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 (3rd title)
Winning coach	Gordy Presnell (3rd title)
MVP	Riley Lupfer (Boise State)
Television	MW Net, Stadium
Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

	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. 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.

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:

	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

• 2018 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament