As the Mountain West Championships for basketball came to a close, the eSports teams of UNLV and Boise State faced off in the Mountain West eSports Showdown at the Cox Pavilion March 8-9.
The Mountain West Conference sponsored the event as a way to show what esports is really about. The exhibition game has never been done before but the MWC is the first to acknowledge esports.
“It is definitely amazing that esports is being recognized with other traditional sports,” video game enthusiast Jared Angeles said. “Especially because Mountain West will be hosting our own esports league.