   .278 14 – 18   .438
San Jose State 4 – 14   .222 9 – 22   .290
† Conference tournament winner

The 2016

2016 NCAA tournament
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Seeds

All 11 conference teams participated in the tournament. The top five seeds received first round byes.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 San Diego State 16–2
2 Fresno State 13–5
3 Boise State 11–7
4 New Mexico 10–8 2–0 vs. Nevada
5 Nevada 10–8 0–2 vs. New Mexico
6 Colorado State 8–10 0–1 vs. Fresno State
7
UNLV
 8–10 0–2 vs. Fresno State
8 Wyoming 7–11 1–0 vs. Utah State
9 Utah State 7–11 0–1 vs. Wyoming
10 Air Force 5–13
11 San Jose State 4–14

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television
First round – Wednesday, March 9
1 11:00 am #8 Wyoming 70 vs. #9 Utah State 88 MW Net
2 1:30 pm #7 UNLV 108 vs. #10 Air Force 102 3OT MW Net
3 4:00 pm #6 Colorado State 80 vs. #11 San Jose State 61 MW Net
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
4 12:00 pm #1 San Diego State 71 vs. #9 Utah State 65 CBSSN
5 2:30 pm #4 New Mexico 62 vs. #5 Nevada 64 CBSSN
6 6:00 pm #2 Fresno State 95 vs. #7 UNLV 82 CBSSN
7 8:30 pm #3 Boise State 81 vs. #6 Colorado State 88 CBSSN
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
8 6:00 pm #1 San Diego State 67 vs. #5 Nevada 55 CBSSN
9 8:30 pm #2 Fresno State 64 vs. #6 Colorado State 56 CBSSN
Championship – Saturday, March 12
10 3:00 pm #1 San Diego State 63 vs. #2 Fresno State 68
CBS
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 9
MWN 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
CBSSN 		Semifinals
Friday, March 11
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 12
CBS
            
1 San Diego State 71
9 Utah State 65
8 Wyoming 70
9 Utah State 88
1 San Diego State 67
5 Nevada 55
4 New Mexico 62
5 Nevada 64
1 San Diego State 63
2 Fresno State 68
2 Fresno State 95
7 UNLV 82
7 UNLV 108***
10 Air Force 102
2 Fresno State 64
6 Colorado State 56
3 Boise State 81
6 Colorado State 88
6 Colorado State 80
11 San Jose State 61

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "Mountain West Announces Format for 2016 Basketball Championships Schedule". Archived from the original on July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
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