2015 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:11
Arena:Thomas & Mack Center
City:Paradise, NV
Champions:Boise State
Titlecount:1st MW- 2nd overall
Coach:Gordy Presnell
Coachcount:1st
Television:MWN

The 2015 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was held on March 9–13, 2015 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] As with last year, the top 5 seeds got the first round bye. For the 3rd year in a row, Mountain West Network carried all games of the tournament. This year they also added the championship game to their schedule. The tournament champion received the Mountain West's only bid to the 2015 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.

SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker
  1. 1
Colorado State15–3 (23–6)
  1. 2
New Mexico14–4 (18–11)
  1. 3
Fresno State13–5 (21–8)
  1. 4
Boise State11–7 (19–10)
  1. 5
UNLV10–8 (13–16)1–1 vs. Wyoming, 1–1 vs. New Mexico
  1. 6
Wyoming10–8 (15–13)1–1 vs. Wyoming, 0–2 vs. New Mexico
  1. 7
San Diego State8–10 (11–18)
  1. 8
San Jose State7–11 (13–16)
  1. 9
Utah State5–13 (8–22)1–1 vs. Nevada, 1–1 vs. San Jose State
  1. 10
Nevada5–13 (9–20)1–1 vs. Utah State, 0–2 vs. San Jose State
  1. 11
Air Force1–17 (2–27)

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV AnnouncersMW Radio Announcers
First round – Monday, March 9
12:00 pm
  1. 8 San Jose State vs. #9 Utah State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkNate Kreckman & Robert Smith
24:30 pm
  1. 7 San Diego State vs. #10 Nevada
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkBrett Grant & Robert Smith
37:00 pm
  1. 6 Wyoming vs. #11 Air Force
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkMitch Moss & Marty Fletcher
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10
4Noon
  1. 1 Colorado State vs. #8 San Jose State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkChad Andrus & Marty Fletcher
52:30 pm
  1. 4 Boise State vs. #5 UNLV
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkNate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
66:00 pm
  1. 2 New Mexico vs. #7 San Diego State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkChad Andrus & Robert Smith
78:30 pm
  1. 3 Fresno State vs. #6 Wyoming
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkNate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 11
86:00 pm
  1. 4 Boise State vs. #8 San Jose State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkChad Andrus & Robert Smith
98:30 pm
  1. 2 New Mexico vs. #3 Fresno State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkNate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Championship – Friday, March 13
1012:00 pm
  1. 2 New Mexico vs. #4 Boise State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkChad Andrus & Robert Smith
  • Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES FORMAT FOR 2015 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. TheMW.com. 17 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150303131430/http://www.themw.com/news/mw-announces-2015-basketball-champ-format_07-17-14_qkq74c. 3 March 2015. dead. dmy-all.