2022 WAC women's basketball tournament

The 2022 WAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2021–22 season. All games were played at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 8 to 12, 2022. Regular-season champion Stephen F. Austin, in its first WAC season after moving from the Southland Conference following the 2020–21 season, also won the tournament, receiving the WAC's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.[1]

2022 WAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsStephen F. Austin (1st title)
Winning coachMark Kellogg (1st title)
MVPZya Nugent (Stephen F. Austin)
TelevisionESPN+
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2021–22 WAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Stephen F. Austin171 .944285 .848
Grand Canyon144 .7782210 .688
California Baptist*135 .722239 .719
Utah Valley108 .5561615 .516
Abilene Christian99 .5001713 .567
Sam Houston State99 .5001516 .484
Tarleton State*810 .4441613 .552
Lamar810 .4441415 .483
Texas–Rio Grande Valley810 .4441419 .424
Seattle612 .3331119 .367
Dixie State*612 .3331019 .345
New Mexico State612 .3331019 .345
Chicago State315 .167423 .148
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II
2022 WAC tournament winner

Seeds

Eleven of the 13 teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Dixie State and Tarleton were ineligible due to their transitions from Division II to Division I. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament.[2]

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1Stephen F. Austin17-13–1 vs Seattle/SFA
2Grand Canyon14–4
3California Baptist13-5
4Utah Valley10-8
5Abilene Christian9-92-0 vs. Sam Houston
6Sam Houston9-90-2 vs. Abilene Christian
7Lamar8-102-0 vs. UTRGV
8UTRGV8-100-2 vs. Lamar
9Seattle6-121-1 vs. New Mexico State0-1 vs. Stephen F. Austin
10New Mexico State6-121-1 vs. Seattle0-2 vs. Stephen F. Austin

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
1112:00 pmNo. 8 UTRGV vs. No. 9 Seattle71–61ESPN+
22:30 pmNo. 7 Lamar vs. No. 10 New Mexico State66–54
Second round – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
2312:00 pmNo. 5 Abilene Christian vs. No. 8 UTRGV70–73ESPN+
42:30 pmNo. 6 Sam Houston vs. No. 7 Lamar73–69
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
3512:00pmNo. 4 Utah Valley vs. No. 8 UTRGV72–57ESPN+
62:30 pmNo. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Sam Houston85–78
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
4712:00pmNo. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 Utah Valley68-42ESPN+
82:30 pmNo. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist64-60
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
592:00 pmNo. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon74-57ESPN+
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 8
ESPN+
Second round
Wednesday, March 9
ESPN+
Third round
Thursday, March 10
ESPN+
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
ESPN+
Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPN+
8UTRGV71
9Seattle615Abilene Christian70
8UTRGV73
4Utah Valley72
8UTRGV57
1Stephen F. Austin68
4Utah Valley42
1Stephen F. Austin74
2Grand Canyon57
2Grand Canyon64
3California Baptist60
3California Baptist85
6Sam Houston79
6Sam Houston73
7Lamar667Lamar69
10New Mexico State54

* denotes overtime period

See also

References