Year: | 2019 |
Conference: | Western Athletic Conference |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Orleans Arena |
City: | Paradise, Nevada |
Champions: | New Mexico State |
Titlecount: | 4th |
Coach: | Brooke Atkinson |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Gia Pack |
Mvpteam: | New Mexico State |
Television: | ESPN3 |
Different Previous: | 2018 |
Different Next: | 2020 |
The 2019 WAC women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament held from March 13–16, 2019, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] New Mexico State won the conference tournament championship game over Texas–Rio Grande Valley, in double-overtime, 76–73 to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.[2]
The teams were seeded based on record, with California Baptist not eligible to play due to the transition rules.[3]
2019 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||
Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker | ||
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1. | New Mexico State | 15–1 | 26–6 | |||
– | California Baptist | 11–5 | 18–11 | |||
2. | UT Rio Grande Valley | 10–6 | 18–14 | |||
3. | Kansas City | 9–7 | 16–15 | |||
4. | CSU Bakersfield | 9–7 | 14–17 | |||
5. | Utah Valley | 8–8 | 14–16 | |||
6. | Grand Canyon | 5–11 | 7–20 | |||
7. | Seattle U | 3–13 | 3–27 | |||
8. | Chicago State | 2–14 | 2–28 |
Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance |
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 | |||||
1 | 1 | 12:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | 811 |
2 | 2:30 PM |
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2 | 3 | 6:00 PM |
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4 | 8:30 PM |
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Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | |||||
3 | 5 | 12:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | 1,426 |
6 | 2:30 PM |
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Championship Game – Saturday, March 16 | |||||
4 | 7 | 2:00 PM |
| ESPN3 | |
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