2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2023
Conference:	West Coast Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	10
Arena:	Orleans Arena
City:	Paradise, Nevada
Champions:	Portland
Titlecount:	3rd
Coach:	Michael Meek
Coachcount:	2nd
Television:	WCC Network, BYUtv, ESPNU

The 2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games will be played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–7, 2023.^{[1] [2]}

Seeds

All ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record
2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
3. NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on February 25

Seed	School	Conf. record	Tiebreaker(s)
1	Gonzaga	17-1
2	Portland	15-3
3	San Diego	11–7
4	San Francisco	9–9	2-0 vs. San Diego
5	BYU	9-9	1-1 vs. San Diego
6	Pacific	8-10
7	Saint Mary's	6-12	2-0 vs. Santa Clara
8	Santa Clara	6-12	0-2 vs. Saint Mary's
9	Pepperdine	5-13
10	Loyola Marymount	4-14

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round - Thursday, March 2
1	12:00 pm	No. 8 Santa Clara vs. No. 9 Pepperdine	60–63	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
2	2:30 pm	No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Loyola Marymount	74–43
Second Round - Friday, March 3
3	12:00 pm	No. 5 BYU vs. No. 9 Pepperdine	74–59	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
4	2:30 pm	No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 7 Saint Mary's	82–77
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
5	1:00 pm	No. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 BYU	56–66	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
6	3:30 pm	No. 3 San Diego vs. No. 6 Pacific	57–71
Semifinals - Monday, March 6
7	12:00 pm	No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 BYU	79–64	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
8	2:30 pm	No. 2 Portland vs. No. 6 Pacific	75–72	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
Final – Tuesday, March 7
9	6:00 pm	No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Portland	60-64	ESPNU
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Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

See also: 2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament. wccsports.com. West Coast Conference. February 23, 2023.
2. Web site: University Credit Union West Coast Conference. orleanscasino.com. The Orleans Arena. February 23, 2023.