Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

The Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament is the conference championship tournament in women's basketball for the Mountain West Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament involving all of the 11 league schools, and seeding is based on regular-season records with head-to-head match-up as a tie-breaker. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceMountain West Conference
Number of teams11
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumThomas & Mack Center
Current locationLas Vegas, Nevada
Played2000–present
Last contest2024
Current championUNLV Lady Rebels (2)
Most championshipsBoise State Broncos, New Mexico Lobos (5)
Official websiteMountain West Conference Women's Basketball

In the first round, the #8 seed plays the #9 seed, the #7 seed plays the #10 seed, and the #6 seed plays the #11 seed, with the 3 top seeds (ranked by conference record) play the winners of those respective games, while the #4 and #5 seed play each other. The winners of the four games play each other in the Semifinals, and the winner of those two games play off against each other to determine the champion.[1]

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-Up Venue
2000 Utah (1) 61–47 BYU Las Vegas, NV (Thomas & Mack Center)
2001 Colorado State (1) 59–56 BYU
2002 BYU (1) 61–46 UNLV
2003 New Mexico (1) 52–46 BYU
2004 New Mexico (2) 71–50 Utah Denver, CO (Pepsi Center)
2005 New Mexico (3) 47–37 Utah
2006 Utah (2) 84–60 BYU
2007 New Mexico (4) 63–49 BYU Las Vegas, NV (Thomas & Mack Center)
2008 New Mexico (5) 62–59 San Diego State
2009 Utah (3) 63–58 San Diego State
2010 San Diego State (1) 70–60 (OT) Utah
2011 Utah (4) 52–47 (OT) TCU
2012 San Diego State (2) 57–43 Utah
2013 Fresno State (1) 76–70 San Diego State
2014 Fresno State (2) 77–68 Colorado State
2015 Boise State (1) 66–60 Colorado State
2016 Colorado State (2) 55–54 Fresno State
2017 Boise State (2) 66–53 Fresno State
2018 Boise State (3) 62–60 Nevada
2019 Boise State (4) 68–51 Wyoming
2020 Boise State (5) 80–76 (OT) Fresno State
2021 Wyoming (1) 59–56 Fresno State
2022 UNLV (1) 75–65 Colorado State
2023 UNLV (2) 71-60 Wyoming

Champions

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School Titles Years
New Mexico 5 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
Boise State 5 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Utah 4 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011
Colorado State 2 2001, 2016
Fresno State 2 2013, 2014
San Diego State 2 2010, 2012
UNLV 2 2022, 2023
BYU 1 2002
Wyoming 1 2021
  • Air Force, Nevada, San José State, and Utah State have not yet won a Mountain West tournament.
  • TCU never won a Mountain West tournament as a conference member.
  • Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the Mountain West.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). theme.wcom. Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 19 February 2023.