2024 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament
2024 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2023–24 |
Teams | 11 |
Site | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, Nevada |
Champions | UNLV (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Lindy La Rocque (3rd title) |
Television | Stadium/MWN, CBSSN |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNLV † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 30 | – | 3 | .909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nevada | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boise State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Air Force | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fresno State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Mountain West tournament winner |
The 2024 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It is to be held March 10–13, 2024, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada.[1] The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds
[edit]All 11 Mountain West schools will participate in the tournament. Teams are to be seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages.[2] The top five teams will receive byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams will play in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.[3]
- 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
Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker(s) |
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1 | UNLV | 17–1 | |
2 | New Mexico | 12–6 | |
3 | Wyoming | 11–7 | |
4 | Nevada | 10–8 | 4–1 against Colorado State/San Diego State/Boise State |
5 | Colorado State | 10–8 | 3–2 against Nevada/San Diego State/Boise State |
6 | Boise State | 10–8 | |
7 | San Diego State | 10–8 | |
8 | Air Force | 8–10 | |
9 | Fresno State | 7–11 | |
10 | San Jose State | 2–16 | |
11 | Utah State | 2–16 |
Schedule
[edit]Game | Time[4] | Matchup | Score | Television | |
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First round – Sunday, March 10 | |||||
1 | 2:00 pm | No. 8 Air Force vs. No. 9 Fresno State | 44–62 | Stadium | |
2 | 4:30 pm | No. 7 San Diego State vs. No. 10 San Jose State | 72–51 | ||
3 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Boise State vs. No. 11 Utah State | 85–42 | ||
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11 | |||||
4 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 UNLV vs. No. 9 Fresno State | 83–35 | Stadium | |
5 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Nevada vs. No. 5 Colorado State | 54–65 | ||
6 | 5:00 pm | No. 2 New Mexico vs. No. 7 San Diego State | 56–67 | ||
7 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Wyoming vs. No. 6 Boise State | 54–62 | ||
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12 | |||||
8 | 5:00 pm | No. 1 UNLV vs. No. 5 Colorado State | 62–52 | Stadium | |
9 | 7:30 pm | No. 7 San Diego State vs. No. 6 Boise State | 72–69 | ||
Championship – Wednesday, March 13 | |||||
10 | 7:30 pm | No. 1 UNLV vs. No. 7 San Diego State | 66–49 | CBSSN | |
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
[edit]First round Sunday, March 10 Stadium/MWN | Quarterfinals Monday, March 11 Stadium/MWN | Semifinals Tuesday, March 12 Stadium/MWN | Championship Wednesday, March 13 CBSSN | ||||||||||||||||
1 | UNLV | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Air Force | 42 | 9 | Fresno State | 35 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Fresno State | 62 | 1 | UNLV | 62 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Colorado State | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Nevada | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Colorado State | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | UNLV | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | San Diego State | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | New Mexico | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | San Diego State | 72 | 7 | San Diego State | 67 | ||||||||||||||
10 | San Jose State | 51 | 7 | San Diego State | 72 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Boise State | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wyoming | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Boise State | 85 | 6 | Boise State | 62 | ||||||||||||||
11 | Utah State | 49 |
* denotes overtime period
References
[edit]- ^ "UNLVtickets.com - 2024 Mountain West Basketball Championships".
- ^ "2023-2024 MW Basketball Tiebreakers (PDF) - Mountain West Conference" (PDF).
- ^ "2024 Mountain West Women's Basketball Championship Bracket Set".
- ^ "2024 MW Basketball Championships Schedule (PDF) – Mountain West Conference" (PDF).