The 2024 WAC women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2023–24 season. The conference tournament is scheduled to be played from March 13–16, 2024 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas. Basketball seating capacity at the Orleans Arena is 7,471. The winner of the conference tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Eight of the eleven members are invited to the tournament. The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to last year's twelve qualifiers. While Tarleton and Utah Tech are ineligible for the NCAA tournament, they are eligible for the WAC tournament. If a team that is not eligible for the NCAA Tournament wins the WAC Tournament, the conference's automatic bid will go to the highest seeded tournament-eligible team. As was the case for the 2023 tournament, teams will be seeded based on the WAC Resume Seeding System. While seeding is determined by the WAC Resume Seeding System, the eight teams invited to the tournament will be determined by composite WAC standings. SeedSchoolConference recordWAC Resume Seeding points (final)1California Baptist18–27.4282Grand Canyon16–44.8093Stephen F. Austin14–61.3994Utah Tech12–8 -1.7565UT Arlington11–9 -1.9156Abilene Christian10–10 -5.0557Tarleton7–13 -7.9608Southern Utah6–14 -9.030DNQSeattle6–14 -10.551DNQUT Rio Grande Valley 5–15 -10.419DNQUtah Valley 5–15 -8.108
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionFirst round – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – Orleans Arena1112:00 pmNo. 5 UT Arlington vs. No. 8 Southern Utah67–53ESPN+22:30 pmNo. 6 Abilene Christian vs. No. 7 Tarleton41–54Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Orleans Arena2312:00 pmNo. 5 UT Arlington vs. No. 4 Utah Tech72–57ESPN+42:30 pmNo. 7 Tarleton vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin70–58Semifinals – Friday, March 15, 2024 – Orleans Arena3512:00 pmNo. 5 UT Arlington vs. No. 1 California Baptist67–83ESPN+62:30 pmNo. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon66–63Championship – Saturday, March 16, 2024 – Orleans Arena4710:30 amNo. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 1 California Baptist74–75ESPNU*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket * denotes overtime period
Awards +AwardPlayerTeamMost Outstanding PlayerChloe WebbCalifornia Baptist Lancers
See also 2024 WAC men's basketball tournament
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