College basketball tournament
| 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2014–15 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | BYU (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Jeff Judkins (2nd WCC title) |
| MVP | Lexi Eaton (BYU) |
| Television | ESPNU/BYUtv |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Tournament winner As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 5–10, 2015, at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined based on a schools conference record, not the overall record. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds
WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows:
- Head-to-head
- Better record against a higher seed
- Higher RPI
| 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular season) |
Tiebreaker | ||
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| 1. | Gonzaga | 16–2 | 23–6 | |||
| 2. | San Diego | 14–4 | 23–5 | |||
| 3. | Pacific | 13–5 | 21–8 | 2–0 vs. SMC | ||
| 4. | Saint Mary's | 13–5 | 20–9 | 0–2 vs. Pacific | ||
| 5. | BYU | 12–6 | 20–9 | |||
| 6. | San Francisco | 8–10 | 17–12 | |||
| 7. | Santa Clara | 5–13 | 10–17 | |||
| 8. | Loyola Marymount | 4–14 | 6–23 | |||
| 9. | Pepperdine | 3–15 | 8–21 | |||
| 10. | Portland | 2–16 | 4–25 | |||
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | ||
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| First round – Thursday, March 5 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | #8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 Pepperdine | ||
| 2 | 2:00 PM | #7 Santa Clara vs. #10 Portland | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5 & Friday, March 6 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM | #3 Pacific vs. #6 San Francisco | ||
| 4 | 8:00 PM | #4 Saint Mary's vs. #5 BYU | |||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM | #1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Loyola Marymount | ||
| 6 | 2:00 PM | #2 San Diego vs. #7 Santa Clara | |||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 PM | #5 BYU vs. #1 Gonzaga | ||
| 8 | 2:30 PM | #6 San Francisco vs. #2 San Diego | |||
| Championship Game – Tuesday, March 10 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM | #5 BYU vs. #6 San Francisco | ||
| *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket and scores
- All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.
| First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv | Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv | Championship game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Loyola Marymount | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Loyola Marymount | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Pepperdine | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | BYU | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Saint Mary's | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | BYU | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | BYU | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | San Francisco | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Santa Clara | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Santa Clara | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Portland | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | San Francisco | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Pacific | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | San Francisco | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
Game summaries
Loyola Marymount vs. Pepperdine
Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 52-20
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
| BYUtv |
| Mar 5 12:00 pm PST |
| Recap |
| Pepperdine Waves 67, Loyola Marymount Lions 68 | ||
| Scoring by half: 30-34, 37-34 | ||
| Pts: Keitra Wallace 22 Rebs: Ea Shoushtari 14 Asts: Ea Shoushtari 7 |
Pts: Sophie Taylor 22 Rebs: Emily Ben-Jumbo, Sophie Taylor, & Bree Alford 8 Asts: Leslie Lopez-Wood 5 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Darren B., Teresa Turner, Ify Seales |
Santa Clara vs. Portland
Series History: Santa Clara leads 37-30
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
| BYUtv |
| Mar 5 2:00 pm PST |
| Recap |
| Portland Pilots 58, Santa Clara Broncos 66 | ||
| Scoring by half: 23-35, 35-31 | ||
| Pts: Cassandra Brown 19 Rebs: Cassandra Brown & Cassandra Thompson 6 Asts: Jasmine Wooton 5 |
Pts: Nici Gilday 14 Rebs: Morgan McGwire 7 Asts: Nici Gilday & Raquel Avila 5 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Wanda Szeremeta, In'Fini Robinson, Gordon Torigoe |
Pacific vs. San Francisco
Series History: San Francisco leads 16-15
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
| BYUtv |
| Mar 5 6:00 pm PST |
| Recap |
| San Francisco Dons 74, Pacific Tigers 64 | ||
| Scoring by half: 43-37, 31-27 | ||
| Pts: Taj Winson 20 Rebs: Taj Winson 7 Asts: Paige Spietz 3 |
