The Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament, otherwise known as the Pac-12 tournament, was the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA women's
college basketball
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in the Pac-12. The Tournament was held every year from 2002 to 2024. From 2002 to 2010, it was called the Pac-10. Seeding was based on regular season records. The tournament was held at different conference city locations through the 2012 season.
After a six-year run at
KeyArena
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in
Seattle
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from 2013 to 2018, the tournament moved to the
Las Vegas Strip
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, already the location for the
Pac-12 men's tournament, for at least 2019 and 2020, due to the closure of KeyArena for major renovations to accommodate the
Seattle Kraken
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. On March 5, 2016, the Pac-12 announced that it had agreed to extend its contract to keep the women's tournament in Seattle until 2019. However, the conference ended the contract a season early, moving the women's tournament to the Las Vegas Strip for 2019 and 2020 because KeyArena was slated for a major two-year renovation and upgrade. The 2019 tournament was held at
MGM Grand Garden Arena
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, and the 2020 edition was at
Mandalay Bay Events Center
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.
On October 4, 2019, the Pac-12 announced that it had agreed to extend its contract to keep the women's tournament in Las Vegas until 2022.
The Pac-12
lost all but two of its members after the 2023–24 season, leading the remaining members,
Oregon State
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and
Washington State
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, to become affiliates of the
West Coast Conference
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in most sports, including women's basketball, in 2024–25 and 2025–26. However, in a span of less than three weeks in September 2024, the Pac-12 added six new members effective in 2026–27—
Boise State
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,
Colorado State,
Fresno State
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,
Gonzaga,
San Diego State
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, and
Utah State.
With eight confirmed members, the conference tournament is likely to resume in 2027.
Champions
Tournament champions receive an automatic bid to the year's
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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. Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year.
Overall Record by team
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Championship game results by team
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Most Outstanding Player by team
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Performance by team
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Key
Coaches with championships
*15 –
Tara VanDerveer
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(Stanford – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
*2 –
Kelly Graves
Kelly Lee Graves (born January 14, 1963) is the current head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. Previously, Graves was the head women's basketball coach at Saint Mary's Gaels women's basketball, St. Mary's from 1997 to 2000, as ...
(Oregon – 2018, 2020)
*1 –
Charli Turner Thorne (Arizona State – 2002)
*1 –
Scott Rueck
Scott Michael Rueck (born July 18, 1969) is the head coach of the Oregon State University women's basketball team.
Early life
Rueck grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he graduated from Glencoe High School. His father had been the first boys' ...
(Oregon State – 2016)
*1 –
Kathy Olivier (UCLA – 2006)
*1 –
Cynthia Cooper-Dyke
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(USC – 2014)
*1 –
Kamie Ethridge (Washington State - 2023)
*1 –
Lindsay Gottlieb (USC - 2024)
Note: Coaches with at least one win are listed here. Current coaches are in bold.
