| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| City: | Paradise, Nevada |
| Arena: | Thomas & Mack Center |
| Television: | Stadium/MWN, CBSSN, CBS/Paramount+ |
| Champions: | New Mexico |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Richard Pitino |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Jaelen House |
| Mvpteam: | New Mexico |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Division: | I |
The 2024 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It is to be held March 13–16, 2024, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada.[1] The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
The defending champions from the prior season were the San Diego State Aztecs.[2]
All 11 Mountain West schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are to be seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams will receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.[3]
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah State | 14–4 | ||
| 2 | Nevada | 13–5 | 1–0 vs. Utah State | |
| 3 | 13–5 | 0–2 vs. Utah State | ||
| 4 | UNLV | 12–6 | ||
| 5 | San Diego State | 11–7 | ||
| 6 | New Mexico | 10–8 | 2–0 vs. Nevada | |
| 7 | Colorado State | 10–8 | 0–2 vs. Nevada | |
| 8 | 8–10 | |||
| 9 | Fresno State | 4–14 | ||
| 10 | San Jose State | 2–16 | 2–0 vs. Air Force | |
| 11 | Air Force | 2–16 | 0–2 vs. San Jose State |
| Game | Time[4] | Matchup | Score | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 13 | ||||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 Fresno State | 73–77 | MWN | ||
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 10 San Jose State | 72–62 | |||
| 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 6 New Mexico vs. No. 11 Air Force | 82–56 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | ||||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 9 Fresno State | 87–75OT | CBSSN | ||
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 UNLV vs. No. 5 San Diego State | 71–74OT | |||
| 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Nevada vs. No. 7 Colorado State | 78–85 | |||
| 7 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Boise State vs. No. 6 New Mexico | 66–76 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
| 8 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 5 San Diego State | 70–86 | CBSSN | ||
| 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 6 New Mexico | 61–74 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 | ||||||
| 10 | 3:00 pm | No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 6 New Mexico | 68–61 | CBS/Paramount+ | ||
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||
* denotes overtime period