2005 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2005 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado from March 9–12, 2005. Second-seeded New Mexico upset regular season league champion Utah 60–56 in the championship game to win the Mountain West Conference Tournament and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was the first time in the history of the tournament that the league's top two seeds advanced to the title tilt.

2005 Mountain West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams8
SitePepsi Center
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsNew Mexico (1st title)
MVPDanny Granger (New Mexico)
2004–05 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 18 Utah13–1 .929  29–6  .829
New Mexico †10–4 .714  26–7  .788
Air Force9–5 .643  18–12  .600
UNLV7–7 .500  17–14  .548
Wyoming7–7 .500  15–13  .536
San Diego State4–10 .286  11–18  .379
BYU3–11 .214  9–21  .300
Colorado State3–11 .214  11–17  .393
† 2005 Mountain West Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

This marked the final conference tournament played under the league's original 8-team format. TCU joined the Mountain West in the 2005–06 athletic year. From that point on, the tournament adopted a first round play-in game, pitting the 8th and 9th place teams against each other for the right to play the regular season MWC champion in the tournament quarterfinals.

Bracket
Quarterfinals
March 9 		Semifinals
March 11 		Finals
March 12
         
1 #15 Utah 62
8 Colorado State 49
1 #15 Utah 73
4 UNLV 67
4 UNLV 70
5 Wyoming 63
1 #15 Utah 56
2 New Mexico 60
2 New Mexico 85
7 BYU 71
2 New Mexico 77
6 San Diego State 67
3 Air Force 68
6 San Diego State 73
  1. sports-reference.com 2004-05 Mountain West Conference Season Summary
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