Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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Pac-12 women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship

Sport	Basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Number of teams	10 (2002–2011) 12 (2012–2024) 8+ (2027–future)
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Michelob Ultra Arena
Current location	Paradise, NV
Played	2002–2024, 2027–future
Last contest	2024
Current champion	USC (2)
Most championships	Stanford Cardinal (15)
TV partner(s)	Pac-12 Network and ESPN
Official website	Pac-12.com Women's Basketball
Host stadiums
McArthur Court (2002) HP Pavilion (2003–2008) Galen Center (2009, 2010, 2012) Staples Center (2011) KeyArena (2013–2018) MGM Grand Garden Arena (2019, 2024) Michelob Ultra Arena (2020–2023)
Host locations
Eugene, Oregon (2002) San Jose, California (2003–2008) Los Angeles, California (2009–2012) Seattle, Washington (2013–2018) Paradise, Nevada (2019–present)

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 in the Pac-12. After a six-year run at KeyArena in Seattle from 2013 to 2018, the tournament moved to the Las Vegas Strip, 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.

Seeding is based on regular season records. The Tournament was held every year from 2002 to 2024. From 2002 to 2010, it was called the Pac-10.

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.^[1] 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, and the 2020 edition was at Mandalay Bay Events Center.^[2]

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.^[3]

The Pac-12 lost all but two of its members after the 2023–24 season, leading the remaining members, Oregon State and Washington State, to become affiliates of the West Coast Conference in most sports, including women's basketball, in 2024–25 and 2025–26.^[4] 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, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, San Diego State, and Utah State.^[5]^[6]^[7] 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. Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year.^[8]

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Location	Most Outstanding Player
2002	(3) Arizona State	70–63	(1) Stanford	McArthur Court, Eugene, Oregon	Nicole Powell, Stanford
2003	(1) Stanford	59–49	(3) Arizona	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California	Nicole Powell (2), Stanford
2004	(1) Stanford	51–46	(2) Arizona	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California	Nicole Powell (3), Stanford
2005	(1) Stanford	56–42	(3) Arizona State	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California	Candice Wiggins, Stanford
2006	(3) UCLA	85–76*	(1) Stanford	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California	Lisa Willis, UCLA
2007	(1) Stanford	62–55	(2) Arizona State	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California	Candice Wiggins (2), Stanford
2008	(1) Stanford	56–35	(2) California	HP Pavilion, San Jose, California	Candice Wiggins (3), Stanford
2009	(1) Stanford	89–64	(6) USC	Galen Center, Los Angeles, California	Kayla Pedersen, Stanford
2010	(1) Stanford	70–46	(2) UCLA	Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA	Nneka Ogwumike, Stanford
2011	(1) Stanford	64–55	(2) UCLA	Galen Center/Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA	Nneka Ogwumike (2), Stanford
2012	(1) Stanford	77–62	(2) California	Galen Center/Staples Center, Los Angeles, CA	Nneka Ogwumike (3), Stanford
2013	(1) Stanford	51–49	(3) UCLA	KeyArena, Seattle, Washington	Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford
2014	(5) USC	71–62	(3) Oregon State	KeyArena, Seattle, Washington	Ariya Crook, USC
2015	(3) Stanford	61–60	(4) California	KeyArena, Seattle, Washington	Taylor Greenfield, Stanford
2016	(1) Oregon State	69–57	(3) UCLA	KeyArena, Seattle, Washington	Jamie Weisner, Oregon State
2017	(2) Stanford	48–43	(1) Oregon State	KeyArena, Seattle, Washington	Erica McCall, Stanford
2018	(1) Oregon	77–57	(2) Stanford	KeyArena, Seattle, Washington	Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon
2019	(2) Stanford	64–57	(1) Oregon	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Alanna Smith, Stanford
2020	(1) Oregon	89–56	(3) Stanford	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada	Sabrina Ionescu (2), Oregon
2021	(1) Stanford	75–55	(3) UCLA	Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Kiana Williams, Stanford
2022	(1) Stanford	73–48	(6) Utah	Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Haley Jones, Stanford
2023	(7) Washington State	65–61	(5) UCLA	Michelob Ultra Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
2024	(2) USC	74–61	(1) Stanford	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada	McKenzie Forbes, USC

Notes: * denotes overtime.

