2008 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2008 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 12–15, 2008. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66 and all first round, quarterfinal, and semifinal games were broadcast live on the MountainWest Sports Network and CBS College Sports Network, while the championship game was broadcast on Versus.

2008 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200708
Teams9
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada, NV
ChampionsUNLV (3rd title)
Winning coachLon Kruger (2nd title)
MVPWink Adams (UNLV)
TelevisionMountainWest Sports Network,
CSTV, Versus
Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournaments
2007–08 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
BYU142 .875278  .771
UNLV124 .750278  .771
New Mexico115 .688249  .727
San Diego State97 .5632013  .606
Air Force88 .5001614  .533
Utah79 .4381815  .545
TCU610 .3751416  .467
Wyoming511 .3131218  .400
Colorado State016 .000725  .219
2008 Mountain West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

For the second straight year, tournament host UNLV defeated regular season league champion BYU 76–61 to win the Mountain West Conference tournament championship and earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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