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All-time records by seed
:''As of March 10, 2024''
Source:
Pac-12 Women's Tournament records
Pac-12 Women's Tournament team records
Source:
* Margin of victory: 41 pts., Oregon (vs. California), (81–40), Mar. 5, 2005
* Most points per game: 107 Washington State, (vs. Oregon) (100), Mar. 6, 2014
* Fewest points per game: 31 Arizona vs. Oregon State, Mar. 7, 2008
* Most points per half: 59 Washington State vs. Oregon (55), Mar. 12, 2008 (1st)
* Fewest points per half: 13 Utah vs. Oregon State (32), Mar. 7, 2014; 13 Washington State vs. Arizona State (18), Mar. 7, 2013
* Most points per tournament: 264 Utah, (4 games) Mar. 2022
* Most field goals per game
** Team: 44 Stanford, (vs. Arizona) (44-of-75), Mar. 11, 2011
** Both Teams: 74, Washington State (41) vs. Oregon (33), Mar. 6, 2014
* Most field goal attempts per game
** Team: 88, Washington State (vs. Oregon), Mar. 6, 2014 (41-of-88)
** Both Teams, Game: 171, Washington State (88) vs. Oregon (83), Mar. 6, 2014
* Highest Field Goals % per game: 69.0%, California vs. Arizona State, Mar. 4, 2016 (29-of-42)
* Most Assists Per Game: 30, Stanford vs Arizona, Mar. 11, 2011
* Most Steals Per Game: 30, Oregon State (15) vs. Washington (15), Mar. 4, 2005
* Most blocked shots per game: 14, Stanford (8) vs Oregon State (6), Mar. 5, 2017; Colorado (8) vs Washington (6), Mar. 8, 2013; Washington State (9) vs Arizona State (5), Mar. 7, 2013
* Most personal fouls per game (one team): 28, Colorado (vs. Stanford), Mar. 7, 2014
* Highest field goal percentage per game: .690, California vs. Arizona State, Mar. 4, 2016 (29-of-42)
* Lowest field goal percentage per game: .203 Washington State vs. Oregon State, Mar. 3, 2006 (12-of-59)
Pac-12 Tournament individual records
* Most total points scored in:
** Half: 27, Nicole Powell, Stanford vs. Oregon State Mar. 3, 2002 (1st)
** Game: 37, Nicole Powell, Stanford vs. Oregon State Mar. 3, 2002
** Tournament: 75, Lia Galdiera, Washington State, 2014 (3 games)
* Most field goals per :
** Game: 15, Kelsey Plum, Washington vs. Oregon, Mar. 3, 2017 (15-of-33)
** 15, Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford vs. Arizona, Mar. 11, 2011 (15-of-22)
** Tournament: 27, Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford, 2011 (3 games)
* Most field goal attempts per:
** Game: 33, Kelsey Plum, Washington vs. Oregon, Mar. 3, 2017 (15-of-33)
** Tournament: 63, Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon, 2019 (22-of-63), 3 games)
* Field goal percentage per:
** Game (min 6 made): 1.000 Jayne Appel, Stanford vs. Oregon State, Mar. 8, 2008 (8-of-8)
** Tournament (min 6 made/2 gms): .778, Sophia Elenga, Arizona State, 2019 (7-of-9, 2 games); .778, Toni Kokenis, Stanford, 2011 (7-of-9, 2 games); .778, Jamie Funn, USC, 2007 (7-of-9, 2 games)
* Game: Most 3-pt. FGs made
** 8 Candice Wiggins, Stanford vs. USC, Mar. 4, 2007 (8-of-9)
* Highest 3-pt. FG % (min. 5 made/2 games)
** Game: 1.000, Brynna Maxwell, Utah vs. Washington, Mar. 5, 2020 (5-of-5); 1.000, Lexy Kresl, Colorado vs. Oregon State, Mar. 6, 2015 (5-of-5); 1.000, Kiki Williams, California vs. Oregon, Mar. 5, 2004 (5-of-5)
* Most total rebounds per :
** Game: 27, Chantel, Osahor, Washington vs. Oregon, Mar. 3, 2017
** Tournament: 50, Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford, 2013 (3 games)
* Most steals per :
** Game: 8 Nikki Blue, UCLA vs. Oregon, Mar. 8, 2003
** Tournament: 19, Lisa Willis, UCLA, 2006 (3 games)
* Most blocks per:
** Game: 7, Ruth Hamblin, Oregon State vs. Washington State, Mar. 8, 2014
** Tournament: 18, Ruth Hamblin, Oregon State, 2014 (3 games)
Pac-12 Tournament final game team records
* Most total points scored in a final game: 161 (UCLA 85, Stanford 76 OT) (2006)
See also
*
Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament
The Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament, otherwise known as the Pac-12 tournament, was the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the Pac-12, taking place in Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. The first tourna ...
References
External links
Official website
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