# 2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 9–12, 2016 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

## 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 | First round Wednesday, March 9 MWN | First round Wednesday, March 9 MWN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 CBSSN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 CBSSN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 11 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 12 CBS | Championship Saturday, March 12 CBS | Championship Saturday, March 12 CBS |
| | | | 1 | San Diego State | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Utah State | 65 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Wyoming | 70 | 9 | Utah State | 65 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Utah State | 88 | | | | | | | | | |
| 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*** | 7 | UNLV | 82 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 102 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 102 | | | | 2 | Fresno State | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Colorado State | 56 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Boise State | 81 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Colorado State | 88 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Colorado State | 80 | 6 | Colorado State | 88 | | | | | | |
| 11 | San Jose State | 61 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period