2021 WAC women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:WAC
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:7
Arena:Orleans Arena
City:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:California Baptist
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Jarrod Olson
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Caitlyn Harper
Mvpteam:California Baptist

The 2021 WAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2020–21 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, March 10–13, 2021. Cal Baptist won the tournament and would have received the WAC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament, but, due to transition from Division II to Division I, are ineligible. The WAC automatic bid went to Utah Valley, who finished second in the regular season standings.[1]

Seeds

Seven of the 9 teams in the WAC are eligible to compete in the conference tournament for NCAA postseason play. California Baptist is ineligible due to their transition from Division II to Division I, and Dixie State ended their season in January. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference.

SeedSchoolConference
1California Baptist14–0
2Utah Valley10–4
3Grand Canyon8–4
4New Mexico State6–6
5Seattle6–8
6UTRGV2–8
7Chicago State0–10

Schedule and results

GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 10
1NoonNo. 5 Seattle vs No. 4 New Mexico State46–56
22:30 pmNo. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 7 Chicago State61–43
38:30 pmNo. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 UTRGV67–54
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
411:00 amNo. 4 New Mexico State vs. No. 1 California Baptist54–79
52:00 pmNo. 2 Utah Valley vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon54–57
Final – Saturday, March 13
62:00 pmNo. 1 California Baptist vs. No. 3 Grand Canyon78–60
Game times in PDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://gculopes.com/news/2021/3/9/gcu-womens-basketball-wac-tournament-preview.aspx WAC Tournament journey starts with UTRGV