The Mountain West Conference announced the schedule for the 2013 Mountain West Conference Basketball Championships, which will be held in Las Vegas between March 12-16.

The tournament will be held at the Thomas & Mack Center, and will feature 16 games, as nine teams vie for the automatic qualifier into the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

The championship game for both the men's and women's tournament will be held on Saturday, March 16. The men's championship game will take place first, at 3:05 p.m. PT. The women's championship game will tip off at 7:05 p.m. PT.

For the first time in Mountain West history, the men's final will air nationally, on CBS.

If you're interested in purchasing tickets to the tournament, here's how:

VIP all-session tickets, good for all 16 games of the 2013 Mountain West Basketball Championships, are available for $625 and $375. Reserved all-session tickets are available for $180 and $140. All-session tickets are on sale now at MW member institution box offices. Single-session tickets will be available for purchase starting on Friday, March 1, 2013, at the Thomas & Mack Center box office or through UNLVTickets.com. For more information, please call 702-739-FANS.

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