2014 WAC women's basketball tournament
The 2014 WAC women's basketball tournament will be held on March 12–15, 2014, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[3] This will be the third consecutive year the WAC Tournament takes place in Vegas.
| 2014 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2013–14 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Television | ESPNU |
Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournaments | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho† | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Bakersfield | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon* | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle U | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas-Pan American | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMKC | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah Valley | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chicago State | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2014 WAC tournament winner As of March 22, 2014 * Grand Canyon ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II Rankings from AP poll[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
Grand Canyon will not compete in the 2014 men's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they cannot win the conference tournament since the winner gets an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon will be eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited.[4]
8 teams will compete in the 2014 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournament, with 1 playing 8, 2 playing 7, 3 playing 6, and 4 playing 5 on Wednesday, March 12. The winners will meet in the semifinals on Friday, March 14. The championship will air Saturday, March 15.
Seeds
| 2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular season) |
Tiebreaker | ||
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| 1. | Idaho | 15-1 | 22-8 | |||
| 2. | Cal State Bakersfield | 12-4 | 17-10 | |||
| 3. | Seattle | 9-7 | 14-15 | |||
| 4. | UT Pan American | 8-8 | 14-15 | |||
| 5. | New Mexico State | 7-9 | 10-19 | 1-1 vs. Grand Canyon | ||
| 6. | UMKC | 7-9 | 11-18 | 0-2 vs. Grand Canyon | ||
| 7. | Utah Valley | 4-12 | 7-22 | |||
| 8. | Chicago State | 0-16 | 3-26 | |||
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | ||
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| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | #1 Idaho vs. #8 Chicago State | ||
| 2 | 2:30 PM | #4 UT Pan American vs. #5 New Mexico State | |||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | #3 Seattle vs. #6 UMKC | ||
| 4 | 8:30 PM | #2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #7 Utah Valley | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | #1 Idaho vs. #5 New Mexico State | ||
| 6 | 2:30 PM | #3 Seattle vs. #2 Cal State Bakersfield | |||
| Championship Game – Saturday, March 15 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 1:00 PM | #1 Idaho vs. Game 6 winner | ||
| *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Championship Saturday, March 15 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Idaho | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Chicago State | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Idaho | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | New Mexico State | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | UT Pan American | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | New Mexico State | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Idaho | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State Bakersfield | 65 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Utah Valley | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Cal State Bakersfield | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Seattle | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | UMKC | 76 | ||||||||||||
Game summaries
Game Summaries will be added once the tournament bracket is finalized.
All tournament conference team
| Name | School | Pos. | Year | Ht. | Hometown |
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References
- "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- "WAC basketball tournaments will be held in Las Vegas". The Monitor. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- "Grand Canyon joins Western Athletic Conference". AZCentral Sports. Retrieved November 27, 2012.