2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament will be held on March 12–15, 2014 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[3] This will be the third consecutive year the WAC Tournament takes place in Vegas.

2014 Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013–14
Teams	8
Television	ESPNU
Western Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments

2013–14 WAC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Idaho†	15	–	1		.938			25	–	9		.735
Cal State Bakersfield	12	–	4		.750			19	–	12		.613
Grand Canyon*	10	–	6		.625			21	–	9		.700
Seattle U	9	–	7		.563			16	–	16		.500
Texas-Pan American	8	–	8		.500			14	–	16		.467
New Mexico State	7	–	9		.438			11	–	20		.355
UMKC	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
Utah Valley	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
Chicago State	0	–	16		.000			3	–	27		.100
† 2014 WAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2014 * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II; Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

Format

Grand Canyon will not compete in the 2014 men's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they cannot win the conference tournament since the winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon will be eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited.[4]
8 teams will compete in the 2014 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournament, with 1 playing 8, 2 playing 7, 3 playing 6, and 4 playing 5 on Wednesday, March 12. The winners will meet in the semifinals on Friday, March 14. The championship will air Saturday, March 15.

Seeds

2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference Record	Overall Record (End of Regular Season)	Tiebreaker
1.	Idaho	15-1	22-8
2.	Cal State Bakersfield	12-4	17-10
3.	Seattle	9-7	14-15
4.	UT Pan American	8-8	14-15
5.	New Mexico State	7-9	10-19	1-1 vs. Grand Canyon
6.	UMKC	7-9	11-18	0-2 vs. Grand Canyon
7.	Utah Valley	4-12	7-22
8.	Chicago State	0-16	3-26

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
1	1	12:00 PM	#1 Idaho vs. #8 Chicago State
	2	2:30 PM	#4 UT Pan American vs. #5 New Mexico State
2	3	6:00 PM	#3 Seattle vs. #6 UMKC
	4	8:30 PM	#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #7 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 Idaho vs. #5 New Mexico State
	6	2:30 PM	#3 Seattle vs. #2 Cal State Bakersfield
Championship Game – Saturday, March 15
4	8	1:00 PM	#1 Idaho vs. Game 6 winner
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 13					Semifinals Friday, March 14					Championship Saturday, March 15
	1	Idaho	84
	8	Chicago State	43
						1	Idaho	75
						5	New Mexico State	65
	4	UT Pan American	74
	5	New Mexico State	86
											1	Idaho	75
											3	Seattle	67
	2	Cal State Bakersfield	65
	7	Utah Valley	63
						2	Cal State Bakersfield	79
						3	Seattle	84
	3	Seattle	81
	6	UMKC	76

Game Summaries

Game Summaries will be added once the tournament bracket is finalized.

All tournament conference team

Name	School	Pos.	Year	Ht.	Hometown

References

1. "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
2. "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
3. "WAC basketball tournaments will be held in Las Vegas". The Monitor. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
4. "Grand Canyon joins Western Athletic Conference". AZCentral Sports. Retrieved 2012-11-27.