This piece is being published on the morning of Wednesday, March 1, hours before the start of the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament in Las Vegas. Before the games begin, we’re getting our bracket picks on record for this four-day event, the lead-in to the NCAA Tournament two weeks later.
USC faces Oregon State in the late-night game on Wednesday, the last of the four first-round games on March 1. The Trojans would realistically love to beat Colorado in Thursday’s quarterfinals and gain a seed line for the NCAA Tournament. We talked about that on our recent podcast.
Beyond USC, the big story in the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Tournament is the possibility of a third meeting this season between top seeds Stanford (1) and Utah (2). The teams shared the Pac-12 championship, splitting the two games by winning on their respective home floors. Part three for all the marbles would be compelling. The winner would get a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Here are our picks for every game at the 2023 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Tournament, in chronological order: