2015 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

2015 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsBoise State (1st MW- 2nd overall title)
Winning coachGordy Presnell (1st title)
TelevisionMWN
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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.

2014–15 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Colorado State 15 – 3   .833 23 – 8   .742
New Mexico 14 – 4   .778 21 – 13   .618
Fresno State 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Boise State † 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Wyoming 10 – 8   .556 16 – 14   .533
UNLV 10 – 8   .556 13 – 17   .433
San Diego State 8 – 10   .444 12 – 19   .387
San Jose State 7 – 11   .389 15 – 17   .469
Nevada 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
Utah State 5 – 13   .278 8 – 23   .258
Air Force 1 – 17   .056 2 – 28   .067
† 2015 MWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


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 (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Colorado State 15–3 (23–6)
#2 New Mexico 14–4 (18–11)
#3 Fresno State 13–5 (21–8)
#4 Boise State 11–7 (19–10)
#5 UNLV 10–8 (13–16) 1–1 vs. Wyoming, 1–1 vs. New Mexico
#6 Wyoming 10–8 (15–13) 1–1 vs. Wyoming, 0–2 vs. New Mexico
#7 San Diego State 8–10 (11–18)
#8 San Jose State 7–11 (13–16)
#9 Utah State 5–13 (8–22) 1–1 vs. Nevada, 1–1 vs. San Jose State
#10 Nevada 5–13 (9–20) 1–1 vs. Utah State, 0–2 vs. San Jose State
#11 Air Force 1–17 (2–27)

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television TV Announcers MW Radio Announcers
First round – Monday, March 9
1 2:00 pm #8 San Jose State vs. #9 Utah State MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
2 4:30 pm #7 San Diego State vs. #10 Nevada MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Brett Grant & Robert Smith
3 7:00 pm #6 Wyoming vs. #11 Air Force MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10
4 Noon #1 Colorado State vs. #8 San Jose State MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Chad Andrus & Marty Fletcher
5 2:30 pm #4 Boise State vs. #5 UNLV MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
6 6:00 pm #2 New Mexico vs. #7 San Diego State MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
7 8:30 pm #3 Fresno State vs. #6 Wyoming MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 11
8 6:00 pm #4 Boise State vs. #8 San Jose State MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
9 8:30 pm #2 New Mexico vs. #3 Fresno State MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Championship – Friday, March 13
10 12:00 pm #2 New Mexico vs. #4 Boise State MWN Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 9
MWN 		Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 10
MWN 		Semifinals
Wednesday, March 11
MWN 		Championship
Friday, March 13
MWN
            
1 Colorado State 55
8 San Jose State 64
8 San Jose State 99
9 Utah State 85
8 San Jose State 67
4 Boise State 76
4 Boise State 64
5 UNLV 46
4 Boise State 66
2 New Mexico 60
2 New Mexico 57
7 San Diego State 56
7 San Diego State 70
10 Nevada 48
2 New Mexico 64
3 Fresno State 53
3 Fresno State 74
6 Wyoming 66
6 Wyoming 70
11 Air Force 48

References

  1. ^ "MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES FORMAT FOR 2015 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS". TheMW.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2014.