2024 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

2024 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams11
SiteThomas & Mack Center
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsUNLV (3rd title)
Winning coachLindy La Rocque (3rd title)
TelevisionStadium/MWN, CBSSN
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2023–24 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNLV † 17 – 1   .944 30 – 3   .909
New Mexico 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656
Wyoming 11 – 7   .611 18 – 15   .545
Nevada 10 – 8   .556 16 – 16   .500
Colorado State 10 – 8   .556 20 – 11   .645
San Diego State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 13   .629
Boise State 10 – 8   .556 21 – 14   .600
Air Force 8 – 10   .444 15 – 17   .469
Fresno State 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Utah State 2 – 16   .111 5 – 25   .167
San Jose State 2 – 16   .111 7 – 24   .226
† 2024 Mountain West tournament winner

The 2024 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It is to be held March 10–13, 2024, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada.[1] The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 11 Mountain West schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are to be seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages.[2] The top five teams will receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.[3]

  • Head-to-head record between the tied teams
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
  • Higher NET
Seed School Conf Tiebreaker(s)
1 UNLV 17–1
2 New Mexico 12–6
3 Wyoming 11–7
4 Nevada 10–8 4–1 against Colorado State/San Diego State/Boise State
5 Colorado State 10–8 3–2 against Nevada/San Diego State/Boise State
6 Boise State 10–8
7 San Diego State 10–8
8 Air Force 8–10
9 Fresno State 7–11
10 San Jose State 2–16
11 Utah State 2–16

Schedule

Game Time[4] Matchup Score Television
First round – Sunday, March 10
1 2:00 pm No. 8 Air Force vs. No. 9 Fresno State 44–62 Stadium
2 4:30 pm No. 7 San Diego State vs. No. 10 San Jose State 72–51
3 7:00 pm No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 11 Utah State 85–42
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11
4 12:00 pm No. 1 UNLV vs. No. 9 Fresno State 83–35 Stadium
5 2:30 pm No. 4 Nevada vs. No. 5 Colorado State 54–65
6 5:00 pm No. 2 New Mexico vs. No. 7 San Diego State 56–67
7 7:30 pm No. 3 Wyoming vs. No. 6 Boise State 54–62
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12
8 5:00 pm No. 1 UNLV vs. No. 5 Colorado State 62–52 Stadium
9 7:30 pm No. 7 San Diego State vs. No. 6 Boise State 72–69
Championship – Wednesday, March 13
10 7:30 pm No. 1 UNLV vs. No. 7 San Diego State 66–49 CBSSN
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Sunday, March 10
Stadium/MWN 		Quarterfinals
Monday, March 11
Stadium/MWN 		Semifinals
Tuesday, March 12
Stadium/MWN 		Championship
Wednesday, March 13
CBSSN
1 UNLV 83
8 Air Force 42 9 Fresno State 35
9 Fresno State 62 1 UNLV 62
5 Colorado State 52
4 Nevada 54
5 Colorado State 65
1 UNLV 66
7 San Diego State 49
2 New Mexico 56
7 San Diego State 72 7 San Diego State 67
10 San Jose State 51 7 San Diego State 72
6 Boise State 69
3 Wyoming 54
6 Boise State 85 6 Boise State 62
11 Utah State 49

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "UNLVtickets.com - 2024 Mountain West Basketball Championships".
  2. ^ "2023-2024 MW Basketball Tiebreakers (PDF) - Mountain West Conference" (PDF).
  3. ^ "2024 Mountain West Women's Basketball Championship Bracket Set".
  4. ^ "2024 MW Basketball Championships Schedule (PDF) – Mountain West Conference" (PDF).