If the old adage "defense wins championships," is true, crown Utah and San Diego State as co-champions MWC Tournament champions.

The Utah women's basketball team locked up its place in the NCAA tournament with a 63-58 victory over the San Diego State Aztecs to win the MWC championship.

Luke Nevill and Morgan Warburton have been crucial to their teams' success all season and the MWC conference tournament was no different.

The Runnin' Utes won the little battles en route to winning the war, as they beat Wyoming 68-55 in semifinals of the Mountain West Conference tournament.

Utah will now be playing in the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship for the first time in four years, after a 68-55 bashing of Wyoming.

A capacity crowd showed up to say goodbye to Kim and Baskett and watch the Red Rocks beat No. 5 Florida, 197.025 to 196.00, for the first time in three regular season meetings.

Morgan Warburton may have hit the game winning shot in Utah's 56-55 win in the semifinals of the MWC tournament, but it was the efforts of two bench players that gave her that opportunity. Josi McDermott and Sasha McKinnon came off the bench to supply a pair of timely 3-pointers for the Utes.

With less than 20 seconds left in the game, and the game tied at 58-58, Ute point guard Luka Drca controlled the ball at the top of the perimeter, and then drove it with eight seconds left in the game.

The Utah women's basketball team followed the men's example as Morgan Warburton hit a game winning shot with two seconds remaining, giving the U women's basketball team a 56-55 win over the New Mexico Lobos and a place in the Mountain West Conference tournament finals.

The Runnin' Utes system is designed around big man Luke Nevill, but the Utes discovered they could be successful with a smaller line-up on the floor in their 61-58 quarterfinal win over TCU.