The Mountain West men’s basketball tournament begins Wednesday at Thomas & Mack Center with host UNLV playing as the No. 7 seed against No. 10 Air Force at 1:30 p.m., the league announced Sunday.
San Diego State will be the top men’s seed and Fresno State the No. 2 seed.
If the Rebels should win Wednesday, they would play the Fresno State Bulldogs at 6 p.m. Thursday.
San Diego State will open play at noon Thursday. UNR, the No. 5 seed, meets No. 4 New Mexico a 2:30 Thursday.
The conference championship game is scheduled for 3 p.