Overall Record by team

Source:^[9]

School	Wins	Losses	Winning Pct	Titles	Runners-Up
Stanford	56	8	(.875)	15	5
UCLA	28	22	(.560)	1	7
California	22	23	(.489)	–	3
USC	20	21	(.488)	2	1
Oregon State	18	22	(.450)	1	2
Oregon	16	21	(.432)	2	1
Arizona State	16	22	(.421)	1	2
Colorado	10	13	(.435)	–	–
Arizona	16	23	(.410)	–	2
Washington State	12	22	(.353)	1	–
Washington	12	23	(.343)	–	–
Utah	7	13	(.350)	–	1

Championship game results by team

Source:^[10]

Appearances	School	Wins	Losses	Last appearance
20	Stanford	15	5	2024
7	UCLA	1	6	2023
3	Oregon	2	1	2020
3	USC	2	1	2024
3	Arizona State	1	2	2007
3	Oregon State	1	2	2017
3	California	0	3	2015
2	Arizona	0	2	2004
1	Washington State	1	0	2023
1	Utah	0	1	2022
0	Colorado	0	0	N/A
0	Washington	0	0	N/A

Most Outstanding Player by team

Source:^[11]

School	Total	Year
Stanford	16	2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Oregon	2	2018, 2020
USC	2	2014, 2024
Oregon State	1	2016
UCLA	1	2006
Washington State	1	2023
Arizona	0	–
Arizona State	0	–
California	0	–
Colorado	0	–
Utah	0	–
Washington	0	–

Performance by team

Source:^[12]

Teams (# of titles)		2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
PAC-12 (23)		(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(10)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)	(12)
1	Stanford (15)	F	C	C	C	F	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	SF	C	QF	C	F	C	F	C	C	SF	F
2	Oregon (2)	SF	QF	1R	SF	1R	QF	QF	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	SF	C	F	C	QF	SF	QF	1R
2	USC (2)	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	QF	F	SF	QF	QF	QF	C	1R	QF	1R	QF	1R	QF	QF	1R	1R	C
3	Arizona State (1)	C	1R	QF	F	SF	F	SF	QF	QF	QF	SF	1R	QF	SF	QF	QF	SF	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R
3	Oregon State (1)	SF	QF	QF	1R	QF	1R	QF	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	F	QF	C	F	QF	QF	QF	SF	QF	QF	SF
3	UCLA (1)	QF	SF	SF	QF	C	QF	SF	SF	F	F	1R	F	1R	QF	F	SF	SF	SF	SF	F	QF	F	SF
3	Washington State (1)	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	SF	QF	SF	QF	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	C	1R
6	Arizona (0)	QF	F	F	QF	QF	QF	1R	QF	QF	SF	QF	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	QF	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF
6	California (0)	1R	QF	QF	QF	QF	SF	F	SF	SF	SF	F	SF	QF	F	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	QF
6	Colorado (0)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	SF	QF	SF	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	SF	SF	QF
6	Utah (0)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1R	QF	QF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	F	QF	QF
6	Washington (0)	QF	SF	SF	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	1R	QF	QF	QF	1R	QF	SF	QF	1R	SF	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R

Key

C	Champion
F	Runner-up
SF	Semifinals
QF	Quarterfinals
RR	Round Number
•	Did not participate

Coaches with championships

15 – Tara VanDerveer (Stanford – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
2 – Kelly Graves (Oregon – 2018, 2020)
1 – Charli Turner Thorne (Arizona State – 2002)
1 – Scott Rueck (Oregon State – 2016)
1 – Kathy Olivier (UCLA – 2006)
1 – Cynthia Cooper-Dyke (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. Source:^[13]

All-time records by seed

As of March 10, 2024

Seed	Record	Winning Pct	Championships
1	56–8	(.875)	15
2	31–20	(.608)	3
3	29–20	(.592)	3
4	16–23	(.410)	0
5	24–22	(.522)	1
6	16–24	(.400)	0
7	24–22	(.522)	1
8	13–24	(.351)	0
9	11–23	(.324)	0
10	5–24	(.172)	0
11	9–13	(.409)	0
12	2–14	(.125)	0

Source:^[14]

Pac-12 Women's Tournament records

Pac-12 Women's Tournament team records

Source:^[15]

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)

References

^ "Pac-12 agrees to extension to keep Women's Basketball Tournament in Seattle through 2019" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
^ "Las Vegas to showcase best of Pac-12 basketball with hosting of Women's Tournament & Extension of Men's Tournament" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. March 8, 2018. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
^ "Pac-12 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments to Continue in Las Vegas Through 2022 Events" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
^ Forsman, Cole (2023-12-21). "West Coast Conference votes to add Washington State, Oregon State in non-football sports". Gonzaga Nation. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
^ "Ushering in a new era, the Pac-12 Conference strengthens its legacy by welcoming four respected academic and athletic universities" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
^ "Pac-12 Conference and Utah State University Unite to Advance the New Era of the 100-Year-Old Legacy" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
^ "Pac-12 Conference and Gonzaga University Unite to Build a Basketball Powerhouse, Advancing the New Era of the Conference's 100-Year Legacy" (Press release). Pac-12 Conference. September 30, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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External links

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NCAA women's college basketball tournaments

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Postseason	NCAA

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