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
Season201718
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
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

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
Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Oregon 16–2 (27–4)
#2 Stanford 14–3 (20–9)
#3 Oregon State 14–4 (23–6) 1–1 vs. UCLA, 1–1 vs. ORE
#4 UCLA 14–4 (23–6) 1–1 vs. OSU, 0–2 vs. ORE
#5 California 11–7 (20–9)
#6 Arizona State 10–8 (19–11)
#7 USC 9–9 (19–10)
#8 Utah 8–10 (17–12)
#9 Colorado 5–13 (14–15)
#10 Washington State 3–14 (10–19)
#11 Arizona 2–16 (6–23)
#12 Washington 1–15 (7–21)

Schedule

Thursday-Sunday, March 1–4, 2017

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 1
1 1 11:30 AM #8 Utah vs. #9 Colorado P12N 3,532
2 2:00 PM #5 California vs. #12 Washington
2 3 6:00 PM #7 USC vs. #10 Washington State 3,157
4 8:30 PM #6 Arizona State vs. #11 Arizona
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
3 5 11:30 AM #1 Oregon vs. #9 Colorado P12N 4,852
6 2:00 PM #4 UCLA vs. #5 California
4 7 6:00 PM #2 Stanford vs. #7 USC 4,741
8 8:30 PM #3 Oregon State vs. #6 Arizona State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
5 9 6:00 PM #1 Oregon vs. #4 UCLA P12N 6,889
10 8:30 PM #2 Stanford vs. #6 Arizona State
Championship Game – Sunday, March 4
6 11 6:00 PM #1 Oregon vs. #2 Stanford ESPN2 5,387
*Game Times in PT.

Bracket

  • 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
            
9 Colorado 47
1 #6 Oregon 84
8 Utah 56
9 Colorado 66
1 #6 Oregon 65
4 #9 UCLA 62
5 California 74
4 #9 UCLA 77
5 California 71
12 Washington 68
1 #6 Oregon 77
2 #16 Stanford 57
7 USC 59
2 #16 Stanford 69
7 USC 47
10 Washington State 44
2 #16 Stanford 58
6 Arizona State 46
6 Arizona State 57
3 #10 Oregon State 51
6 Arizona State 76
11 Arizona 47

All-Tournament Team

Source:[1]

Name Pos. Year Team
Lexi Bando G Sr. Oregon
Monique Billings F Sr. UCLA
Jordin Canada G Sr. UCLA
Ruthy Hebard G So. Oregon
Sabrina Ionescu G So. Oregon
Kiana Williams G Fr. Stanford

Most Outstanding Player

Name Pos. Year Team
Sabrina Ionescu G So. Oregon

See also

References

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