2022 WAC women's basketball tournament

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2022 WAC women's basketball tournament - Wikipedia

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2022 WAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	10
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Stephen F. Austin (1st title)
Winning coach	Mark Kellogg (1st title)
MVP	Zya Nugent (Stephen F. Austin)
Television	ESPN+
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2021–22 WAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stephen F. Austin †	17	–	1	.944	28	–	5	.848
Grand Canyon	14	–	4	.778	22	–	10	.688
California Baptist*	13	–	5	.722	23	–	9	.719
Utah Valley	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Abilene Christian	9	–	9	.500	17	–	13	.567
Sam Houston State	9	–	9	.500	15	–	16	.484
Tarleton State*	8	–	10	.444	16	–	13	.552
Lamar	8	–	10	.444	14	–	15	.483
Texas–Rio Grande Valley	8	–	10	.444	14	–	19	.424
Seattle	6	–	12	.333	11	–	19	.367
Dixie State*	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
New Mexico State	6	–	12	.333	10	–	19	.345
Chicago State	3	–	15	.167	4	–	23	.148
* ineligible for the 2022 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

† 2022 WAC tournament winner

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]

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]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Stephen F. Austin	17-1	3–1 vs Seattle/SFA
2	Grand Canyon	14–4
3	California Baptist	13-5
4	Utah Valley	10-8
5	Abilene Christian	9-9	2-0 vs. Sam Houston
6	Sam Houston	9-9	0-2 vs. Abilene Christian
7	Lamar	8-10	2-0 vs. UTRGV
8	UTRGV	8-10	0-2 vs. Lamar
9	Seattle	6-12	1-1 vs. New Mexico State	0-1 vs. Stephen F. Austin
10	New Mexico State	6-12	1-1 vs. Seattle	0-2 vs. Stephen F. Austin

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 8 UTRGV vs. No. 9 Seattle	71–61	ESPN+
1	2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Lamar vs. No. 10 New Mexico State	66–54	ESPN+
Second round – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 5 Abilene Christian vs. No. 8 UTRGV	70–73	ESPN+
2	4	2:30 pm	No. 6 Sam Houston vs. No. 7 Lamar	73–69	ESPN+
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022
3	5	12:00pm	No. 4 Utah Valley vs. No. 8 UTRGV	72–57	ESPN+
3	6	2:30 pm	No. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Sam Houston	85–78	ESPN+
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022
4	7	12:00pm	No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 Utah Valley	68-42	ESPN+
4	8	2:30 pm	No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist	64-60	ESPN+
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
5	9	2:00 pm	No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon	74-57	ESPN+
*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+

8	UTRGV	71
9	Seattle	61	5	Abilene Christian	70
			8	UTRGV	73
						4	Utah Valley	72
						8	UTRGV	57


									1	Stephen F. Austin	68
									4	Utah Valley	42






												1	Stephen F. Austin	74
												2	Grand Canyon	57






									2	Grand Canyon	64
									3	California Baptist	60


						3	California Baptist	85
						6	Sam Houston	79
			6	Sam Houston	73
7	Lamar	66	7	Lamar	69
10	New Mexico State	54

* denotes overtime period

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