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2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
SiteKeyArena
Seattle, WA
ChampionsOregon (1st title)
Winning coachKelly Graves (1st title)
MVPSabrina Ionescu (Oregon)
Attendance28,558
Top scorerSabrina Ionescu (Oregon)
(63 points)
TelevisionPac-12 Network, ESPN2
← 2017
2019 →
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon 16 2   .889 33 5   .868
No. 15 Stanford 14 3   .824 24 11   .686
No. 9 UCLA 14 4   .778 27 8   .771
No. 13 Oregon State 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
California 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Arizona State 10 8   .556 22 13   .629
USC 9 9   .500 20 11   .645
Utah 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Colorado 5 13   .278 15 16   .484
Washington State 3 14   .176 10 20   .333
Arizona 2 16   .111 6 24   .200
Washington 1 17   .056 7 23   .233
2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2018 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament presented by New York Life was the postseason tournament that ended the 2017–18 season of the Pac-12 Conference. The tournament was held at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington from March 1–4, 2018. Regular-season champion Oregon won the tournament and with it the automatic Pac-12 berth in the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

  • Record between the tied teams
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
  • Higher RPI
Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Oregon 16–2 (27–4)
#2 Stanford 14–3 (20–9)
#3 Oregon State 14–4 (23–6) 1–1 vs. UCLA, 1–1 vs. ORE
#4 UCLA 14–4 (23–6) 1–1 vs. OSU, 0–2 vs. ORE
#5 California 11–7 (20–9)
#6 Arizona State 10–8 (19–11)
#7 USC 9–9 (19–10)
#8 Utah 8–10 (17–12)
#9 Colorado 5–13 (14–15)
#10 Washington State 3–14 (10–19)
#11 Arizona 2–16 (6–23)
#12 Washington 1–15 (7–21)

Schedule

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Thursday-Sunday, March 1–4, 2017

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 1
1 1 11:30 AM #8 Utah vs. #9 Colorado P12N 3,532
2 2:00 PM #5 California vs. #12 Washington
2 3 6:00 PM #7 USC vs. #10 Washington State 3,157
4 8:30 PM #6 Arizona State vs. #11 Arizona
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
3 5 11:30 AM #1 Oregon vs. #9 Colorado P12N 4,852
6 2:00 PM #4 UCLA vs. #5 California
4 7 6:00 PM #2 Stanford vs. #7 USC 4,741
8 8:30 PM #3 Oregon State vs. #6 Arizona State
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
5 9 6:00 PM #1 Oregon vs. #4 UCLA P12N 6,889
10 8:30 PM #2 Stanford vs. #6 Arizona State
Championship Game – Sunday, March 4
6 11 6:00 PM #1 Oregon vs. #2 Stanford ESPN2 5,387
*Game Times in PT.

Bracket

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  • All times are Pacific
First round
Thursday, March 1
P12N
11:30AM
2PM
6PM
8:30PM
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
P12N
11:30AM
2PM
6PM
8:30PM
Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
P12N
6PM
8:30PM
Championship Game
Sunday, March 4
ESPN2
6PM
            
9 Colorado 47
1 #6 Oregon 84
8 Utah 56
9 Colorado 66
1 #6 Oregon 65
4 #9 UCLA 62
5 California 74
4 #9 UCLA 77
5 California 71
12 Washington 68
1 #6 Oregon 77
2 #16 Stanford 57
7 USC 59
2 #16 Stanford 69
7 USC 47
10 Washington State 44
2 #16 Stanford 58
6 Arizona State 46
6 Arizona State 57
3 #10 Oregon State 51
6 Arizona State 76
11 Arizona 47

All-Tournament Team

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Source:[1]

Name Pos. Year Team
Lexi Bando G Sr. Oregon
Monique Billings F Sr. UCLA
Jordin Canada G Sr. UCLA
Ruthy Hebard G So. Oregon
Sabrina Ionescu G So. Oregon
Kiana Williams G Fr. Stanford

Most Outstanding Player

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Name Pos. Year Team
Sabrina Ionescu G So. Oregon

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pac-12 Women's Record Book" (PDF).