2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:West Coast Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Finalarena:Orleans Arena
Finalcity:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:BYU
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Jeff Judkins
Coachcount:2nd WCC
Mvp:Lexi Eaton
Mvpteam:BYU
Television:ESPNU/BYUtv
Different Previous:2014
Different Next:2016

The 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 5–10, 2015, at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined based on a schools conference record, not the overall record. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows:

  1. Head-to-head
  2. Better record against a higher seed
  3. Higher RPI
2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
SeedSchoolConference RecordOverall Record
(End of Regular season)
Tiebreaker
1.Gonzaga16–223–6
2.San Diego14–423–5
3.Pacific13–521–82–0 vs. SMC
4.Saint Mary's13–520–90–2 vs. Pacific
5.BYU12–620–9
6.San Francisco8–1017–12
7.Santa Clara5–1310–17
8.Loyola Marymount4–146–23
9.Pepperdine3–158–21
10.Portland2–164–25

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#
First round – Thursday, March 5
1112:00 PM
  1. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 Pepperdine
22:00 PM
  1. 7 Santa Clara vs. #10 Portland
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 & Friday, March 6
236:00 PM
  1. 3 Pacific vs. #6 San Francisco
48:00 PM
  1. 4 Saint Mary's vs. #5 BYU
3512:00 PM
  1. 1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Loyola Marymount
62:00 PM
  1. 2 San Diego vs. #7 Santa Clara
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
4712:00 PM
  1. 5 BYU vs. #1 Gonzaga
82:30 PM
  1. 6 San Francisco vs. #2 San Diego
Championship Game – Tuesday, March 10
591:00 PM
  1. 5 BYU vs. #6 San Francisco
  • Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and scores

Game summaries

Loyola Marymount vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 52-20
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski----

Santa Clara vs. Portland

Series History: Santa Clara leads 37-30
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski----

Pacific vs. San Francisco

Series History: San Francisco leads 16-15
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
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Saint Mary's vs. BYU

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 5-4
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler----

Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Gonzaga leads 33-27
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski----

San Diego vs. Santa Clara

Series History: San Diego leads 35-32
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski----

BYU vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads 11-6
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler----

San Diego vs. San Francisco

Series History: San Diego leads 38-25
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler----

WCC Championship: San Francisco vs. BYU

Series History: BYU leads series 12-2
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Katie Smith (ESPNU)
Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler; Spencer Linton & Ben Bagley–Halftime (BYU Radio)----

All-Tournament team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G (Most Outstanding Player)

Morgan Bailey, BYU, RS Sr., F

Makenzi Morrison, BYU, RS So., G

Taj Winston, San Francisco, Sr., G

Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F

See also