2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
Champions	Colorado State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Ryun Williams (1st title)
MVP	Elin Gustavsson (Colorado State)
Attendance	8,420
Television	MWN
Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Colorado State †	18	–	0		1.000			31	–	2		.939
Fresno State	15	–	3		.833			22	–	12		.647
Boise State	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
San Jose State	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
UNLV	9	–	9		.500			18	–	14		.563
New Mexico	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Utah State	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Wyoming	6	–	12		.333			13	–	16		.448
San Diego State	6	–	12		.333			12	–	19		.387
Nevada	4	–	14		.222			5	–	25		.167
Air Force	1	–	17		.056			1	–	29		.033
† 2016 MWC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's which was held on March 7–11, 2016 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Colorado State defeated Fresno State to win their 2nd Mountain West title, 3rd overall for the first time since 2001 and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's 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 (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Colorado State	18–0 (28–1)
#2	Fresno State	15–3 (19–10)
#3	Boise State	12–6 (19–10)
#4	San Jose State	11–7 (13–16)
#5	New Mexico	9–9 (16–13)	1–1 vs. UNLV
#6	UNLV	9–9 (16–13)	1–1 vs. UNM
#7	Utah State	8–10 (13–16)
#8	San Diego State	6–12 (11–18)	2–0 vs. WYO
#9	Wyoming	6–12 (13–15)	0–2 vs. SDSU
#10	Nevada	4–14 (5–24)
#11	Air Force	1–17 (1–28)

Schedule

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

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 7 MWN					Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 MWN					Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 MWN					Championship Friday, March 11 MWN
						1	Colorado State	53
						8	San Diego State	41
	8	San Diego State	62
	9	Wyoming	44
											1	Colorado State	60
											5	New Mexico	42
						4	San Jose State	51
						5	New Mexico	65
																1	Colorado State	55
																2	Fresno State	54
						2	Fresno State	55
						7	Utah State	47
	7	Utah State	59
	10	Nevada	35
											2	Fresno State	66
											6	UNLV	60
						3	Boise State	65
						6	UNLV	71
	6	UNLV	55
	11	Air Force	42