2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
Finals siteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsGonzaga (8th title)
Winning coachLisa Fortier (2nd title)
MVPJill Barta (Gonzaga)
Attendance33,676 (total)
TelevisionESPNU/BYUtv
← 2017
2019 →
2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Gonzaga † 17 – 1   .944 27 – 6   .818
Saint Mary's 13 – 5   .722 20 – 11   .645
Loyola Marymount 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
BYU 11 – 7   .611 16 – 14   .533
San Francisco 10 – 8   .556 16 – 15   .516
San Diego 8 – 10   .444 17 – 15   .531
Pacific 7 – 11   .389 15 – 17   .469
Pepperdine 5 – 13   .278 10 – 21   .323
Santa Clara 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
Portland 3 – 15   .167 7 – 23   .233
† 2018 WCC tournament winner
As of 17 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 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 Paradise, Nevada March 1–6, 2018. Regular-season champion Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the WCC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.[1][2]

Seeds[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 GORILLA GLUE WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS CENTRAL". wccsports.com. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Gaydos, Ryan (February 25, 2020). "West Coast Conference women's basketball championship history". Fox News. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
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