# 2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was held from March 5–9, 2018 at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament. The 2017 tournament, saw Boise State defeat Fresno State 66-53 to receive an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA 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 |
| #1 | Boise State | 14–4 |
| #2 | UNLV | 14–4 |
| #3 | Wyoming | 13–5 |
| #4 | Fresno State | 11–7 |
| #5 | Colorado State | 11–7 |
| #6 | New Mexico | 10–8 |
| #7 | Nevada | 7–11 |
| #8 | Air Force | 5–13 |
| #9 | Utah State | 5–13 |
| #10 | San Diego State | 5–13 |
| #11 | San Jose State | 4–14 |

## Schedule

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

## Bracket

Source:
| First round Monday, March 5 | First round Monday, March 5 | First round Monday, March 5 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 6 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 7 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 7 | Semifinals Wednesday, March 7 | Championship Friday, March 9 | Championship Friday, March 9 | Championship Friday, March 9 |
| | | | 1 | Boise St. | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Air Force | 46 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Air Force | 68 | 8 | Air Force | 46 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Utah St. | 54 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Utah St. | 54 | | | | 1 | Boise State | 76 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Colorado State | 51 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Fresno St. | 55 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Colorado State | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Boise State | 62 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Nevada | 60 |
| | | | 2 | UNLV | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Nevada | 77 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Nevada | 95 | 7 | Nevada | 77 | | | | | | |
| 10 | San Diego St. | 84 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | San Diego St. | 84 | | | | 7 | Nevada | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Wyoming | 63 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Wyoming | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | New Mexico | 66 | | | | | | |
| 6 | New Mexico | 84 | 6 | New Mexico | 66 | | | | | | |
| 11 | San Jose St. | 54 | | | | | | | | | |