2025–26 Western Athletic Conference women's basketball season

High school (ages 12+)
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https://smallwhale.org/articles/2025-26-western-athletic-conference-women-s-basketball-season

Write what each word means, using the article.

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1. What is the regular season objective?Achieve a high standing for optimal seeding in the WAC Tournament
2. What is the WAC tournament outcome?Awards an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament
3. What is the 2025–26 WAC women's basketball season?It is a series of games where teams from the Western Athletic Conference play to win the championship. The season starts with a regular schedule and ends with a single‑elimination tournament.
4. Where are the WAC teams located?The teams are spread across the western and southwestern United States, in states such as California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.

Single-elimination tournament: A competition where a team is eliminated after a single loss.
Collegiate athletics: Sports organized and played by students at universities and colleges.
Conference realignment: The process of universities changing the athletic conferences they belong to.