The 2026 Mountain West Men’s Basketball Championship starts on Wednesday in Las Vegas, featuring Grand Canyon after its inaugural regular season in the conference.
GCU (20-11, 13-7 Mountain West) had a very respectable showing in its first season after jumping up a league. The ‘Lopes held on to a top-four spot with their win over Fresno State on Saturday, and with it came a first-round bye.
The ‘Lopes will play their first game on Thursday at Thomas & Mack Center, home of UNLV and the NBA Summer League. They’ll face the winner between No. 5 Nevada and No. 12 Air Force, a matchup that will be played on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
GCU won four out of its final five WAC tournaments to earn its only four NCAA Tournament appearances since making the jump to Division 1 in 2013-14.
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It will likely have to take the same avenue of winning its conference tournament to make the NCAA Tournament this season. Utah State appears safely in the bracket regardless of what happens in Las Vegas, while San Diego State and New Mexico are on the bubble.
TV, times for Mountain West men’s basketball tournament:
All times listed are MST.
First Round on Wednesday, March 11 (all games on Mountain West Network):
Game 1: No. 8 UNLV vs. No. 9 Wyoming at noon Game 2: No. 5 Nevada vs. No. 12 Air Force at 2:30 p.m. Game 3: No. 7 Colorado State vs. No. 10 Fresno State at 6 p.m. Game 4: No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 11 San Jose State at 8:30 p.m.Quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12 (all games on CBS Sports Network):
Game 5: No. 1 Utah State vs. Game 1 winner at noon Game 6: No. 4 GCU vs. Game 2 winner at 2:30 p.m. Game 7: No. 2 San Diego State vs. Game 3 winner at 6 p.m. Game 8: No. 3 New Mexico vs. Game 4 winner at 8:30 p.m.Semifinals on Friday, March 13 (all games on CBS Sports Network):
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner at 6:30 p.m. Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner at 9 p.m.Final on Saturday, March 14:
Championship: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner at 3 p.m. (CBS)Hence then, the article about mountain west men s basketball tournament schedule gcu gets first round bye was published today ( ) and is available on Arizona sports ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
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