2017 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament

2017 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	11
Site	Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV
Champions	Boise State (2nd title)
Television	MWN
Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Colorado State	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
Wyoming	13	–	5		.722			22	–	10		.688
Boise State†	12	–	6		.667			25	–	8		.758
UNLV	12	–	6		.667			22	–	11		.667
New Mexico	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Utah State	9	–	9		.500			17	–	14		.548
Fresno State	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
San Jose State	7	–	11		.389			11	–	21		.344
San Diego State	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Nevada	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Air Force	2	–	16		.111			4	–	25		.138
† 2017 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was held on March 6–10, 2017 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Boise State Broncos won their third Mountain West tournament title and earned 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 (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Colorado State	15–3
#2	Wyoming	13–5
#3	UNLV	12–6	1–0 vs. Boise State
#4	Boise State	12–6	0–1 vs. UNLV
#5	New Mexico	10–8
#6	Utah State	9–9
#7	Fresno State	8–10
#8	San Jose State	7–11
#9	San Diego State	6–12
#10	Nevada	5–13
#11	Air Force	2–16

Schedule

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

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 6 MWN					Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 7 MWN					Semifinals Wednesday, March 8 MWN					Championship Friday, March 10 MWN
						1	Colorado State	65
						8	San Jose State	60
	8	San Jose State	76
	9	San Diego State	58
											1	Colorado State	61
											4	Boise State	65
						4	Boise State	64
						5	New Mexico	62
																4	Boise State	66
																7	Fresno State	53
						2	Wyoming	48
						7	Fresno State	58
	7	Fresno State	62
	10	Nevada	57
											7	Fresno State	53
											3	UNLV	51
						3	UNLV	68
						6	Utah State	43
	6	Utah State	46
	11	Air Force	40

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