The Mountain West has had a very up and down performance as a conference in the NCAA tournament, currently boasting a 3-4 record in the tournament as only one of the six teams who earned a bid into the tournament, being last year’s national runner-up San Diego State, has advanced into the Sweet Sixteen.
A perfect example of the Mountain West’s mixed success in the tournament would be Nevada’s first round blunder against Dayton, who they had a 17 point lead on with 7:30 left to go in the second half but lost by three by the end of things, allowing the Flyers to go on a 24-4 run at the end of the game as their offense completely disappeared at the end of the game.