The 2023

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, presented by

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, was a postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2023, at Michelob Ultra Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in

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. Washington State, seeded seventh out of the conference's 12 teams, won the tournament and with it the

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's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament. ESPN journalist Alexa Philippou called Washington State's title run "one of the more improbable Power 5 conference tournament runs in recent memory." The championship game was the first in the tournament's history not to feature any of the top four seeds, and the Cougars were the lowest seed ever to reach the title game, much less win it. This was the first Pac-12 title for Washington State in any women's sport, and the first Pac-12 tournament championship in any sport for the Cougars since 2002.

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime

Pac-12 All-Tournament team

* MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State * Bella Murekatete, Washington State *

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, Stanford * Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA * Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA *

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(13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA

Hall of Honor

The 2023 class of the

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was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes: * Susie Parra (Arizona Softball) * Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field) * Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director) * Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator) * Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball) * Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf) * Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball) *

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(UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball) * Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis) *

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(Utah Women's Basketball) * Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball) * Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)

References

External links

Official website
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Basketball competitions in the Las Vegas Valley

Women's sports in Nevada College sports tournaments in Nevada