2024 WAC women's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2024 WAC men's basketball tournament.

2024 WAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	8
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	California Baptist (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jarrod Olson (2nd title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
WAC women's basketball tournaments

2023–24 WAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
California Baptist †	18	–	2		.900			28	–	4		.875
Grand Canyon	16	–	4		.800			24	–	8		.750
Stephen F. Austin	14	–	6		.700			21	–	12		.636
Utah Tech*	12	–	8		.600			18	–	14		.563
UT Arlington	11	–	9		.550			17	–	16		.515
Abilene Christian	10	–	10		.500			14	–	16		.467
Tarleton State*	7	–	13		.350			12	–	20		.375
Seattle	6	–	14		.300			6	–	23		.207
Southern Utah	6	–	14		.300			8	–	22		.267
UT Rio Grande Valley	5	–	15		.250			6	–	23		.207
Utah Valley	5	–	15		.250			10	–	19		.345
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
† 2024 WAC tournament winner

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.[1] Basketball seating capacity at the Orleans Arena is 7,471.[2] 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.[3] The field for the WAC tournament has varied from six to last year's twelve qualifiers.[4] While Tarleton and Utah Tech are ineligible for the NCAA tournament, they are eligible for the WAC tournament.[5] 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.[6] As was the case for the 2023 tournament, teams will be seeded based on the WAC Resume Seeding System.[7] While seeding is determined by the WAC Resume Seeding System, the eight teams invited to the tournament will be determined by composite WAC standings.[8]

Seed	School	Conference record	WAC Resume Seeding points (final)
1	California Baptist	18–2	7.428
2	Grand Canyon	16–4	4.809
3	Stephen F. Austin	14–6	1.399
4	Utah Tech	12–8	-1.756
5	UT Arlington	11–9	-1.915
6	Abilene Christian	10–10	-5.055
7	Tarleton	7–13	-7.960
8	Southern Utah	6–14	-9.030
DNQ	Seattle	6–14	-10.551
DNQ	UT Rio Grande Valley	5–15	-10.419
DNQ	Utah Valley	5–15	-8.108

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday, March 13, 2024 – Orleans Arena
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 5 UT Arlington vs. No. 8 Southern Utah	67–53	ESPN+
	2	2:30 pm	No. 6 Abilene Christian vs. No. 7 Tarleton	41–54
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14, 2024 – Orleans Arena
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 5 UT Arlington vs. No. 4 Utah Tech	72–57	ESPN+
	4	2:30 pm	No. 7 Tarleton vs. No. 3 Stephen F. Austin	70–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 15, 2024 – Orleans Arena
3	5	12:00 pm	No. 5 UT Arlington vs. No. 1 California Baptist	67–83	ESPN+
	6	2:30 pm	No. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon	66–63
Championship – Saturday, March 16, 2024 – Orleans Arena
4	7	10:30 am	No. 3 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 1 California Baptist	74–75	ESPNU
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 13					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14					Semifinals Friday, March 15					Championship Saturday, March 16
											1	California Baptist	83
						4	Utah Tech	57			5	UT Arlington	67
	5	UT Arlington	67			5	UT Arlington	72								1	California Baptist	75
	8	Southern Utah	53													2	Stephen F. Austin	74
											2	Grand Canyon	63
						3	Stephen F. Austin	70			3	Stephen F. Austin	66
	6	Abilene Christian	41			7	Tarleton	58
	7	Tarleton	54

* denotes overtime period

Awards

Award	Player	Team
Most Outstanding Player	Chloe Webb	California Baptist Lancers

See also

• 2024 WAC men's basketball tournament

References

1. "WAC Basketball Championships schedule".
2. "Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Event Production | OrleansArena.com". January 22, 2008. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
3. "Championship Format And Dates For 2024 Hercules Tires WAC Basketball Tournament Set". wacsports.com. November 4, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
4. "WAC Tournament format, dates set". Grand Canyon University Athletics. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
5. "WAC approves Conference Championship eligibility for Tarleton in recent board meeting". Tarleton State University Athletics. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
6. "2023 WAC Tournament". Hoops HD. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
7. "Western Athletic Conference, Hercules Tires Renew Title Sponsorship Of The WAC Basketball Tournament". wacsports.com. November 4, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
8. "2023 24 WAC MBB Release 2 14 (PDF) - Western Athletic Conference" (PDF). wacsports.com. Retrieved February 17, 2024.