2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2016
Conference:Mountain West Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:11
Arena:Thomas & Mack Center
City:Paradise, NV
Champions:Colorado State
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Ryun Williams
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Elin Gustavsson
Mvpteam:Colorado State
Attendance:8,420
Television:MWN

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.

SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker
  1. 1
Colorado State18–0 (28–1)
  1. 2
Fresno State15–3 (19–10)
  1. 3
Boise State12–6 (19–10)
  1. 4
San Jose State11–7 (13–16)
  1. 5
New Mexico9–9 (16–13)1–1 vs. UNLV
  1. 6
UNLV9–9 (16–13)1–1 vs. UNM
  1. 7
Utah State8–10 (13–16)
  1. 8
San Diego State6–12 (11–18)2–0 vs. WYO
  1. 9
Wyoming6–12 (13–15)0–2 vs. SDSU
  1. 10
Nevada4–14 (5–24)
  1. 11
Air Force1–17 (1–28)

Schedule

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GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV AnnouncersMW Radio Announcers
First round – Monday, March 7
12:00 pm
  1. 8 San Diego State vs. #9 Wyoming
MWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkNate Kreckman & Robert Smith
24:30 pm
  1. 7 Utah State vs. #10 Nevada
Brett Grant & Robert Smith
37:00 pm
  1. 6 UNLV vs. #11 Air Force
Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 8
4Noon
  1. 1 Colorado State vs. #8 San Diego State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista Blunk
52:30 pm
  1. 4 San Jose State vs. #5 New Mexico
66:00 pm
  1. 2 Fresno State vs. #7 Utah State
78:30 pm
  1. 3 Boise State vs. #6 UNLV
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9
86:30 pm
  1. 1 Colorado State vs. #5 New Mexico
MWNRich Cellini & Krista Blunk
99:00 pm
  1. 2 Fresno State vs. #6 UNLV
Championship – Friday, March 11
10Noon
  1. 1 Colorado State vs. #2 Fresno State
MWNRich Cellini & Krista Blunk
  • Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.