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.
SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker#1Colorado State18–0 (28–1)#2Fresno State15–3 (19–10)#3Boise State12–6 (19–10)#4San Jose State11–7 (13–16)#5New Mexico9–9 (16–13)1–1 vs. UNLV#6UNLV9–9 (16–13)1–1 vs. UNM#7Utah State8–10 (13–16)#8San Diego State6–12 (11–18)2–0 vs. WYO#9Wyoming6–12 (13–15)0–2 vs. SDSU#10Nevada4–14 (5–24)#11Air Force1–17 (1–28)
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionTV AnnouncersMW Radio Announcers First round – Monday, March 712:00 pm#8 San Diego State vs. #9 WyomingMWNRich Cellini & Krista BlunkNate Kreckman & Robert Smith24:30 pm#7 Utah State vs. #10 NevadaBrett Grant & Robert Smith37:00 pm#6 UNLV vs. #11 Air ForceMitch Moss & Marty Fletcher Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 84Noon#1 Colorado State vs. #8 San Diego StateMWNRich Cellini & Krista Blunk52:30 pm#4 San Jose State vs. #5 New Mexico66:00 pm#2 Fresno State vs. #7 Utah State78:30 pm#3 Boise State vs. #6 UNLV Semifinals – Wednesday, March 986:30 pm#1 Colorado State vs. #5 New MexicoMWNRich Cellini & Krista Blunk99:00 pm#2 Fresno State vs. #6 UNLV Championship – Friday, March 1110Noon#1 Colorado State vs. #2 Fresno StateMWNRich Cellini & Krista Blunk *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket The tournament took place March 7–11.
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