2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, NV
ChampionsColorado State (3rd title)
Winning coachRyun Williams (1st title)
MVPElin Gustavsson (Colorado State)
Attendance8,420
TelevisionMWN
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2015–16 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Colorado State † 18 – 0   1.000 31 – 2   .939
Fresno State 15 – 3   .833 22 – 12   .647
Boise State 12 – 6   .667 19 – 11   .633
San Jose State 11 – 7   .611 13 – 17   .433
UNLV 9 – 9   .500 18 – 14   .563
New Mexico 9 – 9   .500 17 – 15   .531
Utah State 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Wyoming 6 – 12   .333 13 – 16   .448
San Diego State 6 – 12   .333 12 – 19   .387
Nevada 4 – 14   .222 5 – 25   .167
Air Force 1 – 17   .056 1 – 29   .033
† 2016 MWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Colorado State 18–0 (28–1)
#2 Fresno State 15–3 (19–10)
#3 Boise State 12–6 (19–10)
#4 San Jose State 11–7 (13–16)
#5 New Mexico 9–9 (16–13) 1–1 vs. UNLV
#6 UNLV 9–9 (16–13) 1–1 vs. UNM
#7 Utah State 8–10 (13–16)
#8 San Diego State 6–12 (11–18) 2–0 vs. WYO
#9 Wyoming 6–12 (13–15) 0–2 vs. SDSU
#10 Nevada 4–14 (5–24)
#11 Air Force 1–17 (1–28)

Schedule

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

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 7
MWN 		Quarterfinals
Tuesday, March 8
MWN 		Semifinals
Wednesday, March 9
MWN 		Championship
Friday, March 11
MWN
            
1 Colorado State 53
8 San Diego State 41
8 San Diego State 62
9 Wyoming 44
1 Colorado State 60
5 New Mexico 42
4 San Jose State 51
5 New Mexico 65
1 Colorado State 55
2 Fresno State 54
2 Fresno State 55
7 Utah State 47
7 Utah State 59
10 Nevada 35
2 Fresno State 66
6 UNLV 60
3 Boise State 65
6 UNLV 71
6 UNLV 55
11 Air Force 42