The 2026 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held March 11–14, 2026, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament champion, Utah State, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It also was the last tournament under the current format as the conference will see many changes in the off season with some of the current schools.

Seeds All 12 Mountain West schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top four teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played 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 Utah State 15–5 2 San Diego State14–6 3 New Mexico 13–7 2–0 vs. Grand Canyon4 Grand Canyon 13–7 0–2 vs. New Mexico5 Nevada12–8 1–1 vs. Utah State6 Boise State12–8 0–2 vs. Utah State7 Colorado State11–9 2–0 vs. UNLV8 UNLV11–9 0–2 vs. Colorado State9 Wyoming 9–11 10 Fresno State 7–13 11 San Jose State 3–17 12 Air Force 0–20

Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 11112:00 pm No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Wyoming 73–70Mountain West Network2,77022:30 pm No. 5 Nevada vs. No. 12 Air Force 80–4536:00 pm No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 10 Fresno State 67–632,35148:30 pm No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 11 San Jose State 74–84Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12512:00 pmNo. 1 Utah State vs. No. 8 UNLV 80–60CBSSN6,91162:30 pmNo. 4 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Nevada 80–8476:00 pmNo. 2 San Diego State vs. No. 7 Colorado State 71–626,23688:30 pmNo. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 11 San Jose State 93–77Semifinals – Friday, March 1396:30 pm No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 5 Nevada 79–66CBSSN9,048109:25 pm No. 2 San Diego State vs. No. 3 New Mexico 64–62Championship – Saturday, March 14113:00 pm No. 1 Utah State vs. No. 2 San Diego State 73–62CBS/Paramount+6,451Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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Awards and Honors All-Tournament Team Player Team Reese Dixon-Waters San Diego State Magoon Gwath Drake Allen Utah State Mason Falslev MJ Collins Jr.

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