| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Finalarena: | Orleans Arena |
| Finalcity: | Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions: | Gonzaga |
| Titlecount: | 10th |
| Coach: | Lisa Fortier |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Melody Kempton |
| Mvpteam: | Gonzaga |
| Television: | ESPNU/BYUtv |
The 2022 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 3 and 8 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.[1]
All conference members qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on the Ken Pomeroy Adjusted Conference Winning Percentage.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall* | Pomeroy AWP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[2] | BYU | 15–1 | 25–2 | .921% |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 15–2 | 24–6 | .870% |
| 3 | San Francisco | 10–8 | 16–14 | .555% |
| 4 | Portland | 8–7 | 18–9 | .530% |
| 5 | Saint Mary's | 9–9 | 15–14 | .501% |
| 6 | San Diego | 8–9 | 16–13 | .493% |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 8–10 | 14–14 | .448% |
| 8 | Pepperdine | 4–11 | 8–16 | .257% |
| 9 | Loyola Marymount | 4–13 | 9–18 | .241% |
| 10 | Pacific | 3–14 | 6–22 | .184% |
For the fourteenth consecutive year, the 2022 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When Orleans Arena is set up for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[3] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886-room Orleans Hotel and Casino, about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[4] The tickets for the WCC Tournament typically sell out quickly.[5]
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday March 3, 2022 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | No. 8 Pepperdine 54 vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount 64 | BYUtv | ||
| 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 7 Santa Clara 93 vs. No. 10 Pacific 69 | ||||
| Second round – Friday March 4, 2022 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM | No. 5 Saint Mary's 64 vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount 71 | BYUtv | ||
| 4 | 2:00 PM | No. 6 San Diego 79 vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 86 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5, 2022 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:30 PM | No. 4 Portland 69 vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount 44 | BYUtv | ||
| 6 | 3:30 PM | No. 3 San Francisco 72 vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 63 | ||||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 7, 2022 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 PM | No. 1 BYU 59 vs. No. 4 Portland 52 | BYUtv | ||
| 8 | 2:00 PM | No. 2 Gonzaga 69 vs. No. 3 San Francisco 55 | ||||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM | No. 1 BYU 59 vs. No. 2 Gonzaga 71 | ESPNU | ||
| Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. *denotes overtime game | ||||||
* denotes overtime game