# 2023 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 8–11, 2023, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

The defending champions from the prior season were the Boise State Broncos.
All 11 Mountain West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.
* Head-to-head record between the tied teams
* Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
* Higher NET
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker(s) |
| 1 | San Diego State | 15–3 | |
| 2 | Boise State | 13–5 | 1–1 vs SDSU |
| 3 | Utah State | 13–5 | 0–2 vs SDSU |
| 4 | Nevada | 12–6 | |
| 5 | San Jose State | 10–8 | |
| 6 | New Mexico | 8–10 | |
| 7 | UNLV | 7–11 | |
| 8 | Colorado State | 6–12 | 2–0 vs FSU |
| 9 | Fresno State | 6–12 | 0–2 vs CSU |
| 10 | Air Force | 5–13 | |
| 11 | Wyoming | 4–14 | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Wednesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | No. 8 Colorado State vs. No. 9 Fresno State | 67–65 | Stadium/MWN |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force | 78–70$^{OT}$ | Stadium/MWN |
| 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Wyoming | 87–76 | Stadium/MWN |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Colorado State | 64–61 | CBSSN |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Nevada vs. No. 5 San Jose State | 77-81$^{OT}$ | CBSSN |
| 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Boise State vs. No. 7 UNLV | 87-76$^{OT}$ | CBSSN |
| 7 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Utah State vs. No. 6 New Mexico | 91-76 | CBSSN |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 ||||||
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 San Jose State | 64-49 | CBSSN |
| 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Boise State vs. No. 3 Utah State | 62-72 | CBSSN |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 ||||||
| 10 | 3:00 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 3 Utah State | 62-57 | CBS/Paramount+ |
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 8 Stadium/MWN | First round Wednesday, March 8 Stadium/MWN | First round Wednesday, March 8 Stadium/MWN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CBSSN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CBSSN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 11 CBS/Paramount+ | Championship Saturday, March 11 CBS/Paramount+ | Championship Saturday, March 11 CBS/Paramount+ |
| | | | 1 | San Diego State | 64 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Colorado State | 67 | 8 | Colorado State | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Fresno State | 65 | | | | 1 | San Diego State | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | San Jose State | 49 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Nevada | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | San Jose State | 81* | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | San Diego State | 62 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Utah State | 57 |
| | | | 2 | Boise State | 87* | | | | | | |
| 7 | UNLV | 78* | 7 | UNLV | 76 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 70 | | | | 2 | Boise State | 62 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Utah State | 72 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Utah State | 91 | | | | | | |
| 6 | New Mexico | 87 | 6 | New Mexico | 76 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Wyoming | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period