The 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament, presented by New York Life, was a postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2023, at Michelob Ultra Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
Washington State, seeded seventh out of the conference's 12 teams, won the tournament and with it the Pac-12 Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament. ESPN journalist Alexa Philippou called Washington State's title run "one of the more improbable Power 5 conference tournament runs in recent memory." The championship game was the first in the tournament's history not to feature any of the top four seeds, and the Cougars were the lowest-seeded team ever to reach the title game, and the first to win it. This was the first Pac-12 title for Washington State in any women's sport, and the first Pac-12 tournament championship in any sport for the Cougars since 2002.
Seeds SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreak 1Tiebreak 2#1Stanford15–327–42–0 Vs. Colorado −#2Utah15–325–31–1 Vs. Colorado −#3Colorado13–522–7 − −#4Arizona11–721–82–0 Vs. UCLA & USC −#5UCLA11–722–82–1 Vs. Arizona & USC2–0 Vs. USC#6USC11–721–80–3 Vs. Arizona & UCLA 0–2 Vs. UCLA#7Washington State9–919–10 − −#8Washington7–1115–131–1 Vs. Oregon1–2 Vs. Stanford & Utah#9Oregon7–1116–131–1 Vs. Oregon0–3 Vs. Stanford & Utah#10California4–1413–161–0 Vs. Oregon State −#11Oregon State4–1412–170–1 Vs. California −#12Arizona State1–178–19 − −
Schedule
SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance First Round – Wednesday, March 11112:00pm#5 UCLA 81 vs. #12 Arizona State 70 OTP12N3,29222:30pm#8 Washington 50 vs. #9 Oregon 52236:00pm#7 Washington State 61 vs. #10 California 493,32948:30pm#6 USC 48 vs. #11 Oregon State 56 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 23512:00pm#4 Arizona 59 vs. #5 UCLA 73P12N4,24562:30pm#1 Stanford 76 vs. #9 Oregon 65476:00pm#2 Utah 58 vs. #7 Washington State 664,20788:30pm#3 Colorado 62 vs. #11 Oregon State 54 Semifinals – Friday, March 3596:00pm#5 UCLA 69 vs. #1 Stanford 65P12N5,071108:30pm#7 Washington State 61 vs. #3 Colorado 49 Championship Game – Sunday, March 56112:00pm#5 UCLA 61 vs. #7 Washington State 65ESPN25,032Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeds.
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime
Pac-12 All-Tournament team MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State Bella Murekatete, Washington State Cameron Brink, Stanford Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA
Hall of Honor The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:
Susie Parra (Arizona Softball) Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field) Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director) Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator) Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball) Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf) Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball) Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball) Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis) Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball) Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball) Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)
See also 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
References
External links Official website – Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament