2024 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament schedule, seeds, tip times, and TV networks

It’s the final Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament, at least for the next several years. USC, UCLA, Washington, and Oregon are heading to the Big Ten. Utah, Colorado, Arizona State, and Arizona are going to the Big 12. There won’t be a Pac-12 Conference in any meaningful sense next year. This is the last true Pac-12 gathering for the conference tournament in Las Vegas. We have the Pac-12 Women’s Tournament schedule for you.

Let’s go through the matchups, the seedings, the start times, the television assignments, and more for the big gathering which begins on Wednesday, March 6, in Vegas, with USC having the No. 2 seed:

GAME 1 -- FIRST ROUND -- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6: NO. 12 SEED OREGON VS NO. 5 COLORADO

Ducks-Buffaloes begins at 3 p.m. Eastern, noon Pacific, from Las Vegas. It’s the first game of the Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament and the first of four games on Wednesday, March 6.

Pac-12 Network has the broadcast. Follow Ducks Wire and Buffaloes Wire for more coverage.

GAME 2 -- FIRST ROUND: NO. 9 WASHINGTON STATE VS. NO. 8 CAL

This game starts at roughly 5:30 p.m. Eastern, 2:30 Pacific, or 30 minutes after the end of the Oregon-Colorado game. Pac-12 Network has the game broadcast.

GAME 3 -- FIRST ROUND: NO. 10 WASHINGTON VS. NO. 7 ARIZONA

The first game of the night session on Wednesday starts at 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 Pacific, on Pac-12 Network. Follow UW Huskies Wire for more coverage.

GAME 4 -- FIRST ROUND: NO. 11 ARIZONA STATE VS. NO. 6 UTAH

The final first-round game on Wednesday in Vegas starts at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, 8:30 Pacific, or 30 minutes after the end of Washington-Arizona. Pac-12 Network will televise the game.

Then it’s on to Thursday for the quarterfinals:

GAME 5 -- QUARTERFINALS -- THURSDAY, MARCH 7: GAME 1 WINNER VS. NO. 4 OREGON STATE

Thursday’s first of four quarterfinals involves Oregon State against Oregon or Colorado. The game starts at 3 p.m. Eastern, noon Pacific, and will air on Pac-12 Network.

GAME 6 -- QUARTERFINALS: GAME 2 WINNER VS. NO. 1 STANFORD

Outright Pac-12 champion Stanford faces Washington State or Cal at 5:30 p.m. Eastern and 2:30 Pacific, or 30 minutes after the end of the first quarterfinal involving Oregon State. Pac-12 Network will air the game.

GAME 7 -- QUARTERFINALS: GAME 3 WINNER VS. NO. 2 USC

USC opens its Pac-12 Tournament Thursday evening in the first of two night-session quarterfinals. This one, against Washington or Arizona, starts at 9 p.m. Eastern and 6 Pacific on Pac-12 Network.

GAME 8 -- QUARTERFINALS: GAME 4 WINNER VS. NO. 3 UCLA

The last of four quarterfinals on Thursday pits UCLA against either Utah or Arizona State. The game starts at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, 8:30 Pacific, or 30 minutes after the end of USC’s quarterfinal. Pac-12 Network has the telecast.

That’s all for Thursday’s quadrupleheader. On to Friday:

GAME 9 -- SEMFINALS -- FRIDAY, MARCH 8: GAME 5 WINNER VS. GAME 6 WINNER

Oregon State and Stanford are the projected higher seeds for the first of two Friday semifinals. We will see if the lower seeds create bracket chaos and produce upsets.

Semifinal No. 1 starts at 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 Pacific, on Pac-12 Network.

GAME 10 -- SEMIFINALS: GAME 7 WINNER VS. GAME 8 WINNER

The projected higher seeds here are USC and UCLA. If the Trojans and Bruins can avoid upsets in the quarterfinals, they will meet for the third time this season, having split the first two meetings. The game starts at 11:30 p.m. Eastern, 8:30 Pacific, or 30 minutes after the end of semifinal No. 1. Pac-12 Network will show this game on TV.

GAME 11 -- CHAMPIONSHIP -- SUNDAY, MARCH 10:

The semifinal winners get some well-deserved rest on Saturday and will meet on Sunday for the tournament championship. The game starts at 5 p.m. Eastern, 2 p.m. Pacific, and will air on ESPN.

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Story originally appeared on Trojans Wire