# 2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held on March 10–13, 2021 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament champion, San Diego State, received 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 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 from 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 |
| 1 | San Diego State | 14-3 |
| 2 | Utah State | 15–4 |
| 3 | Colorado State | 14–4 |
| 4 | Boise State | 14–6 |
| 5 | Nevada | 10–7 |
| 6 | Fresno State | 9–11 |
| 7 | UNLV | 8–10 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 7–9 |
| 9 | San Jose State | 3–13 |
| 10 | Air Force | 3–17 |
| 11 | New Mexico | 2–15 |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Wednesday, March 10 ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 San Jose State | 111–80 | Stadium/MWN |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force | 80–52 | Stadium/MWN |
| 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 6 Fresno State vs. No. 11 New Mexico | 85–77 | Stadium/MWN |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 8 Wyoming | 69–66 | CBSSN |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Boise State vs. No. 5 Nevada | 82–89 | CBSSN |
| 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 7 UNLV | 74–53 | CBSSN |
| 7 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Colorado State vs. No. 6 Fresno State | 72–62 | CBSSN |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 ||||||
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Nevada | 77–70 | CBSSN |
| 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 Utah State vs. No. 3 Colorado State | 62–50 | CBSSN |
| Championship – Saturday, March 13 ||||||
| 10 | 3:00 pm | No. 1 San Diego State vs. No. 2 Utah State | 68–57 | CBS |
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 10 Stadium/MWN | First round Wednesday, March 10 Stadium/MWN | First round Wednesday, March 10 Stadium/MWN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 CBSSN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 CBSSN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 12 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 12 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 12 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 13 CBS | Championship Saturday, March 13 CBS | Championship Saturday, March 13 CBS |
| | | | 1 | #19 San Diego State | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Wyoming | 66 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Wyoming | 111 | 8 | Wyoming | 66 | | | | | | |
| 9 | San Jose State | 80 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | San Jose State | 80 | | | | 1 | #19 San Diego State | 77 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Nevada | 70 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Boise State | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Nevada | 89 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #19 San Diego State | 68 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Utah State | 57 |
| | | | 2 | Utah State | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | UNLV | 53 | | | | | | |
| 7 | UNLV | 80 | 7 | UNLV | 53 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 52 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 52 | | | | 2 | Utah State | 62 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Colorado State | 50 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Colorado State | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Fresno State | 62 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Fresno State | 85 | 6 | Fresno State | 62 | | | | | | |
| 11 | New Mexico | 77 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period