2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament


The 2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament presented by New York Life was the postseason tournament that ended the 2017–18 season of the Pac-12 Conference. The tournament was held at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington from March 1–4, 2018. Regular-season champion Oregon won the tournament and with it the automatic Pac-12 berth in the NCAA tournament.

2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
SiteKeyArena
Seattle, WA
ChampionsOregon (1st title)
Winning coachKelly Graves (1st title)
MVPSabrina Ionescu (Oregon)
Attendance28,558
Top scorerSabrina Ionescu (Oregon)
(63 points)
TelevisionPac-12 Network, ESPN2
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2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Oregon162 .889335 .868
No. 15 Stanford143 .8242411 .686
No. 9 UCLA144 .778278 .771
No. 13 Oregon State144 .778268 .765
California117 .6112111 .656
Arizona State108 .5562213 .629
USC99 .5002011 .645
Utah810 .4441814 .563
Colorado513 .2781516 .484
Washington State314 .1761020 .333
Arizona216 .111624 .200
Washington117 .056723 .233
2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

  • Record between the tied teams
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
  • Higher RPI
SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker
#1Oregon16–2 (27–4)
#2Stanford14–3 (20–9)
#3Oregon State14–4 (23–6)1–1 vs. UCLA, 1–1 vs. ORE
#4UCLA14–4 (23–6)1–1 vs. OSU, 0–2 vs. ORE
#5California11–7 (20–9)
#6Arizona State10–8 (19–11)
#7USC9–9 (19–10)
#8Utah8–10 (17–12)
#9Colorado5–13 (14–15)
#10Washington State3–14 (10–19)
#11Arizona2–16 (6–23)
#12Washington1–15 (7–21)

Schedule

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Thursday-Sunday, March 1–4, 2017

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First Round – Thursday, March 1
1111:30 AM#8 Utah vs. #9 ColoradoP12N3,532
22:00 PM#5 California vs. #12 Washington
236:00 PM#7 USC vs. #10 Washington State3,157
48:30 PM#6 Arizona State vs. #11 Arizona
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
3511:30 AM#1 Oregon vs. #9 ColoradoP12N4,852
62:00 PM#4 UCLA vs. #5 California
476:00 PM#2 Stanford vs. #7 USC4,741
88:30 PM#3 Oregon State vs. #6 Arizona State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
596:00 PM#1 Oregon vs. #4 UCLAP12N6,889
108:30 PM#2 Stanford vs. #6 Arizona State
Championship Game – Sunday, March 4
6116:00 PM#1 Oregon vs. #2 StanfordESPN25,387
*Game Times in PT.

Bracket

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  • All times are Pacific
First round
Thursday, March 1
P12N
11:30AM
2PM
6PM
8:30PM
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
P12N
11:30AM
2PM
6PM
8:30PM
Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
P12N
6PM
8:30PM
Championship Game
Sunday, March 4
ESPN2
6PM
            
9Colorado47
1#6 Oregon84
8Utah56
9Colorado66
1#6 Oregon65
4#9 UCLA62
5California74
4#9 UCLA77
5California71
12Washington68
1#6 Oregon77
2#16 Stanford57
7USC59
2#16 Stanford69
7USC47
10Washington State44
2#16 Stanford58
6Arizona State46
6Arizona State57
3#10 Oregon State51
6Arizona State76
11Arizona47

All-Tournament Team

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Source:[1]

NamePos.YearTeam
Lexi BandoGSr.Oregon
Monique BillingsFSr.UCLA
Jordin CanadaGSr.UCLA
Ruthy HebardGSo.Oregon
Sabrina IonescuGSo.Oregon
Kiana WilliamsGFr.Stanford

Most Outstanding Player

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NamePos.YearTeam
Sabrina IonescuGSo.Oregon

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pac-12 Women's Record Book" (PDF).