2019 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

2019 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams10
Finals siteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsBYU (3rd title)
Winning coachJeff Judkins (3rd title)
MVPPaisley Johnson (BYU)
Attendance27,213
TelevisionESPNU/BYUtv
← 2018
2020 →
2018–19 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 16 Gonzaga 16 – 2   .889 29 – 5   .853
BYU † 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
Pepperdine 12 – 6   .667 22 – 12   .647
Saint Mary's 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
Pacific 10 – 8   .556 19 – 13   .594
Loyola Marymount 10 – 8   .556 18 – 15   .545
Santa Clara 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Portland 5 – 13   .278 13 – 17   .433
San Diego 2 – 16   .111 9 – 21   .300
San Francisco 2 – 16   .111 7 – 24   .226
† 2019 WCC tournament winner
As of March 23, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 University Credit Union West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament held for the West Coast Conference for the 2018–19 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas area community of Paradise, Nevada from March 7–12, 2019. BYU won the championship game over Gonzaga.[1] Paisley Johnson was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.[2]

Seeds[edit]

All 10 WCC schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be 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.

The tournament will return to a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds will play in what is now called the "opening round", the 5 and 6 seeds will start play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds will start in the "third round". The top two seeds will receive byes into the semifinals.

Seed School Conference Overall* Tiebreaker
1 Gonzaga 16–2 27–3
2 BYU 15–3 23–6
3 Pepperdine 12–6 19–10 1–1 vs SMC, 0–2 vs GU, 1–1 vs BYU, 2–0 vs LMU
4 Saint Mary's 12–6 19–10 1–1 vs Pep, 0–2 vs GU, 1–1 vs BYU, 1–1 vs LMU
5 Loyola Marymount 10–8 17–13 1–1 vs. UOP, 1–1 vs. BYU
6 Pacific 10–8 17–11 1–1 vs. LMU, 0–2 vs. BYU
7 Santa Clara 6–12 13–16
8 Portland 5–13 13–16
9 San Francisco 2–16 6–23 1–1 vs. San Diego & Santa Clara, Higher RPI (239)
10 San Diego 2–16 9–20 1–1 vs. San Francisco & Santa Clara, Lower RPI (266)

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule[edit]

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 7, 2019
1 1 12:00 PM #8 Portland vs. #9 San Francisco BYUtv 5,234
2 2:00 PM #7 Santa Clara vs. #10 San Diego
Second round – Friday March 8, 2019
2 3 12:00 PM #5 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 San Francisco BYUtv 5,237
4 2:00 PM #6 Pacific vs. #7 Santa Clara
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9, 2018
3 5 1:00 PM #4 Saint Mary's vs #5 Loyola Marymount BYUtv 5,339
6 3:00 PM #3 Pepperdine vs #6 Pacific
Semifinals – Monday, March 11, 2018
4 7 12:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs #4 Saint Mary's BYUtv 5,511
8 2:00 PM #2 BYU vs #3 Pepperdine
Championship – Tuesday, March 12, 2019
5 9 1:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU ESPNU 5,892
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and scores[edit]

  • All games except the championship will air on BYUtv games and be simulcast on TheW.tv. The championship will air on ESPNU.
Opening round
Thursday, March 7 		Second round
Friday, March 8 		Third round
Saturday, March 9 		Semifinals
Monday, March 11 		Championship
Tuesday, March 12
1 Gonzaga 78 2OT
4 Saint Mary's 77
4 Saint Mary's 70
5 Loyola Marymount 38
5 Loyola Marymount 66
8 Portland 69 9 San Francisco 45
9 San Francisco 76 1 Gonzaga 68
2 BYU 82
2 BYU 67
3 Pepperdine 63
3 Pepperdine 87
6 Pacific 84
6 Pacific 76
7 Santa Clara 63 7 Santa Clara 60
10 San Diego 59

See also[edit]

References[edit]

[3]

  1. ^ Marshall, John (March 12, 2019). "BYU knocks off No. 12 Gonzaga 82-68 in WCC title game". SFGate. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "BYU women rout No. 12 Gonzaga in WCC championship game, punch ticket to NCAA Tournament". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com.

External links[edit]

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