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
Season200405
Teams8
SitePepsi Center
Denver, Colorado
ChampionsNew Mexico (1st title)
MVPDanny Granger (New Mexico)
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments
2004–05 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Utah131 .929296  .829
New Mexico104 .714267  .788
Air Force95 .6431812  .600
UNLV77 .5001714  .548
Wyoming77 .5001513  .536
San Diego State410 .2861118  .379
BYU311 .214921  .300
Colorado State311 .2141117  .393
2005 Mountain West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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