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.^[1]

2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	12
Site	Michelob Ultra Arena Las Vegas, NV
Champions	Washington State (1st title)
Winning coach	Kamie Ethridge (1st title)
MVP	Charlisse Leger-Walker (Washington State)
Attendance	25,176
Television	Pac-12 Network, ESPN2
Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Utah	15	–	3		.833			27	–	5		.844
No. 5 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 21 Colorado	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
No. 14 UCLA	11	–	7		.611			27	–	10		.730
No. 25 Arizona	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
USC	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
No. 23 Washington State †	9	–	9		.500			23	–	11		.676
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			20	–	15		.571
Washington	7	–	11		.389			19	–	15		.559
California	4	–	14		.222			13	–	17		.433
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			13	–	18		.419
Arizona State	1	–	17		.056			8	–	20		.286
† 2023 Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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.^[2]

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
	2	2:30 pm	#8 Washington 50 vs. #9 Oregon 52
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Washington State 61 vs. #10 California 49		3,329
	4	8:30 pm	#6 USC 48 vs. #11 Oregon State 56
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
3	5	12:00 pm	#4 Arizona 59 vs. #5 UCLA 73	P12N	4,245
	6	2:30 pm	#1 Stanford 76 vs. #9 Oregon 65
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Utah 58 vs. #7 Washington State 66		4,207
	8	8:30 pm	#3 Colorado 62 vs. #11 Oregon State 54
Semifinals – Friday, March 3
5	9	6:00 pm	#5 UCLA 69 vs. #1 Stanford 65	P12N	5,071
	10	8:30 pm	#7 Washington State 61 vs. #3 Colorado 49
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.[1] Rankings denote tournament seeds.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 1 P12N					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 P12N					Semifinals Friday, March 3 P12N					Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2
						4	#21 Arizona	59
						5	#19 UCLA	73
	5	#19 UCLA	81*
	12	Arizona State	70
											5	#19 UCLA	69
											1	#6 Stanford	65
						1	#6 Stanford	76
						9	Oregon	65
	8	Washington	50
	9	Oregon	52
																5	#19 UCLA	61
																7	Washington State	65
						2	#3 Utah	58
						7	Washington State	66
	7	Washington State	61
	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	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:^[3]

• 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)

See also

• 2023 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament