2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2014 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportWomen's basketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)National: ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv
Regional: SWX, TV-32 Malibu
Regular season
Season championsGonzaga
Runners-upBYU
Season MVPJennifer Hamson, BYU
Tournament
ChampionsGonzaga
  Runners-upBYU
Finals MVPSunny Greinacher, Gonzaga
2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 18 Gonzaga†16–2 .889  29–5  .853
BYU14–4 .778  28–7  .800
Pacific12–6 .667  18–13  .581
Saint Mary's11–7 .611  23–10  .697
San Diego11–7 .611  24–9  .727
Portland7–11 .389  14–16  .467
Santa Clara6–12 .333  10–20  .333
San Francisco6–12 .333  12–19  .387
Loyola Marymount6–12 .333  9–21  .300
Pepperdine1–17 .056  6–25  .194
† 2014 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2014; Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

This was the 29th season for WCC women's basketball, which began in the 1985–86 season when the league was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). It was also the 25th season under the West Coast Conference name (the conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the WCAC in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989). The conference went through significant changes this season, adding a new member for the second time in three seasons. Conference charter member Pacific, like all other WCC members founded as a faith-based institution, but now the WCC's only officially nonsectarian school, rejoined from the Big West after a 42-year absence.[3]

Pre-season
  • Pre-season media day took place on Thursday, October 24 at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2013–14 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll
Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga (9), 81
2. San Diego (1), 69
3. St. Mary's, 63
4. BYU, 62
5. Pacific, 46
6. Loyola Marymount, 38
7t. San Francisco, 27
7t. Santa Clara, 27
7t. Portland, 27
10. Pepperdine, 10

2013–14 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team
Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Zhane Dikes, San Francisco, So., G
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Jr., F
Jennifer Hamson, BYU, Sr., C
Maya Hood, San Diego, So., F
Amy Kame, San Diego, Sr., G
Danielle Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Sr., F
Jackie Nared, Saint Mary's, Sr., G
Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga, Sr., G
Hazel Ramirez, Loyola Marymount, Sr., G
Jazmine Redmon, Gonzaga, Sr., G

Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

Main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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Non-Conference games
  • Saint Mary's defeated Pac-12 member Washington 91–81 on November 8, 2013
  • San Diego defeated Pac-12 member Arizona State 61–53 on November 13, 2013
  • Gonzaga went on the road and nearly defeated #11 Oklahoma in the semifinals of the Women's Preseason NIT. In the end the Sooners snuck away with an 82–78 victory, but the Zags performance brought them more notice from the voters, moving them into the Top 25 in the Coaches Poll and moving them up one spot to #24 in the AP Poll.
  • BYU defeated ACC member Boston College 70–69 in OT on November 16, 2013

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young -1-10–21–10–20–21–11–10-20-2
vs. Gonzaga 1–1–0–20–20–20–21–10–20–20-2
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–02–0–1–10–20–21–12–02–01-1
vs. Pacific 1–12–01–1-0–21–10–21–10–20-2
vs. Pepperdine 2–02–02–02–0-2–02–02–02–01-1
vs. Portland 2–02–01–11–10–2-2–01–11–11-1
vs. Saint Mary's 1–11–11–12–00–20–2-1–10–21-1
vs. San Diego 1–12–00–21–10–21–11–1-1–10-2
vs. San Francisco 2–02–00–22–00–21–12–01–1-2-0
vs. Santa Clara 2–02–01–12–01–11–11–12–00-2-
Total 14–416–26–1212–61–177–1111–711–76–126-12

Conference tournament
Main article: 2014 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
  First Round
Thursday, March 6		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7		 Semifinals
Monday, March 10		 Championship
Tuesday, March 11
                                     
