# 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament, presented by New York Life, was a postseason tournament held from March 1–5, 2023, at Michelob Ultra Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
Washington State, seeded seventh out of the conference's 12 teams, won the tournament and with it the Pac-12 Conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's tournament. ESPN journalist Alexa Philippou called Washington State's title run "one of the more improbable Power 5 conference tournament runs in recent memory." The championship game was the first in the tournament's history not to feature any of the top four seeds, and the Cougars were the lowest seed ever to reach the title game, much less win it. This was the first Pac-12 title for Washington State in any women's sport, and the first Pac-12 tournament championship in any sport for the Cougars since 2002.

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 |
| #1 | Stanford | 15–3 | 27–4 | 2–0 Vs. Colorado | − |
| #2 | Utah | 15–3 | 25–3 | 1–1 Vs. Colorado | − |
| #3 | Colorado | 13–5 | 22–7 | − | − |
| #4 | Arizona | 11–7 | 21–8 | 2–0 Vs. UCLA & USC | − |
| #5 | UCLA | 11–7 | 22–8 | 2–1 Vs. Arizona & USC | 2–0 Vs. USC |
| #6 | USC | 11–7 | 21–8 | 0–3 Vs. Arizona & UCLA | 0–2 Vs. UCLA |
| #7 | Washington State | 9–9 | 19–10 | − | − |
| #8 | Washington | 7–11 | 15–13 | 1–1 Vs. Oregon | 1–2 Vs. Stanford & Utah |
| #9 | Oregon | 7–11 | 16–13 | 1–1 Vs. Oregon | 0–3 Vs. Stanford & Utah |
| #10 | California | 4–14 | 13–16 | 1–0 Vs. Oregon State | − |
| #11 | Oregon State | 4–14 | 12–17 | 0–1 Vs. California | − |
| #12 | Arizona State | 1–17 | 8–19 | − | − |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance |
| First Round – Wednesday, March 1 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 pm | #5 UCLA 81 vs. #12 Arizona State 70 $^{OT}$ | P12N | 3,292 |
| 1 | 2 | 2:30 pm | #8 Washington 50 vs. #9 Oregon 52 | P12N | 3,292 |
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | #7 Washington State 61 vs. #10 California 49 | P12N | 3,329 |
| 2 | 4 | 8:30 pm | #6 USC 48 vs. #11 Oregon State 56 | P12N | 3,329 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 pm | #4 Arizona 59 vs. #5 UCLA 73 | P12N | 4,245 |
| 3 | 6 | 2:30 pm | #1 Stanford 76 vs. #9 Oregon 65 | P12N | 4,245 |
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | #2 Utah 58 vs. #7 Washington State 66 | P12N | 4,207 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:30 pm | #3 Colorado 62 vs. #11 Oregon State 54 | P12N | 4,207 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 3 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm | #5 UCLA 69 vs. #1 Stanford 65 | P12N | 5,071 |
| 5 | 10 | 8:30 pm | #7 Washington State 61 vs. #3 Colorado 49 | P12N | 5,071 |
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 5 ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 2:00 pm | #5 UCLA 61 vs. #7 Washington State 65 | ESPN2 | 5,032 |
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeds. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 1 P12N | First round Wednesday, March 1 P12N | First round Wednesday, March 1 P12N | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 P12N | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 P12N | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 P12N | Semifinals Friday, March 3 P12N | Semifinals Friday, March 3 P12N | Semifinals Friday, March 3 P12N | Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2 | Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2 | Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2 |
| | | | 4 | #21 Arizona | 59 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | #19 UCLA | 73 | | | | | | |
| 5 | #19 UCLA | 81* | 5 | #19 UCLA | 73 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Arizona State | 70 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Arizona State | 70 | | | | 5 | #19 UCLA | 69 | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | #6 Stanford | 65 | | | |
| | | | 1 | #6 Stanford | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Oregon | 65 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Washington | 50 | 9 | Oregon | 65 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oregon | 52 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oregon | 52 | | | | | | | 5 | #19 UCLA | 61 |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Washington State | 65 |
| | | | 2 | #3 Utah | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Washington State | 66 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Washington State | 61 | 7 | Washington State | 66 | | | | | | |
| 10 | California | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | California | 49 | | | | 7 | Washington State | 61 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #20 Colorado | 49 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #20 Colorado | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Oregon State | 54 | | | | | | |
| 6 | USC | 48 | 11 | Oregon State | 54 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Oregon State | 56 | | | | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime

### Pac-12 All-Tournament team

* MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
* Bella Murekatete, Washington State
* Cameron Brink, Stanford
* Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA
* Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA
* Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA

### Hall of Honor

The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:
* Susie Parra (Arizona Softball)
* Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field)
* Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director)
* Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator)
* Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball)
* Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf)
* Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball)
* Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball)
* Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis)
* Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball)
* Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball)
* Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)