2018 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2018 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 10
Finals site Orleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Champions Gonzaga (8th title)
Winning coach Lisa Fortier (2nd title)
MVP Jill Barta (Gonzaga)
Attendance 33,676
Television ESPNU/BYUtv
2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga †17–1 .944  27–6  .818
Saint Mary's13–5 .722  20–11  .645
Loyola Marymount11–7 .611  19–11  .633
BYU11–7 .611  16–14  .533
San Francisco10–8 .556  16–15  .516
San Diego8–10 .444  17–15  .531
Pacific7–11 .389  15–17  .469
Pepperdine5–13 .278  10–21  .323
Santa Clara5–13 .278  9–21  .300
Portland3–15 .167  7–23  .233
† 2018 WCC Tournament winner
As of 17 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada from March 2–6, 2018. Regular-season champion Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the WCC's automatic berth in the NCAA 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
Seed School Conference Overall* Tiebreaker
1 Gonzaga 17–1 24–5
2 Saint Mary's 13–5 20–9
3 BYU 11–7 16–13 2–0 vs. LMU
4 Loyola Marymount 11–7 19–10 0–2 vs. BYU
5 San Francisco 10–8 15–14
6 San Diego 8–10 15–14
7 Pacific 7–11 13–16
8 Pepperdine 5–13 9–20 2–0 vs. SCU
9 Santa Clara 5–13 9–19 0–2 vs. PEP
10 Portland 3–15 7–22

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 1, 2018
1 1 12:00 PM #8 Pepperdine vs. #9 Santa Clara
BYUtv
6,685
2 2:00 PM #7 Pacific vs. #10 Portland
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 1 & Friday March 2, 2018
2 3 6:00 PM #3 BYU vs. #6 San Diego
BYUtv
6,685
4 8:00 PM #4 Loyola Marymount vs. #5 San Francisco
3 5 12:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Pepperdine
6,813
6 2:00 PM #2 Saint Mary's vs. #7 Pacific
Semifinals – Monday, March 5, 2018
4 7 12:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs #5 San Francisco
BYUtv
6,832
8 2:00 PM #7 Pacific vs #6 San Diego
Championship – Tuesday, March 6, 2018
5 9 1:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs. #6 San Diego
ESPNU
 6,661
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Scores

  • All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.
  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                     
       
  1 Gonzaga 81  
    8 Pepperdine 70  
8 Pepperdine 74
9 Santa Clara 63  
  1 Gonzaga 65  
  5 San Francisco 53  
       
       
  4 Loyola Marymount 76
    5 San Francisco 89  
     
       
  1 Gonzaga 79
  6 San Diego 71
       
       
  2 Saint Mary's 73
    7 Pacific 77  
7 Pacific 85
10 Portland 60  
  7 Pacific 56
  6 San Diego 66  
       
       
  3 BYU 56
    6 San Diego 61  
     

See also

References

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