2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:11
Arena:Thomas & Mack Center
City:Paradise, NV
Champions:Boise State
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Gordy Presnell
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Riley Lupfer[1]
Mvpteam:Boise State
Television:MW Net, Stadium

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.

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.

SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker
  1. 1
Boise State 14–4
  1. 2
UNLV14–4
  1. 3
Wyoming13–5
  1. 4
Fresno State11–7
  1. 5
Colorado State11–7
  1. 6
New Mexico 10–8
  1. 7
Nevada7–11
  1. 8
Air Force5–13
  1. 9
Utah State 5–13
  1. 10
San Diego State5–13
  1. 11
San Jose State4–14

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV AnnouncersMW Radio Announcers
First round – Monday, March 5
12:00 pm
  1. 8 Air Force vs. #9 Utah State
MWNKrista Blunk & Tammy BlackburnNate Kreckman & Robert Smith
24:30 pm
  1. 7 Nevada vs. #10 San Diego St.
Chris Lewis & Robert Smith
37:00 pm
  1. 6 New Mexico vs. #11 San Jose St.
Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 6
4Noon
  1. 1 Boise State vs. #8 Air Force
MWNKrista Blunk & Tammy BlackburnNate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
52:30 pm
  1. 4 Fresno State vs. #5 CSU
Chad Andrus & Marty Fletcher
66:00 pm
  1. 2 UNLV vs. #7 Nevada
Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
78:30 pm
  1. 3 Wyoming vs. #6 New Mexico
Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 7
86:30 pm
  1. 1 Bosie St. vs. #5 Colorado St.
MWNKrista Blunk & Tammy BlackburnNate Kreckman & Robert Smith
99:00 pm
  1. 7 Nevada vs. #3 Wyoming
Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
Championship – Friday, March 9
10Noon
  1. 1 Boise St. vs. #7 Nevada
StadiumKrista Blunk & Tammy BlackburnChad Andrus & Robert Smith
  • Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Source:[3]

See also

References

  1. Web site: 2018 MOUNTAIN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (March 9, 2018). themw.com. March 9, 2018. March 19, 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 Mountain West Women's Basketball Championship. themw.com. March 19, 2018.
  3. Web site: 2018 MOUNTAIN WEST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. themw.com. March 19, 2018.