The 2015 WAC women's basketball tournament was held on March 11–14, 2015, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This was the fourth consecutive year the WAC Tournament took place in Vegas.
Format Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they were ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited.
Since Idaho left the WAC at the start of the year, 7 teams competed in the 2015 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournament. 1 had a bye in the first round 8, 2 played 7, 3 played 6, and 4 played 5 on Wednesday, March 11. The winners met in the semifinals on Friday, March 13. The championship was held on Saturday, March 14.
Seeds 2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seedsSeedSchoolConference RecordOverall Record (End of Regular season)Tiebreaker 1.New Mexico State13–1 20–7 2.Cal State Bakersfield 11–3 22–7 3.UT Pan American9–5 17–13 4.Grand Canyon7–7 13–14 Since Grand Canyon can't qualify for the WAC Tourney, teams 5–8 will be seeded 4–7.5.Seattle U6–8 9–20 6.Utah Valley5–9 11–18 7.UMKC4–10 6–23 8.Chicago State 1–13 4–24
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup# Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11112:00 PM #4 Seattle vs. #5 Utah Valley24:30 PM#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #7 Chicago State237:00 PM#3 UT Pan American vs. #6 UMKC Semifinals – Friday, March 133412:00 PM#1 New Mexico State vs. #4 Seattle52:30 PM#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #3 UT Pan American Championship Game – Saturday, March 14461:00 PM#1 New Mexico State vs. #3 UT Pan American *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Game summaries
Seattle U vs. Utah Valley Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray
Cal State Bakersfield vs. Chicago State Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray
UT Pan American vs. UMKC Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray
New Mexico State vs. Seattle U Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray
Cal State Bakersfield vs. UT Pan American Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray
Championship: New Mexico State vs. UT Pan American Broadcasters: Steve Quis & Katie Smith
Awards and honors Source:
Tournament MVP: Brianna Freeman – New Mexico State
All-Tournament teams:
Brianna Freeman – New Mexico State Shawnte' Goff – Texas–Pan American Tyonna Outland – CSU–Bakersfield Taelor Ross – Seattle Sasha Weber – New Mexico State
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