2018 WAC women's basketball tournament

2018 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	8
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Seattle (1st title)
Winning coach	Suzy Barcomb (1st title)
MVP	Kamira Sanders (Seattle)
Attendance	3,630
Television	ESPN3
Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 WAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State	11	–	3		.786			18	–	12		.600
Cal State Bakersfield	10	–	4		.714			18	–	13		.581
Seattle U †	9	–	5		.643			18	–	14		.563
Grand Canyon	9	–	5		.643			16	–	14		.533
UMKC	7	–	7		.500			11	–	19		.367
Utah Valley	5	–	9		.357			11	–	19		.367
UT Rio Grande Valley	4	–	10		.286			14	–	16		.467
Chicago State	1	–	13		.071			1	–	29		.033
† 2018 WAC tournament winner As of March 16, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament was a tournament which was on held on March 7–10, 2018 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Seattle the winner of the WAC Tournament earns an automatic trip to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

2018 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1.	New Mexico State	11–3
2.	Cal State Bakersfield	10–4
3.	Grand Canyon	9–5		2–0 vs. Seattle
4.	Seattle	9–5		0–2 vs. Grand Canyon
5.	Missouri–Kansas City	7–7
6.	Utah Valley	5–9
7.	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	4–10
8.	Chicago State	1–13

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
1	1	12:00 PM	#3 Grand Canyon vs. #6 Utah Valley	ESPN3	722
	2	2:30 PM	#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #7 UTRGV
2	3	6:00 PM	#1 New Mexico State vs. #8 Chicago State		809
	4	8:30 PM	#4 Seattle U vs. #5 UMKC
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
3	5	12:00 PM	#3 Grand Canyon vs. #2 Cal State Bakersfield	ESPN3	1,366
	6	2:30 PM	#1 New Mexico State vs. #4 Seattle U
Championship Game – Saturday, March 10
4	7	2:00 PM	#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #4 Seattle U	ESPN3	733
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 7					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Finals Saturday, March 10
	1	New Mexico State	84
	8	Chicago State	60
						1	New Mexico State	61
						4	Seattle	84
	4	Seattle	75
	5	UMKC	64
											4	Seattle	57
											2	Cal State Bakersfield	54
	3	Grand Canyon	72
	6	Utah Valley	56
						3	Grand Canyon	55
						2	Cal State Bakersfield	61
	2	Cal State Bakersfield	70
	7	UT Rio Grande Valley	59

See also

• 2018 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament