The 2012 Mountain West basketball tournament is scheduled March 8th through March 10th, 2012. It will be held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s tournament is sponsored by Conoco and will include Boise State for the first year. BYU and Utah will not be in the conference this season, The winner of the 2012 Mountain West conference tournament will be awarded an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA basketball tournament. The specific times and matchups are based on last year’s tournament and the number of teams playing in the conference this season.
2012 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Venue
The 2012 Mountain West Basketball Tournament is being played at the Thomas & Mack Center located on the campus of UNLV in Paradise, Nevada. The arena can seat 18,776 in a basketball configuration and was first opened in the summer of 1983. Since then, the facility underwent major renovations in 1999 and in 2008 had all new visual equipment installed. In 2001, Cox Pavilion was added to the complex and is connected to the main arena. The arena also hosts the L.A. Lakers preseason games in October (when we have a NBA preseason).
Past Mountain West Basketball Tournament Champions
Year Winner Score Runner up Venue
2000 UNLV 79–56 BYU Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2001 BYU 69–65 New Mexico Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Thomas Mack Center
2002 San Diego State 78–75 UNLV Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2003 Colorado State 62–61 UNLV Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2004 Utah 73–70 UNLV Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2005 New Mexico 60–56 Utah Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2006 San Diego State 69–64 Wyoming State Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
2007 UNLV 78–70 BYU Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2008 UNLV 76–61 BYU Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2009 Utah 52–50 San Diego State Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2010 San Diego State 55–45 UNLV Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2011 San Diego State 72–54 BYU Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
2012 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Schedule
* All times listed are PST
2012 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals
March 8th, 2012
Game #2 #1 Seed vs #8 Seed 12:00 PM
Game #3 #4 Seed vs #5 Seed 2:30 PM
Game #4 #2 Seed vs #7 Seed 6:00 PM
Game #5 #3 Seed vs #6 Seed 8:30 PM
2012 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Semifinals
March 9th, 2012
Game #6 MWC Tournament Semifinals (Game 2 vs Game 3 Winner) 6:00 PM
Game #7 MWC Tournament Semifinals (Game 4 vs Game 5 Winner) 8:30 PM
2012 Mountain West Basketball Tournament Championship
March 10th, 2011 4:00 PM
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