Bracket set for 2015 Mountain West basketball tournament

Boise State won the the 2014-15 Mountain West basketball championship Saturday night and will be the No. 1 seed when the conference tournament begins Wednesday at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The Broncos (24-7, 14-4 MW), who finished with the same league record as San Diego State, but hold the tiebreaker by sweeping the season series, will play the winner of Wednesday's play-in game between No. 8 New Mexico and No. 9 Air Force at 1 p.m. Thursday. SDSU, the No. 2 seed, will meet the winner of No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Nevada at 7 p.m. Thursday.

CSU (26-5, 13-5) took the third seed, earning it a spot against No. 6 Fresno State in a 9:30 p.m. game. Colorado State University has defeated the Bulldogs both times the teams met this year. In the 4-5 game, Wyoming and Utah State will play at 3:30 p.m.

The top six seeds receive automatic byes into the quarterfinals. All quarterfinals will be played Thursday.

Friday's semifinals will pit the winners of the Boise State and 4/5 games against each other. On the other side of the bracket, the victor of the Aztecs' game will play the CSU-Fresno State winner.

Because San Jose State is ineligible for postseason competition in 2014-15, the bracket only consists of 10 teams.

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Mountain West tournament

Wednesday

No. 8 New Mexico vs. No. 9 Air Force, 1 p.m.

No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Nevada, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday

No. 1 Boise State vs. 8/9 winner, 1 p.m.

No. 4 Wyoming vs. No. 5 Utah State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 2 San Diego State vs. 7/10 winner, 7 p.m.

No. 3 CSU vs. No. 6 Fresno State, 9:30 p.m.