Mountain West Tournament 2024: Bracket, schedule, scores, teams, and more

The Mountain West has seen four teams invited to the Men’s NCAA Tournament each of the past two years.

Can the conference push that number to four — or more — over the next week?

As the tournament gets underway a pair of teams, Utah State and Nevada, find themselves ranked in the AP Top 25. Utah State enters the Mountain West tournament as the top seed, thanks to their 14-4 record in the conference. Nevada and Boise State have matching 13-5 records, but Nevada’s win over Utah State (along with Boise State’s 0-2 record against the Aggies this season) gives the Wolfpack the tiebreaker for the No. 2 seed.

Utah State and Nevada are among the five schools currently viewed as “locks” for the field by Chris Dobbertean at Blogging the Bracket. The other three schools in that category are San Diego State (22-9 record, No. 20 in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings, and No. 20 in the NET rankings), Boise State (22-9 record, No. 38 in KenPom, and No. 23 in NET), and Colorado State (22-9 record, No. 36 in KenPom, and No. 36 in NET).

Two schools right now sit on the bubble ahead of the tournament. One is New Mexico, as the Lobos sit with a 22-9 record of their own, and are 34th in Ken Pomeroy’s rankings. The Lobos also have a season sweep of Nevada on their resume, as well as wins against San Diego State and Colorado State. A win or two this week might push them into the field, but an early loss — coupled with results elsewhere — could see their bubble burst.

Another team looking for a good performance this week is UNLV, who get the added benefit of the tournament taking place at the Thomas & Mack Center on their campus. The Runnin’ Rebels have a 19-11 record, but swept New Mexico and added wins over Boise State, San Diego State, and Colorado State to their resume.

It all gets underway Wednesday from Las Vegas, and SB Nation will have you covered every step of the way.

Here is the 2024 Mountain West men’s tournament bracket. You can also view the bracket on the tournament website.

Game 1: No. 9 Fresno State 77, No. 8 Wyoming 73

Game 2: No. 7 Colorado State 72, No 10 San Jose State 62

Game 3: No. 6 New Mexico 82, No. 11 Air Force 56

Game 4: No. 1 Utah State 87, No. 9 Fresno State 75

Game 5: No. 5 San Diego State 74, No. 4 UNLV 71

Game 6: No. 7 Colorado State 85, No. 2 Nevada 78

Game 7: No. 6 New Mexico 76, No. 3 Boise State 66

Game 8: No. 5 San Diego State 86, No. 1 Utah State 70

Game 9: No. 6 New Mexico 74, No. 7 Colorado State 61

Game 13: No. 6 New Mexico 68, No. 5 San Diego State 61