The 2013 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was a tournament played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 12–15, 2013. With TCU departing for the Big 12, and Fresno State and Nevada joining the MWC, the MWC will have a 9 team tournament for 2013. As the tournament champion, New Mexico received the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular–season champion, if necessary.
SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1New Mexico (#12)13–3 26–52Colorado State 11–5 24–73UNLV10–6 23–84San Diego State9–7 21–91–1 vs BSU5Boise State9–7 21–91–1 vs SDSU6Air Force8–8 17–127Fresno State5–11 11–188Wyoming4–12 18–129Nevada3–13 12–18
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Tuesday, March 1215:00 pm#8 Wyoming vs. #9 Nevada Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 132Noon#3 UNLV vs. #6 Air ForceCBSSN32:30 pm#2 Colorado State vs. #7 Fresno StateCBSSN46:30 pm#1 New Mexico vs. #8 WyomingCBSSN59:00 pm#4 San Diego State vs. #5 Boise StateCBSSN Semifinals – Friday, March 1566:00 pm#1 New Mexico vs. #4 San Diego StateCBSSN78:30 pm#3 UNLV vs. #2 Colorado StateCBSSN Championship – Saturday, March 1683:00 pm#1 New Mexico vs. #3 UNLVCBS *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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