2018 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was held from 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 received 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.

2018 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsBoise State (3rd title)
Winning coachGordy Presnell (3rd title)
MVPRiley Lupfer[1] (Boise State)
TelevisionMW Net, Stadium
2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Boise State144 .778  2310  .697
UNLV144 .778  1912  .613
Wyoming135 .722  2211  .667
Colorado State117 .611  2112  .636
Fresno State117 .611  1715  .531
New Mexico108 .556  2511  .694
Nevada711 .389  1917  .528
San Diego State513 .278  1119  .367
Utah State513 .278  723  .233
Air Force513 .278  625  .194
San Jose State414 .222  723  .233
2018 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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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