2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2017–18 |
Teams | 11 |
Site | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
Champions | Boise State (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Gordy Presnell (3rd title) |
MVP | Riley Lupfer [1] (Boise State) |
Television | MW Net, Stadium |
2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 25 | – | 11 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 17 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 25 | .194 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
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.
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 |
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#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 |
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | TV Announcers | MW Radio Announcers | |
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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. |
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 |
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