2001 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2000–01
Teams7
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsBYU (1st title)
MVPMekeli Wesley (BYU)
2000–01 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah10–4 .71419–12  .613
BYU †10–4 .71424–9  .727
Wyoming10–4 .71420–10  .667
UNLV7–7 .50016–13  .552
New Mexico6–8 .42921–13  .618
Colorado State6–8 .42915–13  .536
San Diego State4–10 .28614–14  .500
Air Force3–11 .2148–21  .276
† 2001 Mountain West tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 2001 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament was played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from March 8–10, 2001. Only 7 of the conference's 8 member schools would compete in the tournament. Host school UNLV was banned from postseason play in the wake of rules violations while recruiting Lamar Odom that ultimately led to the ouster of head coach Bill Bayno. The format of the tournament was temporarily changed, giving regular season champion Utah a quarterfinal bye to await the winner of the New Mexico-Colorado State game. Of note, this marked the first time that UNLV failed to appear in the championship game of the league tournament while held at the Thomas & Mack Center. As of 2011, eleven MWC Tournaments had been held in Las Vegas, with UNLV appearing in all but three championship games (2001, 2009).

Second seeded BYU would win the tournament and the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid with a 69–65 win over #5 seed New Mexico.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
March 8 		Semifinals
March 9 		Finals
March 10
         
1 Utah 53
5 New Mexico 56
4 New Mexico 76
5 Colorado State 65
5 New Mexico 65
2 BYU 69
3 Wyoming 73
6 San Diego State 58
3 Wyoming 66
2 BYU 77
2 BYU 69
7 Air Force 54

References

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