2024 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament (branded as the 2024 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament presented by Acura for sponsorship reasons).[1]

2024 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams12
SiteMGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, NV
ChampionsUSC (2nd title)
Winning coachLindsay Gottlieb (1st title)
MVPMcKenzie Forbes (USC)
TelevisionPac-12 Network, ESPN
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2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 9 Stanford 15 3   .833 30 6   .833
No. 5 USC 13 5   .722 29 6   .829
No. 10 UCLA 13 5   .722 27 7   .794
No. 8 Oregon State 12 6   .667 27 8   .771
No. 15 Colorado 11 7   .611 24 10   .706
No. 22 Utah 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
Arizona 8 10   .444 18 16   .529
California 7 11   .389 19 15   .559
Washington State 7 11   .389 21 15   .583
Washington 6 12   .333 16 15   .516
Arizona State 3 15   .167 11 20   .355
Oregon 2 16   .111 11 21   .344
2024 Pac-12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

was a postseason women's basketball tournament held from March 6–10, 2024, at MGM Grand Garden Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.[2] As the tournament champion, USC earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds edit

The bracket will be set in March 2024. All 12 schools are scheduled to participate in the tournament. The seedings will be determined upon completion of the regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play will determined tournament seedings. There are tiebreaker in place to Seed teams with identical record. Top four teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals.[3] Tie-breaking procedures for determining all tournament seeding is:

  • For two-team tie:
  1. Results of head-to-head competition during the regular season.
  2. Each team's record (won-lost percentage) vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage. When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams.
  3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.
  4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
  • For multiple-team tie:
  1. Results (won-lost percentage) of collective head-to-head competition during the regular season among the tied teams.
  2. If more than two teams are still tied, each of the tied team's record (won-lost percentage) vs. the team occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through the standings, eliminating teams with inferior records, until one team gains an advantage.
    When arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team's record (won-lost percentage) against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to that group's own tie-breaking procedure), rather than the performance against individual tied teams. After one team has an advantage and is seeded, all remaining teams in the multiple-team tie-breaker will repeat the multiple-team tie-breaking procedure. If at any point the multiple-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaking procedure will be applied.
  3. Won-lost percentage against all Division I opponents.
  4. Coin toss conducted by the Commissioner or designee.
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreak 1 Tiebreak 2
#1 Stanford 15–3 26–4
#2 USC 13–5 23–5 1–1 vs UCLA 1–0 vs Stanford
#3 UCLA 13–5 24–5 1–1 vs USC 0–1 vs Stanford
#4 Oregon State 12–6 23–6
#5 Colorado 11–7 21–8 1–1 vs Utah 1–0 vs Stanford
#6 Utah 11–7 21–9 1–1 vs Colorado 0–1 vs Stanford
#7 Arizona 8–10 16–14
#8 California 7–11 19–13 2–0 vs Washington State
#9 Washington State 7–11 17–13 0–2 vs California
#10 Washington 6–12 16–13
#11 Arizona State 3–15 11–19
#12 Oregon 2–16 11–20

Schedule edit

Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 6
1 1 12:00 pm No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 12 Oregon 79–30 P12N
2 2:30 pm No. 8 California vs. No. 9 Washington State 65–44
2 3 6:00 pm No. 7 Arizona vs. No. 10 Washington 58–50 4,372
4 8:30 pm No. 6 Utah vs. No. 11 Arizona State 71–60
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 7
3 5 12:00 pm No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 5 Colorado 85–792OT P12N 4,883
6 2:30 pm No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 8 California 71–57
4 7 6:00 pm No. 2 USC vs. No. 7 Arizona 65–62 4,901
8 8:30 pm No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 6 Utah 67–57
Semifinals – Friday, March 8
5 9 5:00 pm No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 1 Stanford 57–66 P12N 5,713
10 7:30 pm No. 2 USC vs. No. 3 UCLA 80–702OT
Championship Game – Sunday, March 10
6 11 2:00 pm No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 2 USC 61–74 ESPN 5,526
Game times in PT.[2] Rankings denote tournament seeds.

Bracket edit

First Round
Wednesday, March 6
P12N
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 7
P12N
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
P12N
Championship Game
Sunday, March 10
ESPN
            
4 Oregon State 85**
5 Colorado 79
5 Colorado 79
12 Oregon 30
4 Oregon State 57
1 Stanford 66
1 Stanford 71
8 California 57
8 California 65
9 Washington State 44
1 Stanford 61
2 USC 74
2 USC 65
7 Arizona 62
7 Arizona 58
10 Washington 50
2 USC 80**
3 UCLA 70
3 UCLA 67
6 Utah 57
6 Utah 71
11 Arizona State 60

Note: * denotes overtime

Pac-12 All-Tournament team edit

Hall of Honor edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Acura named presenting partner of 2024 Pac-12 Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments | Pac-12". pac-12.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  2. ^ a b "2024 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT". Pac-12. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball Standings | Pac-12". pac-12.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

External links edit