Pts: Hailie Eackles 17 Rebs: Kendall Kenyon 8 Asts: Maddison Parrish 4 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Bart Baldwin, Brian Woods, Tiffany Bird |
Saint Mary's vs. BYU
Series History: Saint Mary's leads 5-4
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
| BYUtv |
| Mar 5 8:00 pm PST |
| Recap |
| BYU Cougars 65, Saint Mary's Gaels 64 | ||
| Scoring by half: 28-30, 37-34 | ||
| Pts: Lexi Eaton 30 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9 Asts: Kylie Maeda & Lexi Eaton 2 |
Pts: Lauren Nicholson 23 Rebs: Carli Rosenthal 12 Asts: Lauren Nicholson & Shannon Mauldin 1 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Rich Waters, Benny Luna, Karen Lasuik |
Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount
Series History: Gonzaga leads 33-27
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
| BYUtv |
| Mar 6 12:00 pm PST |
| Recap |
| Loyola Marymount Lions 50, Gonzaga Bulldogs 70 | ||
| Scoring by half: 23-28, 27-42 | ||
| Pts: Sophie Taylor 16 Rebs: Bree Alford 10 Asts: Bree Alford, Makenzie Cast & Alyson Lock 2 |
Pts: Shelby Cheslek & Sunny Greinacher 14 Rebs: Sunny Greinacher 14 Asts: Sunny Greinacher 6 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Karen Lasuik, Bart Baldwin, Wanda Szeremeta |
San Diego vs. Santa Clara
Series History: San Diego leads 35-32
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
| BYUtv |
| Mar 6 2:00 pm PST |
| Recap |
| Santa Clara Broncos 42, San Diego Toreros 51 | ||
| Scoring by half: 19-28, 23-23 | ||
| Pts: Nici Gilday 22 Rebs: Taylor Berry & Nici Gilday 6 Asts: Raquel Avila 4 |
Pts: Katelyn McDaniel 16 Rebs: Sophia Ederaine & Maya Hood 10 Asts: Katherine Hamilton 5 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Darren Krzesnik, Brian Woods, In'Fini Robinson |
BYU vs. Gonzaga
Series History: Gonzaga leads 11-6
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
| BYUtv |
| Mar 9 12:00 p.m. PDT |
| Recap |
| BYU Cougars 61, Gonzaga Bulldogs 55 | ||
| Scoring by half: 22-32, 39-23 | ||
| Pts: Makenzi Morrison 18 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 9 Asts: Kylie Maeda 6 |
Pts: Sunny Greinacher 15 Rebs: Sunny Greinacher 12 Asts: Georgia Stirton 6 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Darren Krzesnik, Brian Woods, In'Fini Robinson |
San Diego vs. San Francisco
Series History: San Diego leads 38-25
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
| BYUtv |
| Mar 9 2:30 p.m. PDT |
| Recap |
| San Francisco Dons 65, San Diego Toreros 57 | ||
| Scoring by half: 29-42, 36-15 | ||
| Pts: Taj Winston 18 Rebs: Taylor Proctor 10 Asts: Taylor Proctor 4 |
Pts: Katelyn McDaniel 11 Rebs: Sophia Ederaine 12 Asts: Sophi Ederaine 4 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 7,110 Referees: Shelley Rusi, Karen Lasuik, Bart Baldwin |
WCC Championship: San Francisco vs. BYU
Series History: BYU leads series 12-2
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins & Katie Smith (ESPNU)
Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler; Spencer Linton & Ben Bagley–Halftime (BYU Radio)
| ESPNU BYU Radio |
| Mar 10 1:00 p.m. PDT |
| San Francisco Dons 65, BYU Cougars 76 | ||
| Scoring by half: 27-39, 38-37 | ||
| Pts: Taj Winston 24 Rebs: Taj Winston & Paige Spietz 10 Asts: Zhane Dikes & Taylor Proctor 3 |
Pts: Lexi Eaton 22 Rebs: Morgan Bailey 8 Asts: Kylie Maeda 5 | |
| Orleans Arena Paradise, NV Attendance: 8,000 Referees: Robert Scofield, Anita Ortega, Michol Murray |
All-Tournament team
- Player, School, Yr., Pos.
- Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G (Most Outstanding Player)
- Morgan Bailey, BYU, RS Sr., F
- Makenzi Morrison, BYU, RS So., G
- Taj Winston, San Francisco, Sr., G
- Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F
See also
- 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
- West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
- 2015 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
- 2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
- West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
References
- "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- "Pepperdine vs. Loyola Marymount (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- "Portland vs. Santa Clara (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- "San Francisco vs. Pacific (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- "BYU vs. Saint Mary's (March 5, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- "Loyola Maymount vs. Gonzaga (March 6, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- "Santa Clara vs. San Diego (March 6, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- "BYU vs. Gonzaga (March 9, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- "San Francisco vs. San Diego (March 9, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- "San Francisco vs. BYU (March 10, 2015)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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