2021 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2021 Mountain West women's basketball tournament (officially known as the 2021 Air Force Reserve Mountain West Women's Basketball Championship due to sponsorship reasons) was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the 2020–21 season in the Mountain West Conference. The tournament was held March 11–13, 2021 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tournament winner received an automatic invitation to the 2021 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Wyoming won the conference tournament championship game over Fresno State, 59–56.

Seeds All remaining ten MW schools were eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top four teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged from the 2020 tournament.

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

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 11New Mexico11–32UNLV13–53Colorado State11–54Fresno State12–65Nevada9–76Boise State 10–87Wyoming8–88San Diego State5–129Air Force4–1410Utah State2–16

Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionFirst Round – Sunday, March 7, 202112:00 p.m.No. 8 San Diego State vs. No. 9 Air Force48-56Stadium/MWN24:30 p.m.No. 7 Wyoming vs. No. 10 Utah State69-41Quarterfinals – Monday, March 8, 2021312:00 p.m.No. 1 New Mexico vs. No. 9 Air Force67-51Stadium/MWN42:30 p.m.No. 4 Fresno State vs. No. 5 Nevada70-4655:30 p.m.No. 2 UNLV vs. No. 7 Wyoming56-7268:00 p.m.No. 3 Colorado State vs. No. 6 Boise State65-78Semifinals – Tuesday, March 9, 202175:00 p.m.No. 1 New Mexico vs. No. 4 Fresno State72-77Stadium/MWN87:30 p.m.No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 7 Wyoming38-53 Championship – Wednesday, March 10, 202198:00 p.m.No. 4 Fresno State vs. No. 7 Wyoming56-59CBSSN *All times Pacific. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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See also 2021 Mountain West Conference men's basketball tournament Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

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