2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsPortland (3rd title)
Winning coachMichael Meek (2nd title)
TelevisionWCC Network, BYUtv, ESPNU
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2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Gonzaga 17 – 1   .944 28 – 5   .848
Portland† 15 – 3   .833 23 – 9   .719
San Diego 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576
BYU 9 – 9   .500 16 – 17   .485
San Francisco 9 – 9   .500 19 – 13   .594
Pacific 8 – 10   .444 15 – 17   .469
Saint Mary's 6 – 12   .333 13 – 18   .419
Santa Clara 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
Pepperdine 5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
Loyola Marymount 4 – 14   .222 7 – 23   .233
† 2023 WCC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2023
Rankings from AP poll

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
*Game times in PST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 2		Second round
Friday, March 3		Third round
Saturday, March 4		Semifinals
Monday, March 6		Championship
Tuesday, March 7
1Gonzaga79
4San Francisco565BYU64
5BYU745BYU661Gonzaga60
8Santa Clara609Pepperdine592Portland64
9Pepperdine632Portland75
3San Diego576Pacific72
6Pacific826Pacific71
7Saint Mary's747Saint Mary's77
10Loyola Marymount43

* denotes overtime period

See also

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

References

  1. ^ "2023 University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament". wccsports.com. West Coast Conference. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "University Credit Union West Coast Conference". orleanscasino.com. The Orleans Arena. Retrieved February 23, 2023.