The 2025 WAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played from March 11–15, 2025 with the opening round at Burns Arena in St. George, Utah and the remaining rounds at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas. Burns Arena is the home court for WAC member Utah Tech. The last time that a WAC tournament game was held at the location of a WAC member was in 2010. This was the 15th year that the tournament was held at the Orleans Arena. The winner, Grand Canyon, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. California Baptist was the winner of the 2024 tournament.
Seeds All nine members were invited to the tournament. The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to twelve qualifiers. All teams are eligible for the NCAA tournament including Tarleton and Utah Tech which completed their transition to Division I in 2024. For the prior two years, the WAC Tournament has been seeded using the WAC Resume Seeding System. For the 2025 WAC Tournament, seeding was determined by conference record with ties broken first by head to head competition, then by the WAC resume seeding. SeedSchoolConference recordTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2 / WAC Seeding Points*1Grand Canyon16–08.5232Tarleton10–61–1 vs. UT Arlington -0.6283UT Arlington10–61–1 vs. Tarleton -1.3854Abilene Christian9–72–2 vs. Utah Valley/California Baptist0.0425Utah Valley9–72–2 vs. Abilene Christian/California Baptist -1.7546California Baptist9–72–2 vs. Abilene Christian/Utah Valley -4.6667Southern Utah7–9 -8.2268Utah Tech1–151–1 vs. Seattle -12.8699Seattle1–151–1 vs. Utah Tech -13.633 *Estimated based on information in the March 7, 2025 WAC Résumé Seeding System update. The WAC did not release the final regular-season point totals.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – Burns Arena, St. George, Utah†1112:00pm MDTNo. 9 Seattle vs. No. 8 Utah Tech 60–74ESPN+233Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada2212:00pm PDTNo. 1 Grand Canyon vs. No. 8 Utah Tech71–47ESPN+99532:30pm PDTNo. 2 Tarleton vs. No. 7 Southern Utah59–40Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada3412:00pm PDTNo. 5 Utah Valley vs. No. 4 Abilene Christian75–65ESPN+68852:30pm PDTNo. 6 California Baptist vs. No. 3 UT Arlington66–72Semifinals – Friday, March 14, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada4612:00pm PDTNo. 1 Grand Canyon vs. No. 5 Utah Valley 84–55ESPN+1,18672:30pm PDTNo. 2 Tarleton vs. No. 3 UT Arlington 55–66Championship – Saturday, March 15, 2025 – Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada5812:30pm PDTNo. 1 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 UT Arlington65–62ESPNU2,347*Game times in Nevada in PDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.†-St. George, Utah is located in the Mountain Time Zone
Bracket
Awards +AwardPlayerTeamMost Outstanding PlayerTrinity San AntonioGrand CanyonAll-Tournament TeamKoi LoveUT ArlingtonAvery BrittinghamUT ArlingtonLaura ErikstrupGrand CanyonAlyssa Durazo-FrescasGrand Canyon
See also
2025 WAC men's basketball tournament
References