2013 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Appearance
2013 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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![]() MWC Tournament logo | |
Classification | Division I |
Season | 2012–13 |
Teams | 9 |
Site | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
Champions | New Mexico (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Steve Alford (2nd title) |
MVP | Tony Snell (New Mexico) |
Television | CBSSN, CBS |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 New Mexico † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 29 | – | 6 | .829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2013 MWC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
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.[1][2] 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.
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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1 | New Mexico (#12) | 13–3 | 26–5 | |
2 | Colorado State | 11–5 | 24–7 | |
3 | UNLV | 10–6 | 23–8 | |
4 | San Diego State | 9–7 | 21–9 | 1–1 vs BSU |
5 | Boise State | 9–7 | 21–9 | 1–1 vs SDSU |
6 | Air Force | 8–8 | 17–12 | |
7 | Fresno State | 5–11 | 11–18 | |
8 | Wyoming | 4–12 | 18–12 | |
9 | Nevada | 3–13 | 12–18 |
Schedule
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television |
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First round – Tuesday, March 12 | |||
1 | 5:00 pm | #8 Wyoming vs. #9 Nevada | |
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 | |||
2 | Noon | #3 UNLV vs. #6 Air Force | CBSSN |
3 | 2:30 pm | #2 Colorado State vs. #7 Fresno State | CBSSN |
4 | 6:30 pm | #1 New Mexico vs. #8 Wyoming | CBSSN |
5 | 9:00 pm | #4 San Diego State vs. #5 Boise State | CBSSN |
Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | |||
6 | 6:00 pm | #1 New Mexico vs. #4 San Diego State | CBSSN |
7 | 8:30 pm | #3 UNLV vs. #2 Colorado State | CBSSN |
Championship – Saturday, March 16 | |||
8 | 3:00 pm | #1 New Mexico vs. #3 UNLV | CBS |
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
First round Tuesday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 13 CBSSN | Semifinals Friday, March 15 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 16 CBS | ||||||||||||||||
1 | #15 New Mexico | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Wyoming | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Wyoming | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Nevada | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #15 New Mexico | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | San Diego State | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | San Diego State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Boise State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #15 New Mexico | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | UNLV | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Colorado State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Fresno State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Colorado State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | UNLV | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | UNLV | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Air Force | 56 |
References
- ^ "Mountain West Announces 2013 Basketball Championships Schedule". Mountain West Conference. Archived from the original on October 16, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ "2013 Reese's Mountain West Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). Mountain West Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2013.