2020 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

2020 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
Finals siteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsPortland (2nd title)
Winning coachMichael Meek (1st title)
MVPAlex Fowler (Portland)
TelevisionESPNU/BYUtv
← 2019
2021 →
2019–20 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Gonzaga 17 – 1   .944 28 – 3   .903
San Diego 13 – 5   .722 20 – 11   .645
BYU 13 – 5   .722 18 – 11   .621
Portland † 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Pacific 9 – 9   .500 17 – 14   .548
Pepperdine 8 – 10   .444 16 – 15   .516
Saint Mary's 6 – 12   .333 12 – 19   .387
San Francisco 5 – 13   .278 12 – 19   .387
Santa Clara 5 – 13   .278 12 – 19   .387
Loyola Marymount 3 – 15   .167 7 – 25   .219
† 2020 WCC tournament winner
As of December 3, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was played between March 5–10, 2020, at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Portland was the winner of the WCC Women's Tournament and would have automatically advanced to the 2020 NCAA Tournament, but that tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Seeds

All 10 WCC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with the following tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records:

  • Head-to-head record.
  • Record against the top team in the conference not involved in the tie, going down through the standings as necessary to break the tie. Should more than one team be tied for a position in the standings, collective records against all teams involved in that tie are considered.
  • RPI at the end of the conference season.
Seed School Conference Overall* Tiebreaker
1 Gonzaga 17-1 28-2
2 San Diego 13-5 19-10
3 BYU 13-5 18–10
4 Portland 11-7 18-11
5 Pacific 9-9 16-13
6 Pepperdine 8-10 14-14
7 Saint Mary's 6-12 11-18
8 Santa Clara 5–13 11-18
9 San Francisco 5-13 12-18
10 Loyola Marymount 3-15 7-24

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 5, 2020
1 1 12:00 PM #8 Santa Clara 72** vs. #9 San Francisco 65 BYUtv
2 2:00 PM #7 Saint Mary's 72 vs. #10 LMU 63
Second round – Friday March 6, 2020
2 3 12:00 PM #5 Pacific 67 vs. #8 Santa Clara 49 BYUtv
4 2:00 PM #6 Pepperdine 87 vs. #7 Saint Mary's 72
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7, 2020
3 5 1:00 PM #4 Portland 76 vs. #5 Pacific 69 BYUtv
6 3:00 PM #3 BYU 51 vs. #6 Pepperdine 62
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020
4 7 12:00 PM #1 Gonzaga 69 vs. #4 Portland 70 BYUtv
8 2:00 PM #2 San Diego 59 vs. #6 Pepperdine 44
Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020
5 9 1:00 PM #4 Portland 64** vs. #2 San Diego 63 ESPNU
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. **denotes overtime game

Bracket and scores

Opening round
Thursday, March 5 		Second round
Friday, March 6 		Third round
Saturday, March 7 		Semifinals
Monday, March 9 		Championship
Tuesday, March 10
1 Gonzaga 69
4 Portland 70
4 Portland 76
5 Pacific 69
5 Pacific 67
8 Santa Clara 72* 8 Santa Clara 48
9 San Francisco 65 4 Portland 64*
2 San Diego 63
2 San Diego 59
6 Pepperdine 44
3 BYU 51
6 Pepperdine 62
6 Pepperdine 87
7 Saint Mary's 72 7 Saint Mary's 72
10 LMU 63

* denotes overtime game

See also

References

  1. ^ "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com.