The 2026 Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Mountain West Conference. It was held on March 7–10, 2026, at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Paradise, Nevada. The Colorado State Rams won the tournament, their third Mountain West title and second under head coach Ryun Williams. It was the last Mountain West tournament to feature Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Utah State, all of whom left for the Pac-12 Conference the following offseason, as well as the first to feature new conference member Grand Canyon.
Seeds All 12 Mountain West schools participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical percentages. The top five teams received byes into the tournament quarterfinals. The remaining teams played in the first round. Tie-breaking procedures remained unchanged since the 2020 tournament.
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
SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker(s)1 San Diego State 19–1 2 UNLV 15–5 1–1 vs. Colorado State3 Colorado State 15–5 1–1 vs. UNLV4 New Mexico 14–6 1–1 vs. Boise State5 Boise State 14–6 1–1 vs. New Mexico6 Grand Canyon 11–9 7 Fresno State 8–12 8 Wyoming 7–11 1–1 vs. Air Force9 Air Force 7–11 1–1 vs. Wyoming10 Nevada 6–14 11 Utah State 2–18 1–1 vs. San Jose State12 San Jose State 2–18 1–1 vs. Utah State
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Saturday, March 7112:00 p.m.No. 8 Wyoming vs No. 9 Air Force 52–60Stadium/MWN87022:30 p.m.No. 5 Boise State vs No. 12 San Jose State 68–5135:00 p.m.No. 7 Fresno State vs No. 10 Nevada 74–5747:30 p.m.No. 6 Grand Canyon vs No. 11 Utah State 75–58Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8512:00 p.m.No. 1 San Diego State vs No. 9 Air Force76–83Stadium/MWN1,54562:30 p.m.No. 4 New Mexico vs No. 5 Boise State61–6275:00 p.m.No. 2 UNLV vs No. 7 Fresno State79–6587:30 p.m.No. 3 Colorado State vs No. 6 Grand Canyon 61–59Semifinals – Monday, March 995:00 p.m.No. 5 Boise State vs No. 9 Air Force66–68Stadium/MWN909107:30 p.m.No. 2 UNLV vs No. 3 Colorado State59–66Championship – Tuesday, March 10116:30 p.m.No. 3 Colorado State vs No. 9 Air Force56–42CBSSN Game times in Pacific. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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