2007 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

2007 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2006–07
Teams	9
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada
Champions	UNLV (2nd title)
MVP	Kevin Kruger (UNLV)
Television	MountainWest Sports Network
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments

2006–07 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 BYU	13	–	3		.813			25	–	9		.735
No. 19 UNLV †	12	–	4		.750			30	–	7		.811
San Diego State	10	–	6		.625			22	–	11		.667
Air Force	10	–	6		.625			26	–	9		.743
Wyoming	7	–	9		.438			17	–	15		.531
Colorado State	6	–	10		.375			17	–	13		.567
Utah	6	–	10		.375			11	–	19		.367
TCU	4	–	12		.250			13	–	17		.433
New Mexico	4	–	12		.250			15	–	17		.469
† 2007 Mountain West tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 8–10, 2007. Tournament host UNLV upset regular season league champion BYU 78–70 to claim the Mountain West Conference tournament title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was UNLV's first tournament title since winning the inaugural tournament in 2000 (though they had previously lost 3 consecutive championship games from 2002 to 2004).

2007 marked the return of the tournament to the Thomas & Mack Center after a three-year stint in Denver.

Tournament Bracket

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
	8	Texas Christian	62
	9	New Mexico	54
						1	#23 BYU	77
						8	TCU	64
											1	#23 BYU	96
											5	Wyoming	84
						4	Air Force	62
						5	Wyoming	67
																1	#23 BYU	70
																2	#25 UNLV	78
						2	#25 UNLV	80
						7	Utah	54
											2	#25 UNLV	88
											6	Colorado St.	72
						3	San Diego State	64
						6	Colorado State	69

References

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