2015 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2015 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
Champions	Boise State (1st MW- 2nd overall title)
Winning coach	Gordy Presnell (1st title)
Television	MWN
Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments «2014  2016»

The 2015 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament will be held on March 9–13, 2015 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] As with last year the top 5 seeds will get the first round bye. For the 3rd year in a row all games Mountain West Network will carry the tournament, but this year they also add the championship game to their schedule. The tournament champion will receive the Mountain West's only bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

2014–15 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Colorado State	15	–	3		.833			23	–	8		.742
New Mexico	14	–	4		.778			21	–	13		.618
Fresno State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Boise State †	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Wyoming	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
UNLV	10	–	8		.556			13	–	17		.433
San Diego State	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
San Jose State	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Nevada	5	–	13		.278			9	–	21		.300
Utah State	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
Air Force	1	–	17		.056			2	–	28		.067
† 2015 MWC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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	15–3 (23–6)
#2	New Mexico	14–4 (18–11)
#3	Fresno State	13–5 (21–8)
#4	Boise State	11–7 (19–10)
#5	UNLV	10–8 (13–16)	1–1 vs. Wyoming, 1–1 vs. New Mexico
#6	Wyoming	10–8 (15–13)	1–1 vs. Wyoming, 0–2 vs. New Mexico
#7	San Diego State	8–10 (11–18)
#8	San Jose State	7–11 (13–16)
#9	Utah State	5–13 (8–22)	1–1 vs. Nevada, 1–1 vs. San Jose State
#10	Nevada	5–13 (9–20)	1–1 vs. Utah State, 0–2 vs. San Jose State
#11	Air Force	1–17 (2–27)

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	TV Announcers	MW Radio Announcers
First round – Monday, March 9
1	2:00 pm	#8 San Jose State vs. #9 Utah State	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
2	4:30 pm	#7 San Diego State vs. #10 Nevada	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Brett Grant & Robert Smith
3	7:00 pm	#6 Wyoming vs. #11 Air Force	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Mitch Moss & Marty Fletcher
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 10
4	Noon	#1 Colorado State vs. #8 San Jose State	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Chad Andrus & Marty Fletcher
5	2:30 pm	#4 Boise State vs. #5 UNLV	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Nate Kreckman & Marty Fletcher
6	6:00 pm	#2 New Mexico vs. #7 San Diego State	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
7	8:30 pm	#3 Fresno State vs. #6 Wyoming	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 11
8	6:00 pm	#4 Boise State vs. #8 San Jose State	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
9	8:30 pm	#2 New Mexico vs. #3 Fresno State	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Nate Kreckman & Robert Smith
Championship – Friday, March 13
10	12:00 pm	#2 New Mexico vs. #4 Boise State	MWN	Rich Cellini & Krista Blunk	Chad Andrus & Robert Smith
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First Round Monday, March 9 MWN					Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 10 MWN					Semifinals Wednesday, March 11 MWN					Championship Friday, March 13 MWN
						1	Colorado State	55
						8	San Jose State	64
	8	San Jose State	99
	9	Utah State	85
											8	San Jose State	67
										4	Boise State	76
						4	Boise State	64
						5	UNLV	46
																4	Boise State	66
																2	New Mexico	60
						2	New Mexico	57
						7	San Diego State	56
	7	San Diego State	70
	10	Nevada	48
											2	New Mexico	64
										3	Fresno State	53
						3	Fresno State	74
						6	Wyoming	66
	6	Wyoming	70
	11	Air Force	48

References

1. "MOUNTAIN WEST ANNOUNCES FORMAT FOR 2015 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS". TheMW.com. Retrieved 17 July 2014.