2015 WAC women's basketball tournament

2015 Western Athletic Conference I Women's 200px 7 Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada New Mexico State Brianna Freeman New Mexico State 2,624 ESPNUWAC Digital 2014 2016 The 2015 WAC women's basketball tournament was held on March 11–14, 2015, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.http://www.themonitor.com/sports/article_0b7f6184-d7bf-11e2-9d16-0019bb30f31a.html WAC basketball tournaments will be held in Las Vegas The Monitor 2013-06-17 This was the fourth consecutive year the WAC Tournament took place in Vegas. Format Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2015 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they were ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. However Grand Canyon was eligible to win the regular season title and is eligible to compete in the WNIT or WBI should they be invited.http://www.azcentral.com/sports/colleges/articles/20121127grand-canyon-university-join-western-athletic-conference.html Grand Canyon joins Western Athletic Conference AZCentral Sports 2012-11-27 Since Idaho left the WAC at the start of the year, 7 teams competed in the 2015 tournament in a traditional single-elimination style tournament. 1 had a bye in the first round 8, 2 played 7, 3 played 6, and 4 played 5 on Wednesday, March 11. The winners met in the semifinals on Friday, March 13. The championship was held on Saturday, March 14. Seeds 2014 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seedsSeedSchoolConference RecordOverall Record (End of Regular season)Tiebreaker 1.New Mexico State13–1 20–7 2.Cal State Bakersfield 11–3 22–7 3.UT Pan American9–5 17–13 4.Grand Canyon7–7 13–14 Since Grand Canyon can't qualify for the WAC Tourney, teams 5–8 will be seeded 4–7.5.Seattle U6–8 9–20 6.Utah Valley5–9 11–18 7.UMKC4–10 6–23 8.Chicago State 1–13 4–24 Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup# Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 11112:00 PM #4 Seattle vs. #5 Utah Valley24:30 PM#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #7 Chicago State237:00 PM#3 UT Pan American vs. #6 UMKC Semifinals – Friday, March 133412:00 PM#1 New Mexico State vs. #4 Seattle52:30 PM#2 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #3 UT Pan American Championship Game – Saturday, March 14461:00 PM#1 New Mexico State vs. #3 UT Pan American *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket QuarterfinalsWednesday, March 11 SemifinalsFriday, March 13 ChampionshipSaturday, March 14 1 4 Seattle U 64 5 Utah Valley 62 2 Cal State Bakersfield 77 7 Chicago State 53 3 UT Pan American 61 6 UMKC 50 1 New Mexico State 79 4 Seattle U 75OT 2 Cal State Bakersfield 70 3 UT Pan American 76 1 New Mexico State 70 3 UT Pan American 52 Game summaries Seattle U vs. Utah Valley Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray #ffdead Mar 11 2 p.m. PDT Utah Valley Wolverines 62 Seattle U Redhawks 64 27–24 35–40 Rhai Spooner-Knight 14 Sam Loogins 11 Georgia Agnew 6 Taelor Ross 22 Taelor Ross 14 Jazmine Johnson 6 Orleans ArenaParadise, NV 657http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=82919 Seattle U vs. Utah Valley Stat Broadcast 2015-03-11 Lisa Jones, Jack Jones, Brenda Pantoja WAC Digital Cal State Bakersfield vs. Chicago State Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray #e3e3e3 Mar 11 4:30 p.m. PDT Chicago State Cougars 53 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 77 23–40 30–37 Paris Williams 21 Layne Murphy 10 Sarah Amalou 3 Tyonna Outland 17 Batabe Zempare 10 Tyonna Outland 6 Orleans ArenaParadise, NV 657http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=82920 Cal State Bakersfield vs. Chicago State Stat Broadcast 2015-03-11 Penny Davis, Carla Fujimoto, Peter Contreras WAC Digital UT Pan American vs. UMKC Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray #ffdead Mar 11 8 p.m. PDT UMKC Kangaroos 50 UT Pan American Broncs 61 27–26 23–35 Calli White 12 Kiana Law 8 Sierra Bone 3 Shawnte' Goff & Brittany Bush 17 Brittany Bush 7 T'Ondria Nolen 4 Orleans ArenaParadise, NV 657http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=82921 UT Pan American vs. UMKC Stat Broadcast 2015-03-11 Melissa Barlow, Kent Johnson, Julie Krommenhoek WAC Digital New Mexico State vs. Seattle U Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray #e3e3e3 Mar 13 12 p.m. PDT Seattle Redhawks 75 New Mexico State Aggies 79 35–30 32–37 8–12 Crystal Allen & Taelor Ross 21 Taelor Ross 17 Kaylee Best 6 Sasha Weber 22 Brianna Freeman 16 Shanice Davis 5 Orleans ArenaParadise, NV http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=82922 Seattle U vs. New Mexico State Stat Broadcast 2015-03-13 Julie Krommenhoek, Kent Johnson, Peter Contreras WAC Digital Cal State Bakersfield vs. UT Pan American Broadcasters: Mychal Clanton, Steven Hunter, & Evyn Murray #ffdead Mar 13 2:30 p.m. PDT UT Pan American Broncs 76 Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners 70 43–41 33–29 Shawnte' Goff 14 Shawnte' Goff 11 Rickell Preston 6 Tyonna Outland 24 Tyonna Outland 12 Tyonna Outland 5 Orleans ArenaParadise, NV http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=82923 UT Pan American vs. Cal State Bakersfield Stat Broadcast 2015-03-13 Brenda Pantoja, Jack Jones, Ify Seales WAC Digital Championship: New Mexico State vs. UT Pan American Broadcasters: Steve Quis & Katie Smith #e3e3e3 Mar 14 1 p.m. PDT UT Pan American Broncs 52 New Mexico State Aggies 70 27–25 46–24 Cha'zaye Wright 15 Bush; Wright 8 Preston; Wright 2 Sasha Weber 20 Freeman; Mack 9 Moriah Mack 4 Orleans ArenaParadise, NV 888Box Score (Final): 2014–15 WAC Women's Basketball Texas-Pan American vs New Mexico State March 14, 2015 http://www.wacsports.com/fls/10100/stats/basketballw/2014/wac6.htm#GAME.BOX Western Athletic Conference 2015-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20150316081544/http://www.wacsports.com/fls/10100/stats/basketballw/2014/wac6.htm#GAME.BOX March 16, 2015 dead Melissa Barlow; Lisa Jones; Julie Krommenhoek ESPNU Awards and honors Source: 2015 WAC Men's and women's basketball tournament http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=209959585 Western Athletic Conference March 16, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150316131324/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209959585&DB_OEM_ID=10100 March 16, 2015 dead Tournament MVP: Brianna Freeman – New Mexico State All-Tournament teams: Brianna Freeman – New Mexico State Shawnte' Goff – Texas–Pan American Tyonna Outland – CSU–Bakersfield Taelor Ross – Seattle Sasha Weber – New Mexico State References Category:United Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament WAC women's basketball tournament Category:March 2015 sports events in the United States Category:Basketball competitions in the Las Vegas Valley Category:College basketball tournaments in Nevada Category:Women's sports in Las Vegas Category:College sports tournaments in Nevada