Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

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Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Mountain West Conference logo.svg
Sport Basketball
Conference Mountain West Conference
Number of teams11
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Thomas & Mack Center
Current location Las Vegas, Nevada
Played2000–present
Last contest 2025
Current champion UNLV Lady Rebels (2)
Most championships Boise State Broncos, New Mexico Lobos (5)
Official website Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball

The Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Mountain West Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving all of the 11 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Contents

In the first round, the #8 seed plays the #9 seed, the #7 seed plays the #10 seed, and the #6 seed plays the #11 seed, with the 3 top seeds (ranked by conference record) play the winners of those respective games, while the #4 and #5 seed play each other. The winners of the four games play each other in the Semifinals, and the winner of those two games play off against each other to determine the champion. [1]

Results

YearChampionScoreRunner-upLocation
2000 Utah (1)61–47 BYU Las Vegas, NV (Thomas & Mack Center)
2001 Colorado State (1)59–56BYU
2002BYU (1)61–46 UNLV
2003 New Mexico (1)52–46BYU
2004New Mexico (2)71–50Utah Denver, CO (Pepsi Center)
2005New Mexico (3)47–37Utah
2006Utah (2)84–60BYU
2007New Mexico (4)63–49BYULas Vegas, NV (Thomas & Mack Center)
2008New Mexico (5)62–59 San Diego State
2009Utah (3)63–58San Diego State
2010San Diego State (1)70–60 (OT)Utah
2011Utah (4)52–47 (OT) TCU
2012San Diego State (2)57–43Utah
2013 Fresno State (1)76–70San Diego State
2014 Fresno State (2)77–68Colorado State
2015 Boise State (1)66–60Colorado State
2016 Colorado State (2)55–54Fresno State
2017 Boise State (2)66–53Fresno State
2018 Boise State (3)62–60 Nevada
2019 Boise State (4)68–51 Wyoming
2020 Boise State (5)80–76 (OT)Fresno State
2021 Wyoming (1)59–56Fresno State
2022 UNLV (1)75–65Colorado State
2023 UNLV (2)71-60Wyoming
2024 UNLV (3)66–49San Diego State

Champions

SchoolChampionshipsChampionship Years
New Mexico 52003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Boise State 52015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Utah 42000, 2006, 2009, 2011
San Diego State 32010, 2012, 2025
UNLV 32022, 2023, 2024
Colorado State 22001, 2016
Fresno State 22013, 2014
BYU 12002
Wyoming 12021

See also

References

  1. "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). theme.wcom. Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 19 February 2023.