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.^[2] 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
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	8
Site	Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado
Champions	New Mexico (1st title)
MVP	Danny Granger (New Mexico)
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2004–05 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Utah	13	–	1		.929			29	–	6		.829
New Mexico †	10	–	4		.714			26	–	7		.788
Air Force	9	–	5		.643			18	–	12		.600
UNLV	7	–	7		.500			17	–	14		.548
Wyoming	7	–	7		.500			15	–	13		.536
San Diego State	4	–	10		.286			11	–	18		.379
BYU	3	–	11		.214			9	–	21		.300
Colorado State	3	–	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

References

1. sports-reference.com 2004-05 Mountain West Conference Season Summary
2. "Lobos upend Utes in Mountain West title game". ESPN. March 13, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2024.