2017 WAC women's basketball tournament

The 2017 WAC women's basketball tournament is a basketball tournament held on March 9–12, 2017, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The #1 seed in the tournament received a first round bye to the semifinals. Grand Canyon did not compete in the 2017 women's basketball tournament. As a D2 to D1 transitioning school, they are ineligible to compete in the NCAA tournament until the 2018 season, so they could not win the conference tournament since the winner receives 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.

2017 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	7
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	New Mexico State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Mark Trakh (3rd title)
MVP	Moriah Mack (New Mexico State)
Television	ESPNU WAC DN
Western Athletic Conference women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 WAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
New Mexico State †	14	–	0		1.000			24	–	7		.774
Cal State Bakersfield	10	–	4		.714			15	–	14		.517
Seattle	10	–	4		.714			15	–	18		.455
UTRGV	8	–	6		.571			19	–	14		.576
Grand Canyon*	7	–	7		.500			15	–	12		.556
UMKC	4	–	10		.286			10	–	19		.345
Utah Valley	3	–	11		.214			9	–	22		.290
Chicago State	0	–	14		.000			0	–	29		.000
† 2017 WAC tournament winner As of March 19, 2017 Rankings from AP poll * Ineligible for WAC Basketball Tournament as part of reclassification from Division II

New Mexico State won the conference tournament championship game over Seattle, 63–48, to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

2017 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1.	New Mexico State	14–0	23–6
2.	Seattle	10–4	13–16	2–0 vs. Cal State Bakersfield
3.	Cal State Bakersfield	10–4	15–13	0–2 vs. Seattle
4.	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	8–6	18–12
5.	UMKC	4–10	9–18
6.	Utah Valley	3–11	8–21
7.	Chicago State	0–14	0–28

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
1	1	2:00 PM	#4 UT-Rio Grande Valley vs. #5 UMKC	WAC DN	733
	2	4:30 PM	#2 Seattle vs. #7 Chicago State
	3	7:00 PM	#3 Cal State Bakersfield vs. #6 Utah Valley
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
2	4	12:00 PM	#1 New Mexico State vs. #5 UMKC	ESPN3
	5	2:30 PM	#2 Seattle vs. #6 Utah Valley
Championship Game – Saturday, March 11
3	6	1:00 PM	#1 New Mexico State vs. #2 Seattle	ESPN3	851
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
						1	New Mexico State	71
						5	UMKC	63
	4	UT-Rio Grande Valley	69
	5	UMKC	77
											1	New Mexico State	63
											2	Seattle	48
	2	Seattle	78
	7	Chicago State	60
						2	Seattle	61
						6	Utah Valley	60
	3	Cal State Bakersfield	53(OT)
	6	Utah Valley	59

See also

• 2017 WAC men's basketball tournament