  1 Gonzaga 81  
  8 San Francisco 68  
8 San Francisco 63  
9 Loyola Marymount 62
  1 Gonzaga 68  
  4 Saint Mary's 60  
4 Saint Mary's 60
5 San Diego 58  
  1 Gonzaga 71
  2 BYU 57
3 Pacific 84  
6 Portland 72  
  3 Pacific 64
  2 BYU 77  
7 Santa Clara 74  
10 Pepperdine 80  
  2 BYU 77
10 Pepperdine 51  

Head coaches
Jeff Judkins, BYU
Kelly Graves, Gonzaga
Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
Lynne Roberts, Pacific
Ryan Weisenberg, Pepperdine
Jim Sollars, Portland
Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
Cindy Fisher, San Diego
Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
Jennifer Mountain, Santa Clara

Postseason

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship
12 Lincoln Regional BYU #5 NC State
Mar. 22, Los Angeles
W, 72–57		 #4 Nebraska
Mar. 24, Los Angeles
W, 80–76		 #1 Connecticut
Mar. 29, Lincoln
L, 51–70
6 Lincoln Regional Gonzaga #11 James Madison
Mar. 23, College Station
L, 63–72
2 Bids W-L (%): TOTAL: 2–2 .500 1–1 .500 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –

WNIT
School First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
San Diego Cal Poly
Mar. 20, San Diego
W, 82–59		 Montana
Mar. 24, Missoula
W, 60–57		 Washington
Mar. 26, Seattle
L, 55–62
Saint Mary's Cal State Bakersfield
Mar. 21, Moraga
W, 75–68		 UTEP
Mar. 24, El Paso
L, 64–76
Pacific Oregon
Mar. 20, Eugene
L, 63–90
3 Bids
W-L (%)
TOTAL: 3–3 .500		 2–1 .667 1–1 .500 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –

WBI

No WCC teams participated in the 2014 WBI.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

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National Player of the Week Awards
  • Dec. 29– Danielle Mauldin, F, Gonzaga– ESPNW National Player of the Week (Dec. 22–28)
  • Jan. 6– Amy Kame, G, San Diego– NCAA National Player of the Week (Dec. 29–Jan. 5)
  • Feb. 17– Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU– NCAA National Player of the Week (Feb. 10–16)

All-Americans

All West Coast Conference teams

The voting body for all conference awards was league coaches.

All-Conference
Player School Year Position
Lexi Eaton BYU Sophomore G
Sunny Greinacher Gonzaga Junior F
Jennifer Hamson BYU Senior C
Amy Kame San Diego Senior G
Kendall Kenyon Pacific Junior F
Danielle Mauldin Saint Mary's Senior F
KiKi Moore Pacific Senior G
Jackie Nared Saint Mary's Senior G
Haiden Palmer Gonzaga Junior G
Hazel Ramirez Loyola Marymount Senior G

Honorable Mention
Name School
Morgan Bailey BYU
Kim Beeston BYU
Cassandra Brown Portland
Zhane Dikes San Francisco
Kate Gaze Saint Mary's
Nici Gilday Santa Clara
Malina Hood San Diego
Taylor Proctor San Francisco
Jazmine Redmon Gonzaga
Felicia Wijenberg San Diego
Jasmine Wooton Portland

All-Freshman
Player School Position
Unique Coleman Pacific G
Allie Green Pepperdine G
Rachel Howard San Francisco G
Leslie Lopez-Wood Loyola Marymount G
Jo Paine Santa Clara F

All-Academic
Player School Year GPA Major
Kim Beeston BYU Senior 3.64 Public Health
Sophia Ederaine San Diego Junior 3.68 Biology
Nici Gilday Santa Clara Junior 3.64 Finance
Sunny Greinacher Gonzaga Junior 3.47 Psychology
Jennifer Hamson BYU Senior 3.51 Exercise Science
Amy Kame San Diego Senior 3.47 Communication Studies
Kari Luttinen Portland Junior 3.37 Business
Haiden Palmer Gonzaga Graduate 4.00 Communications and Leadership
Bria Richardson Pepperdine Junior 3.34 Liberal Arts
Paige Spietz San Francisco Junior 3.38 Environmental Science

    See also

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