Matt L. Stephens

matthewstephens@coloradoan.com

San Diego State wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the 2016 Mountain West men's basketball tournament weeks ago, but Saturday, the rest of the bracket fell into place.

The Aztecs, who, along with the other top five seeds, will receive a first-round bye into the quarterfinals and play its first game Thursday, meeting the winner of No. 8 Wyoming and No. 9 Utah State. That game is scheduled for noon Wednesday.

Fresno State earned the No. 2 seed and will meet the winner of Wednesday's 2:30 p.m. tipoff between No. 7 UNLV and No. 10 Air Force. No. 3 Boise State will face the victor of No. 6 Colorado State and No. 11 San Jose State. The Broncos were upset by San Jose State on Saturday, 68-63, dropping them out of contention for second place; the Rams have defeated the Spartans twice this season by an average of 4.5 points.

New Mexico and Nevada, the Nos. 4 and 5 seeds, respectively, will play each other in the quarterfinals Thursday at 3:30 p.m. It will be a rematch of Saturday's game in Reno when the Lobos won 71-66.

The 2016 Mountain West tournament will be played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Opening-round games will be streamed at TheMW.com. Quarterfinals and semifinals will be broadcast on the CBS Sports Network and the championship game will be aired on CBS.

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Mountain West tournament

Wednesday

Game 1: No. 8 Wyoming vs. No. 9 Utah State, noon.

Game 2: No. 7 UNLV vs. No. 10 Air Force, 2:30 p.m.

Game 3: No. 6 CSU vs. No. 11 San Jose State, 5 p.m.

Thursday (Quarterfinals)

Game 4: San Diego State vs. G1 winner, 1 p.m.

Game 5: No. 4 New Mexico vs. No. 5 Nevada, 3:30 p.m.

Game 6: No. 2 Fresno State vs. G2 winner, 7 p.m.

Game 7: No. 3 Boise State vs. G3 winner, 9:30 p.m.

Friday (Semifinals)

Game 8: G4 winner vs. G5 winner, 7 p.m.

Game 9: G6 winner vs. G7 winner, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday (Championship)

Game 10: G8 winner vs. G9 winner, 4 p.m.

All times Mountain