The 2025 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 12–15, 2025, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion, Colorado State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Colorado State's Nique Clifford was named tournament MVP.
Seeds 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.
Head-to-head record between the tied teams Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary Higher NET
SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker(s)1 New Mexico 17–3 2 Colorado State 16–4 3 Utah State 15–5 4 San Diego State 14–6 2–0 vs. Boise State5 Boise State 14–6 0–2 vs. San Diego State6 UNLV 11–97 Nevada 8–128 San Jose State 7–13 9 Wyoming 5–15 10 Fresno State 2–1811 Air Force 1–19
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 12111:00 amNo. 8 San Jose State vs. No. 9 Wyoming66–61Mountain West Network21:30 pmNo. 7 Nevada vs. No. 10 Fresno State86–7134:00 pmNo. 6 UNLV vs. No. 11 Air Force68–59Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13412:00 pmNo. 1 New Mexico vs. No. 8 San Jose State63–52CBSSN52:30 pmNo. 4 San Diego State vs. No. 5 Boise State52–6266:00 pmNo. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 7 Nevada67–5978:30 pmNo. 3 Utah State vs. No. 6 UNLV70–58Semifinals – Friday, March 1486:30 pmNo. 1 New Mexico vs. No. 5 Boise State69–72CBSSN 99:00 pmNo. 2 Colorado State vs. No. 3 Utah State83–72Championship – Saturday, March 15103:00 pmNo. 5 Boise State vs. No. 2 Colorado State56–69CBS/Paramount+4,675Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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