2017 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
2017 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
Site	KeyArena; Seattle, WA
Champions	Stanford (12th title)
Winning coach	Tara VanDerVeer (12th title)
MVP	Alanna Smith (Stanford)
Attendance	37,317
Television	Pac-12 Network, ESPN2
	Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournaments ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament presented by New York Life was the postseason women's basketball tournament at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington from March 2–5, 2017. Stanford defeated Oregon State 48-43 to win the automatic bid into the Women's NCAA Tournament.

Seeds[]

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

Record between the tied teams
Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
Higher RPI

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Oregon State	16–2
#2	Stanford	15–3	1–0 vs. WASH
#3	Washington	15–3	0–1 vs. STAN
#4	UCLA	13–5
#5	Arizona State	9–9
#6	Oregon	8–10
#7	Washington State	6–12	1–0 vs. CAL
#8	California	6–12	0–1 vs. WSU
#9	USC	5–13	2–2 vs. ARIZ/COLO/UTAH, 1–1 vs. OSU
#10	Colorado	5–13	2–2 vs. ARIZ/USC/UTAH, 0–2 vs. OSU, 2–1 vs. ARIZ/UTAH
#11	Arizona	5–13	2–2 vs. COLO/USC/UTAH, 0–1 vs. OSU, 1–1 vs. COLO/UTAH
#12	Utah	5–13	2–2 vs. ARIZ/COLO/USC, 0–2 vs. OSU, 1–2 vs. ARIZ/COLO

Thursday-Sunday, March 2–5, 2017

The top four seeds received a first-round bye.

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 2
1	1	11:30 AM	#8 California vs. #9 USC	P12N	3,601
1	2	2:00 PM	#5 Arizona State vs. #12 Utah		3,601
2	3	6:00 PM	#7 Washington State vs. #10 Colorado		4,158
2	4	8:30 PM	#6 Oregon vs. #11 Arizona		4,158
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 3
3	5	11:30 AM	#1 Oregon State vs. #8 California	P12N	4,659
3	6	2:00 PM	#4 UCLA vs. #5 Arizona State		4,659
4	7	6:00 PM	#2 Stanford vs. #7 Washington State		9,686
4	8	8:30 PM	#3 Washington vs. #6 Oregon		9,686
Semifinals – Saturday, March 4
5	9	6:00 PM	#1 Oregon State vs. #4 UCLA	P12N	8,384
5	10	8:30 PM	#2 Stanford vs. #6 Oregon	P12N	8,384
Championship Game – Sunday, March 5
6	11	6:00 PM	#1 Oregon State vs. #2 Stanford	ESPN2	6,829
*Game Times in PT.

First Round Thursday, March 2 P12N			Quarterfinals Friday, March 3 P12N			Semifinals Saturday, March 4 P12N			Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2

			1	#7 Oregon State	65

			8	California	49
8	California	71

9	USC	58
						1	#7 Oregon State	63

						4	#15 UCLA	53



			4	#15 UCLA	77

			5	Arizona State	68
5	Arizona State	72

12	Utah	54
									1	#7 Oregon State	43

									2	#10 Stanford	48



			2	#10 Stanford	66

			7	Washington State	36
7	Washington State	79

10	Colorado	78
						2	#10 Stanford	71

						6	Oregon	56



			3	#11 Washington	69

			6	Oregon	70
6	Oregon	70

11	Arizona	63

v t 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC American America East ASUN Atlantic 10 Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
National	NCAA WNIT WBI


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2	.889	31	–	5	.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3	.833	32	–	6	.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3	.833	29	–	6	.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Oregon	8	–	10	.444	23	–	14	.622
California	6	–	12	.333	20	–	14	.588
Washington State	6	–	12	.333	16	–	20	.444
Colorado	5	–	13	.278	17	–	16	.515
Utah	5	–	13	.278	16	–	15	.516
USC	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467
Arizona	5	–	13	.278	14	–	16	.467


† 2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll