The 2022 WAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2021–22 season. All games were played at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 8 to 12, 2022. Regular-season champion Stephen F. Austin, in its first WAC season after moving from the Southland Conference following the 2020–21 season, also won the tournament, receiving the WAC's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.Ticket Punched! Ladyjacks Roll Past Lopes to Secure WAC Title

Seeds Eleven of the 13 teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Dixie State and Tarleton were ineligible due to their transitions from Division II to Division I. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Stephen F. Austin17-13–1 vs Seattle/SFA2Grand Canyon14–43California Baptist13-5 4Utah Valley10-85Abilene Christian9-92-0 vs. Sam Houston6Sam Houston9-90-2 vs. Abilene Christian7Lamar8-102-0 vs. UTRGV8UTRGV8-100-2 vs. Lamar9Seattle6-121-1 vs. New Mexico State0-1 vs. Stephen F. Austin10New Mexico State6-121-1 vs. Seattle0-2 vs. Stephen F. Austin

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 8, 20221112:00 pmNo. 8 UTRGV vs. No. 9 Seattle71–61 ESPN+22:30 pmNo. 7 Lamar vs. No. 10 New Mexico State66–54Second round – Wednesday, March 9, 20222312:00 pmNo. 5 Abilene Christian vs. No. 8 UTRGV70–73 ESPN+42:30 pmNo. 6 Sam Houston vs. No. 7 Lamar73–69Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 20223512:00pmNo. 4 Utah Valley vs. No. 8 UTRGV72–57 ESPN+62:30 pmNo. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Sam Houston85–78Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 20224712:00pmNo. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 Utah Valley68-42 ESPN+82:30 pmNo. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist64-60Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022592:00 pmNo. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon74-57 ESPN+*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament Western Athletic Conference

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