The Mountain West Conference has revealed that the 2027 Credit Union 1 Basketball Championships will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 7 through March 13, bringing together all ten women's and men's programs in a single venue.
The tournament will be staged at the Thomas & Mack Center, where the women's competition kicks off on March 7 and culminates with its championship game on March 10, while the men's bracket runs from March 10 to March 13, ending with the title game on the final day.
Seeding for the event mirrors the regular‑season standings, with the top six teams on each side receiving a first‑round bye, and the remaining seeds contesting opening games that pit the seventh against the tenth and the eighth against the ninth.
Quarterfinal pairings will see the No. 1 seed meet the winner of the seventh‑versus‑tenth matchup, the fourth face the fifth, the third take on the sixth, and the second square off against the victor of the eighth‑versus‑ninth game.
Semifinal winners will then meet in the championship finals, securing the automatic NCAA tournament berth for the conference and delivering a high‑stakes climax to the week.
Broadcast and Audience Reach
Broadcast details are still being finalized, but the championship games are slated to air across CBS, CBS Sports Network and the streaming platform MW+, with tip times and network assignments to be announced in the coming weeks.
Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said the new format is designed to give student‑athletes more postseason opportunities and greater national exposure, a sentiment echoed by the conference’s long‑standing track record of sending multiple teams to the NCAA tournament each year.
In recent seasons, six of the conference’s women’s programs have made postseason appearances, and the men’s side has placed four or more squads in the national championship field for five consecutive years, including a league‑record six teams in 2024.