2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:West Coast Conference
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Finalarena:Orleans Arena
Finalcity:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:Gonzaga
Titlecount:7th
Coach:Lisa Fortier
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Jill Barta
Mvpteam:Gonzaga
Attendance:35,308
Television:ESPNU/BYUtv
Different Previous:2016
Different Next:2018

The 2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–7, 2017, at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined solely on conference record. Regular-season champion Gonzaga added the tournament crown to its résumé, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows:

  1. Head-to-head
  2. Record against the top-seeded team(s) not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as needed
  3. Higher RPI
SeedSchoolConferenceOverall*Tiebreaker
1Gonzaga14–423–6
2BYU13–519–101–1 vs. Gonzaga
3Saint Mary's13–518–110–2 vs. Gonzaga
4San Francisco11–717–12
5Loyola Marymount9–914–151–1 vs. Saint Mary's
6Santa Clara9–914–150–2 vs. Saint Mary's
7San Diego7–1113–15
8Pepperdine5–137–222–0 vs. San Diego
9Pacific5–139–200–2 vs. San Diego
10Portland4–146–23

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
First round – Thursday March 2, 2017
1112:00 PM
  1. 8 Pepperdine 55 vs. #9 Pacific 73
BYUtv7,089
22:00 PM
  1. 7 San Diego 74 vs. #10 Portland 47
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2 & Friday March 3, 2017
236:00 PM
  1. 3 Saint Mary's 60 vs. #6 Santa Clara 57
BYUtv7,089
48:00 PM
  1. 4 San Francisco 80 vs. #5 Loyola Marymount 67
3512:00 PM
  1. 1 Gonzaga 91 vs. #9 Pacific 59
7,209
62:00 PM
  1. 2 BYU 75 vs. #7 San Diego 66 (OT)
Semifinals – Monday, March 6, 2017
4712:00 PM
  1. 1 Gonzaga 77 vs #4 San Francisco 46
BYUtv7,148
82:00 PM
  1. 2 BYU 49 vs #3 Saint Mary's 59
Championship – Tuesday, March 7, 2017
591:00 PM
  1. 1 Gonzaga 86 vs. #3 Saint Mary's 75
ESPNU6,773
  • Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Scores

Game summaries

First round

  1. 8 Pacific vs. #9 Pepperdine

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Pacific leads series 7–3

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  1. 7 San Diego vs. #10 Portland

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Series –

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Quarterfinals

  1. 3 St. Mary's vs. #6 Santa Clara

Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
Series History: Series –

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  1. 4 San Francisco vs. #5 Loyola Marymount

Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Series –

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  1. 1 Gonzaga vs. #9 Pacific

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Series –

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  1. 2 BYU vs. #7 San Diego

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Series –

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Semifinals

  1. 1 Gonzaga vs. #4 San Francisco

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Series –

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  1. 2 BYU vs. #3 Saint Mary's

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Series –

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WCC Championship

  1. 1 Gonzaga vs. #3 Saint Mary's

Broadcasters: Paul Sunderland & Mike Thibault
Series History: Series –

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See also