2018 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2018 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 11
Site Thomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
Champions Boise State (4th title)
Winning coach Gordy Presnell (4th title)
MVP Riley Lupfer[1] (Boise State)
Television MW Net, Stadium
2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Boise State †14–4 .778  23–10  .697
UNLV14–4 .778  19–12  .613
Wyoming13–5 .722  22–11  .667
Colorado State11–7 .611  21–12  .636
Fresno State11–7 .611  17–15  .531
New Mexico10–8 .556  25–11  .694
Nevada7–11 .389  19–17  .528
San Diego State5–13 .278  11–19  .367
Utah State5–13 .278  7–23  .233
Air Force5–13 .278  6–25  .194
San Jose State4–14 .222  7–23  .233
† 2018 MW Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament will be held March 5-9, 2018 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2] The winner of the tournament will receive an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The 2017 tournament, saw Boise State defeat Fresno State 66-53 to receive an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker
#1 Boise State 14–4
#2 UNLV 14–4
#3 Wyoming 13–5
#4 Fresno State 11–7
#5 Colorado State 11–7
#6 New Mexico 10–8
#7 Nevada 7–11
#8 Air Force 5–13
#9 Utah State 5–13
#10 San Diego State 5–13
#11 San Jose State 4–14

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television TV Announcers MW Radio Announcers
First round – Monday, March 5
1
 2:00 pm
#8 Air Force vs. #9 Utah State
 MWN Krista Blunk & Tammy Blackburn Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
2
 4:30 pm
#7 Nevada vs. #10 San Diego St.
 Chris Lewis & Robert Smith
3
 7:00 pm
#6 New Mexico vs. #11 San Jose St.
 Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 6
4
 Noon
#1 Boise State vs. #8 Air Force
MWN Krista Blunk & Tammy Blackburn Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
5
 2:30 pm
#4 Fresno State vs. #5 CSU
Chad Andrus & Marty Fletcher
6
 6:00 pm
#2 UNLV vs. #7 Nevada
Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
7
 8:30 pm
#3 Wyoming vs. #6 New Mexico
 Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 7
8
 6:30 pm
#1 Bosie St. vs. #5 Colorado St.
 MWN Krista Blunk & Tammy Blackburn Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
9
 9:00 pm
#7 Nevada vs. #3 Wyoming
Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
Championship – Friday, March 9
10
 Noon
#1 Boise St. vs. #7 Nevada
 Stadium Krista Blunk & Tammy Blackburn Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Source:[3]

  First round
Monday, March 5		 Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 6		 Semifinals
Wednesday, March 7		 Championship
Friday, March 9
                                     
       
  1 Boise St. 60  
    8 Air Force 46  
8 Air Force 68
9 Utah St. 54  
  1 Boise State 76  
  5 Colorado State 51  
       
       
  4 Fresno St. 55
    5 Colorado State 71  
     
       
  1 Boise State 62
  7 Nevada 60
       
       
  2 UNLV 73
    7 Nevada 77  
7 Nevada 95
10 San Diego St. 84  
  7 Nevada 67
  3 Wyoming 63  
       
       
  3 Wyoming 69
    6 New Mexico 66  
6 New Mexico 84
11 San Jose St. 54  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018 MOUNTAIN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (March 9 , 2018)" (PDF). themw.com. March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Mountain West Women's Basketball Championship". themw.com. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "2018 MOUNTAIN WEST WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). themw.com. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
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