2020 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2020 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was played between March 5-10, 2020 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Portland was the winner of the WCC Women's Tournament would automatically advance to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[1]
| 2020 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Portland (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Michael Meek (1st title) |
| MVP | Alex Fowler (Portland) |
| Television | ESPNU/BYUtv |
| 2019–20 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Gonzaga | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 28 | – | 3 | .903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland † | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 WCC Tournament winner As of January 24, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall* | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga | 17-1 | 28-2 | |
| 2 | San Diego | 13-5 | 19-10 | |
| 3 | BYU | 13-5 | 18–10 | |
| 4 | Portland | 11-7 | 18-11 | |
| 5 | Pacific | 9-9 | 16-13 | |
| 6 | Pepperdine | 8-10 | 14-14 | |
| 7 | Saint Mary's | 6-12 | 11-18 | |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 5–13 | 11-18 | |
| 9 | San Francisco | 5-13 | 12-18 | |
| 10 | Loyola Marymount | 3-15 | 7-24 | |
* Overall record at end of regular season.
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday March 5, 2020 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM | #8 Santa Clara 72** vs. #9 San Francisco 65 | ||
| 2 | 2:00 PM | #7 Saint Mary's 72 vs. #10 LMU 63 | |||
| Second Round – Friday March 6, 2020 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM | #5 Pacific 67 vs. #8 Santa Clara 49 | ||
| 4 | 2:00 PM | #6 Pepperdine 87 vs. #7 Saint Mary's 72 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7, 2020 | |||||
| 3 | 5 | 1:00 PM | #4 Portland 76 vs. #5 Pacific 69 | ||
| 6 | 3:00 PM | #3 BYU 51 vs. #6 Pepperdine 62 | |||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 PM | #1 Gonzaga 69 vs. #4 Portland 70 | ||
| 8 | 2:00 PM | #2 San Diego 59 vs. #6 Pepperdine 44 | |||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | |||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM | #4 Portland 64** vs. #2 San Diego 63 | ||
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. **denotes overtime game | |||||
Bracket and Scores
- 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 5 |
Second round Friday, March 6 |
Third round Saturday, March 7 |
Semifinals Monday, March 9 |
Championship Tuesday, March 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Portland | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Portland | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pacific | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Pacific | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Santa Clara | 72* | 8 | Santa Clara | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | San Francisco | 65 | 4 | Portland | 64* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | San Diego | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pepperdine | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | BYU | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pepperdine | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pepperdine | 87 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Saint Mary's | 72 | 7 | Saint Mary's | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | LMU | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime game
See also
- 2019-20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
- West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
- West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
References
- "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com.
External links
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