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// 9 PAC-12 PREVIEW // 2014-15 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE THURSDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 5-8, 2015 KEYARENA • SEATTLE, WASH. After a successful two years, the 14th-annual Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament remains in Seattle, in partnership with Force 10 Sports Marketing, LLC, the Seattle Sports Commission and Seattle Center. The tourna- ment will be played at KeyArena from March 5-8, 2015 and will also receive unprecendented national television coverage of the women's basketball teams and players as every game of the tournament will be televised either on the Pac-12 Networks or ESPN. The new agreement, which began in 2013, runs through the 2015 tournament. The City of Seattle has embraced women's basketball and women's athletics, which can be seen through the support of the WNBA's Seattle Storm with its attendance increasing the last several years. The majestic city provides convenient travel for teams and fans, with non-stop flights available from every Pac-12 city. In the two years the Pac-12 Tournament has been in the Emerald City, the four-day event has seen its biggest successes, recording two of the top three attendances in the 13-year history. The Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament made its debut in 2002 and was held on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore. The Conference's premier women's sporting event then moved to HP Pavilion at San Jose for a six-year run (2003-08). It spent four years (2008-2012) in Los Angeles, with Galen Center play- ing host. The final two-year run of the event saw it combined with the men's tournament and the semifinal and championship games were played at the STAPLES Center. The winner of the 12-team tournament receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The tournament seeding and Conference Champion are determined by the 18-game regular-season Pac-12 schedule. PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ** PLEASE NOTE: Bracket may be flipped to feature key matchups in the evening session at the discretion of the Commissioner. All games to be televised on national television. First three rounds to be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. Championship game to be televised on ESPN. All times subject to change. As of Oct. 1, 2014. TOURNAMENT BRACKET PAC-12 TOURNAMENT 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET ESPN Seed #8 Seed #9 Seed #1 Seed #5 Seed #12 Seed #4 Seed #7 Seed #10 Seed #2 Seed #6 Seed #11 Seed #3 TOURNAMENT CHAMPION NCAA Automatic Qualifier Thurs., March 5 Fri., March 6 Sat., March 7 Sun., March 8 Thursday, March 5 First Round Game #1 (P12N) ........... 11:30 a.m. PT First Round Game #2 (P12N) .................. 2 p.m. PT First Round Game #3 (P12N) .................. 6 p.m. PT First Round Game #4 (P12N) ............. 8:30 p.m. PT Friday, March 6 Quarterfinal Game #1 (P12N) ........... 11:30 a.m. PT Quarterfinal Game #2 (P12N) .................. 2 p.m. PT Quarterfinal Game #3 (P12N) .................. 6 p.m. PT Quarterfinal Game #4 (P12N) ............. 8:30 p.m. PT Saturday, March 7 Semifinal Game #1 (P12N) ..................... 6 p.m. PT Semifinal Game #2 (P12N) ................ 8:30 p.m. PT Sunday, March 8 Championship Game (ESPN) .................. 6 p.m. PT