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9 P A C - 1 2 / / 2 0 1 9 - 2 0 P A C - 1 2 W O M E N ' S B A S K E T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E P A C - 1 2 T O U R N A M E N T After a successful first year in Las Vegas, the 19th-annual Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament pre- sented by New York Life returns, this season heading to the Mandalay Bay Events Center from March 5-8, 2020, and will continue to receive unprecendented television coverage as each game of the tournament is scheduled to be televised either on the Pac-12 Networks or ESPN2. The tournament made its debut in 2002 and has been held annually since. The University of Oregon campus played host the first season. The Conference's premier women's sporting event then moved to HP Pavilion in San Jose for a six-year run (2003-08). It spent four years (2008-2012) in Los Angeles, with Galen Center playing host. The final two-year run in L.A. saw it combined with the men's tournament and the semifinal and championship games were played at the STAPLES Center. The tournament then moved to Seattle's Key Arena for a record-setting six years from 2013-2018 where attendance numbers grew each year, including the first-ever sold-out session. The winner of the 12-team tournament receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The tournament seeds and Conference Champion are determined by the 18-game regular-season Pac-12 schedule. THURSDAY, MARCH 5 - FIRST ROUND • PAC-12 NETWORKS Game 1: #5 Seed vs. #12 Seed, 11:30 a.m. PT Game 2: #8 Seed vs. #9 Seed, 2 p.m. PT Game 3: #7 Seed vs. #10 Seed, 6 p.m. PT Game 4: #6 Seed vs. #11 Seed, 8:30 p.m. PT FRIDAY, MARCH 6 - QUARTERFINALS • PAC-12 NETWORKS Game 5: Gm 1 Winner vs. #4 Seed, 11:30 a.m. PT Game 6: Gm 2 Winner vs. #1 Seed, 2 p.m. Game 7: Gm 3 Winner vs. #2 Seed, 5 p.m. PT Game 8: Gm 4 Winner vs. #3 Seed, 8:30 p.m. PT SATURDAY, MARCH 7 - SEMIFINALS • PAC-12 NETWORKS Game 9: Semifinal #1, 6 p.m. PT Game 10: Semifinal #2, 8:30 p.m. PT SUNDAY, MARCH 8 - CHAMPIONSHIP • ESPN2 Game 11: Championship Game, 5 p.m. PT 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 ESPN2. All times subject to change. As of Oct. 1, 2019. TOURNAMENT BRACKET 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET ESPNESPN2 Seed #5 Seed #12 Seed #4 Seed #8 Seed #19 Seed #1 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 PRESENTED BY NEW YORK LIFE MARCH 5-8, 2020 MANDALAY BAY EVENTS CENTER LAS VEGAS, NEV. ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT SITES 2002 McArhtur Court, Eugene, Ore. 2003-2008 HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif. 2009-2010 Galen Center, Los Angeles 2011-2012 Galen Center/STAPLES Center, Los Angeles 2013-2017 KeyArena, Seattle 2018 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas