2017 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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.

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 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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

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

Schedule

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

Bracket

	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

All-Tournament Team

Source:^[1]

Name	Pos.	Year	Team
Kristine Anigwe	F	So.	California
Jordin Canada	G	Jr.	UCLA
Sabrina Ionescu	G	Fr.	Oregon
Erica McCall	F	Sr.	Stanford
Alanna Smith	F	So.	Stanford
Sydney Wiese	G	Sr.	Oregon State

Most Outstanding Player

Name	Pos.	Year	Team
Erica McCall	F	Sr.	Stanford

See also

• 2017 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Pac-12 Women's Record Book" (PDF).