Exhibit 23.1



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


          We consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration
Statement on Form S-8  pertaining  to the 1995 Key Employee  Stock  Compensation
Program  and the  1995  Directors'  Stock  Option  Plan of Bank  West  Financial
Corporation  of  our  report  dated  August  15,  1997,   with  respect  to  the
consolidated   financial   statements   of  Bank  West   Financial   Corporation
incorporated  by reference in the Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
June 30, 1997.


                                                 /s/CROWE CHIZEK AND COMPANY LLP

                                                    CROWE CHIZEK AND COMPANY LLP


Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 26, 1997