# 2016 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

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.
| Seed | School | Conf (Overall) | Tiebreaker |
| #1 | Colorado State | 18–0 (28–1) | |
| #2 | Fresno State | 15–3 (19–10) | |
| #3 | Boise State | 12–6 (19–10) | |
| #4 | San Jose State | 11–7 (13–16) | |
| #5 | New Mexico | 9–9 (16–13) | 1–1 vs. UNLV |
| #6 | UNLV | 9–9 (16–13) | 1–1 vs. UNM |
| #7 | Utah State | 8–10 (13–16) | |
| #8 | San Diego State | 6–12 (11–18) | 2–0 vs. WYO |
| #9 | Wyoming | 6–12 (13–15) | 0–2 vs. SDSU |
| #10 | Nevada | 4–14 (5–24) | |
| #11 | Air Force | 1–17 (1–28) | |

## Schedule

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

## Bracket

| First round Monday, March 7 MWN | First round Monday, March 7 MWN | First round Monday, March 7 MWN | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 MWN | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 MWN | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 8 MWN | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 MWN | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 MWN | Semifinals Wednesday, March 9 MWN | Championship Friday, March 11 MWN | Championship Friday, March 11 MWN | Championship Friday, March 11 MWN |
| | | | 1 | Colorado State | 53 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | San Diego State | 41 | | | | | | |
| 8 | San Diego State | 62 | 8 | San Diego State | 41 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Wyoming | 44 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Wyoming | 44 | | | | 1 | Colorado State | 60 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | New Mexico | 42 | | | |
| | | | 4 | San Jose State | 51 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | New Mexico | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Colorado State | 55 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Fresno State | 54 |
| | | | 2 | Fresno State | 55 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Utah State | 47 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Utah State | 59 | 7 | Utah State | 47 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Nevada | 35 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Nevada | 35 | | | | 2 | Fresno State | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | UNLV | 60 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Boise State | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | UNLV | 71 | | | | | | |
| 6 | UNLV | 55 | 6 | UNLV | 71 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Air Force | 42 | | | | | | | | | |