| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | WAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Orleans Arena |
| City: | Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions: | Stephen F. Austin |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Mark Kellogg |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Zya Nugent |
| Mvpteam: | Stephen F. Austin |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
The 2022 WAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Western Athletic Conference during the 2021–22 season. All games were played at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 8 to 12, 2022. Regular-season champion Stephen F. Austin, in its first WAC season after moving from the Southland Conference following the 2020–21 season, also won the tournament, receiving the WAC's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.[1]
Eleven of the 13 teams in the WAC were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. Dixie State and Tarleton were ineligible due to their transitions from Division II to Division I. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Only the top 10 teams in the conference qualified for the tournament.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen F. Austin | 17-1 | 3–1 vs Seattle/SFA | |
| 2 | Grand Canyon | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | California Baptist | 13-5 | ||
| 4 | Utah Valley | 10-8 | ||
| 5 | Abilene Christian | 9-9 | 2-0 vs. Sam Houston | |
| 6 | Sam Houston | 9-9 | 0-2 vs. Abilene Christian | |
| 7 | Lamar | 8-10 | 2-0 vs. UTRGV | |
| 8 | UTRGV | 8-10 | 0-2 vs. Lamar | |
| 9 | Seattle | 6-12 | 1-1 vs. New Mexico State | 0-1 vs. Stephen F. Austin |
| 10 | New Mexico State | 6-12 | 1-1 vs. Seattle | 0-2 vs. Stephen F. Austin |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 UTRGV vs. No. 9 Seattle | 71–61 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 7 Lamar vs. No. 10 New Mexico State | 66–54 | ||||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 9, 2022 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 5 Abilene Christian vs. No. 8 UTRGV | 70–73 | ESPN+ | ||
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 6 Sam Houston vs. No. 7 Lamar | 73–69 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2022 | |||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00pm | No. 4 Utah Valley vs. No. 8 UTRGV | 72–57 | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 3 California Baptist vs. No. 6 Sam Houston | 85–78 | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2022 | |||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00pm | No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 4 Utah Valley | 68-42 | ESPN+ | ||
| 8 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 California Baptist | 64-60 | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022 | |||||||
| 5 | 9 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Stephen F. Austin vs. No. 2 Grand Canyon | 74-57 | ESPN+ | ||
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* denotes overtime period