# 2017 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 8–11, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner, Nevada, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 79-71 win over Colorado State.

## 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 | Nevada | 14–4 | |
| 2 | Colorado State | 13–5 | |
| 3 | Boise State | 12–6 | |
| 4 | Fresno State | 11–7 | |
| 5 | New Mexico | 10–8 | |
| 6 | San Diego State | 9–9 | |
| 7 | Wyoming | 8–10 | |
| 8 | Utah State | 7–11 | 1–0 vs. San Jose State |
| 9 | San Jose State | 7–11 | 0–1 vs. Utah State |
| 10 | Air Force | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. UNLV, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–1 vs. CSU |
| 11 | UNLV | 4–14 | 1–1 vs. AF, 0–2 vs. NEV, 0–2 vs. CSU |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Television | TV announcers | MW radio announcers |
| First round – Wednesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | #8 Utah State 90 vs. #9 San Jose State 64 | MW Net | Rich Cellini & Marty Fletcher | Nate Kreckman & Ray Giacoletti |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | #7 Wyoming 68 vs. #10 Air Force 83 | MW Net | Rich Cellini & Marty Fletcher | Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti |
| 3 | 4:00 pm | #6 San Diego St 62 vs. #11 UNLV 52 | MW Net | Rich Cellini & Marty Fletcher | Chad Andrus & Ray Giacoletti |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | #1 Nevada 83 vs. #8 Utah State 69 | CBSSN | Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel & Evan Washburn | Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | #4 Fresno State 65 vs. #5 New Mexico 60 | CBSSN | Brent Stover, Bob Wenzel & Evan Washburn | Chad Andrus & Robert Smith |
| 6 | 6:00 pm | #2 Colorado State 81 vs. #10 Air Force 55 | CBSSN | Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas & Evan Washburn | Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher |
| 7 | 8:30 pm | #3 Boise State 68 vs. #6 San Diego State 87 | CBSSN | Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas & Evan Washburn | Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 ||||||
| 8 | 7:00 pm | #1 Nevada 83 vs. #4 Fresno State 72 | CBSSN | Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, & Evan Washburn | |
| 9 | 9:30 pm | #2 Colorado State 71 vs. #6 San Diego State 63 | CBSSN | Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, & Evan Washburn | |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 ||||||
| 10 | 3:00 pm | #1 Nevada 79 vs. #2 Colorado State 71 | CBS | Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, & Evan Washburn | |
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 8 MWN | First round Wednesday, March 8 MWN | First round Wednesday, March 8 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 | Championship Saturday, March 11 CBS | Championship Saturday, March 11 CBS |
| | | | 1 | Nevada | 83 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Utah State | 69 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Utah State | 90 | 8 | Utah State | 69 | | | | | | |
| 9 | San Jose State | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | San Jose State | 64 | | | | 1 | Nevada | 83 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Fresno State | 72 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Fresno State | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | New Mexico | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Nevada | 79 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Colorado State | 71 |
| | | | 2 | Colorado State | 81 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Air Force | 55 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wyoming | 68 | 10 | Air Force | 55 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 83 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Air Force | 83 | | | | 2 | Colorado State | 71 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | San Diego State | 63 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Boise State | 68 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | San Diego State | 87 | | | | | | |
| 6 | San Diego State | 62* | 6 | San Diego State | 87 | | | | | | |
| 11 | UNLV | 52 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period