2011–12 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Season | |
Color: |
|
Color Text: |
|
League: | NCAA Division I |
Sport: | Basketball |
Sex: | women |
Pixels: | 120px |
No Of Teams: | 9 |
Tv: | ESPNU, BYUtv, SWX, CBSSN |
Season: | Regular Season |
Season Champs: | Gonzaga |
Second Place: | BYU |
Mvp: | Kristen Riley, BYU |
Mvp Link: | West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year |
Finals: | Tournament |
Finals Link: | 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament |
Finals Champ: | BYU |
Finals Runner-Up: | Gonzaga |
Finals Mvp: | Haley Steed, BYU |
Finals Mvp Link: | Most Valuable Player |
Seasonslistnames: | Basketball |
Prevseason Link: | 2010–11 West Coast Conference women's basketball season |
Prevseason Year: | 10–11 |
Nextseason Link: | 2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season |
Nextseason Year: | 12–13 |
The 2011–12 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2011 and ended with the 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament from February 29- March 5, 2012 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The regular season began on the weekend of November 11, with the conference schedule starting on December 29.
This was the 27th season for WCC women's basketball, which began in the 1985–86 season when the league was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). It was also the 22nd season under the West Coast Conference name (the conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the WCAC in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989). In July 2011, a new faith based, private school joined the conference. BYU came from the Mountain West, marking the WCC's first change in membership since 1980.[1] [2]
Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga University (8), 64
2. Brigham Young University (1), 52
3. Pepperdine University, 50
4. Loyola Marymount University, 36
5. Saint Mary's College, 34
6. University of Portland, 32
7. University of San Diego, 26
8. Santa Clara University, 22
9. University of San Francisco, 8
Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Dominique Conners, USD, Sr., G
Alex Cowling, Loyola Marymount, RS-Jr., G/F
Natalie Day, Portland, Sr.., G/F
Jazmine Jackson, Pepperdine, Sr., G
Katelan Redmon, Gonzaga, Sr., G/F
Kristen Riley, Brigham Young University, Sr., F
Alyssa Shoji, Santa Clara, Sr., G
Jasmine Smith, Saint Mary's, RS-Sr., G
Kayla Standish, Gonzaga, Sr., F
ReZina TecleMariam, Portland, Sr., G
See main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
Improvement in ranking | ||
Drop in ranking | ||
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;" | RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol | |
Pre/ Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BYU | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 22 | RV | 23 | RV | RV | ||||||||||
C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | 22 | 20 | 19 | RV | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 | RV | |
C | RV | RV | 24 | RV | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | ||
Loyola Marymount | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | AP | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
C | |||||||||||||||||||||
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
BYU | Gonzaga | LMU | Pepperdine | Portland | Saint Mary's | San Diego | San Francisco | Santa Clara | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GON | LMU | PEPP | PORT | SMC | USD | USF | USC --> | vs. Brigham Young | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
vs. Gonzaga | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||||||
vs. Loyola Marymount | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||
vs. Pepperdine | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||||||
vs. Portland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | ||||||||
vs. Saint Mary's | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | ||||||||
vs. San Diego | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||||||
vs. San Francisco | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 2–0 | ||||||||
vs. Santa Clara | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | GON | LMU | PEPP | PORT | SMC | USD | USF | USC --> |
Total | 12–4 | 14–2 | 3–13 | 8–8 | 4–12 | 11–5 | 12–4 | 3–13 | 5–11 |
See main article: 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament.
Jeff Judkins, BYU
Kelly Graves, Gonzaga
Julie Wilhoit, Loyola Marymount
Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine
Jim Sollars, Portland
Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
Cindy Fisher, San Diego
Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
Jennifer Mountain, Santa Clara
Voting was by conference coaches: