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.
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.
Results Year Champion Score Runner-up Location2000Utah (1)61–47BYULas Vegas, NV (Thomas & Mack Center)2001Colorado State (1)59–56BYU2002BYU (1)61–46UNLV2003New Mexico (1)52–46BYU2004New Mexico (2)71–50UtahDenver, CO (Pepsi Center)2005New Mexico (3)47–37Utah2006Utah (2)84–60BYU2007New Mexico (4)63–49BYULas Vegas, NV (Thomas & Mack Center)2008New Mexico (5)62–59San Diego State2009Utah (3)63–58San Diego State2010San Diego State (1)70–60 (OT)Utah2011Utah (4)52–47 (OT)TCU2012San Diego State (2)57–43Utah2013Fresno State (1)76–70San Diego State2014Fresno State (2)77–68Colorado State2015Boise State (1)66–60Colorado State2016Colorado State (2)55–54Fresno State2017Boise State (2)66–53Fresno State2018Boise State (3)62–60Nevada2019Boise State (4)68–51Wyoming2020Boise State (5)80–76 (OT)Fresno State2021Wyoming (1)59–56Fresno State2022UNLV (1)75–65Colorado State2023UNLV (2)71-60Wyoming2024UNLV (3)66–49San Diego State2025San Diego State (3)72–68 (3OT)UNLV2026Colorado State (3)56–42Air Force
Champions School Championships Championship YearsBoise State5 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020New Mexico5 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008Utah4 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011Colorado State3 2001, 2016, 2026San Diego State3 2010, 2012, 2025UNLV3 2022, 2023, 2024Fresno State2 2013, 2014BYU1 2002Wyoming1 2021
Air Force, Grand Canyon, Nevada, and San José State have not yet won a Mountain West tournament. TCU and Utah State never won a Mountain West tournament as conference members. Schools highlighted in light purple are former members of the Mountain West.
See also Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament
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