# 2023 WAC women's basketball tournament

The 2023 WAC women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2022–23 season. The conference tournament was scheduled to be played from March 7–11, 2023, at Michelob ULTRA Arena and the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada near Las Vegas. The first round was played on March 6 at Michelob ULTRA Arena with the remaining rounds March 8–11 at the Orleans Arena. The winner of the conference tournament received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Twelve of the thirteen members were invited to the tournament. While Tarleton and Utah Tech were ineligible for the NCAA tournament, they were eligible for the WAC tournament. The WAC Resume Seeding rankings are an advanced analytic developed by Ken Pomeroy that incorporates the performance of teams in both conference and non-conference games. Rankings were initially released on December 5. While seedings were determined using the WAC Resume Seeding System, the top 12 teams that qualified for the tournament were determined based on conference league records.
| Seed | Feb. 27 | Final |
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | Stephen F. Austin |
| 2 | Southern Utah | Southern Utah |
| 3 | Grand Canyon | Grand Canyon |
| 4 | California Baptist | California Baptist |
| 5 | Utah Tech | Utah Tech |
| 6 | UT Arlington | UT Arlington |
| 7 | Sam Houston State | New Mexico State |
| 8 | New Mexico State | Abilene Christian |
| 9 | Abilene Christian | Sam Houston State |
| 10 | UT - RGV | UT - RGV |
| 11 | Seattle | Tarleton State |
| 12 | Tarleton State | Seattle |
| 13 | Utah Valley | Utah Valley |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television |
| First round – Monday, March 6, 2023 – Michelob ULTRA Arena |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00pm | No. 8 Abilene Christian vs. No. 9 Sam Houston | 81–82 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 2:00pm | No. 5 Utah Tech vs. No. 12 Utah Valley | 72–68 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 3 | 6:00pm | No. 7 New Mexico State vs. No. 10 UT Rio Grande Valley | 65–49 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 4 | 8:00pm | No. 6 UT Arlington vs. No. 11 Seattle | 78–80 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8, 2023 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 2 | 5 | 12:00pm | No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 9 Sam Houston | 74–59 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 6 | 2:00pm | No. 4 California Baptist vs. No. 5 Utah Tech | 81–72 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 7 | 6:00pm | No. 2 Southern Utah vs. No. 7 New Mexico State | 62–61 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 8 | 8:00pm | No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 11 Seattle | 85–80 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10, 2023 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 3 | 9 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 California Baptist | 64–69 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 10 | 2:30pm | No. 2 Southern Utah vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon | 64–51 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023 – Orleans Arena |||||||
| 4 | 11 | 3:30pm | No. 4 California Baptist vs. No. 2 Southern Utah | 73-82 | ESPN+ |
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||

## Bracket

| First round Monday, March 6 Michelob ULTRA Arena ESPN+ | First round Monday, March 6 Michelob ULTRA Arena ESPN+ | First round Monday, March 6 Michelob ULTRA Arena ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 Orleans Arena ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 Orleans Arena ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 Orleans Arena ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 10 Orleans Arena ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 10 Orleans Arena ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 10 Orleans Arena ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 11 Orleans Arena ESPN2 | Championship Saturday, March 11 Orleans Arena ESPN2 | Championship Saturday, March 11 Orleans Arena ESPN2 |
| | | | 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 74 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Abilene Christian | 81 | 9 | Sam Houston | 59 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Sam Houston | 82 | | | | 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | California Baptist | 69 | | | |
| | | | 4 | California Baptist | 81 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Utah Tech | 72 | 5 | Utah Tech | 72 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Utah Valley | 68 | | | | | | | 4 | California Baptist | 73 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Southern Utah | 82 |
| | | | 2 | Southern Utah | 62 | | | | | | |
| 7 | New Mexico State | 65 | 7 | New Mexico State | 61 | | | | | | |
| 10 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 49 | | | | 2 | Southern Utah | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Grand Canyon | 51 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Grand Canyon | 85 | | | | | | |
| 6 | UT Arlington | 78 | 11 | Seattle | 80 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Seattle | 80 | | | | | | | | | |