The 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held February 29 though March 5 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas area community of Paradise, Nevada.
Format With the addition of BYU to the conference, a new format will be introduced for the 2012 tournament. The tournament will now start on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 game has been added. The winner of the 8/9 game will play the 5 seed on Day 2 of the Tournament (Thursday) as well as the 6 vs. 7 match. BYUtv Sports will broadcast all the games from the second round through the semifinals. Day 3, or the Quarterfinals (Friday), will feature the winner of the 5/8/9 game playing the 4 seed and the winner of the 6/7 game playing the 3 seed. The semifinals (Saturday) will feature the appearance of the top 2 seeds. All teams will be off on Sunday, and the championship game will be played Monday afternoon on ESPNU.
Seeds 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament seedsSeedSchoolConference RecordOverall Record (End of Regular season)Tiebreaker 1. #22 Gonzaga 14–2 25–42. BYU 12–4 24–6 BYU swept USD 2–0 during regular season3. San Diego 12–4 21–74. Saint Mary's 11–5 19–95. Pepperdine 8–8 13–146. Santa Clara 5–11 12–177. Portland 4–12 11–198. San Francisco 3–13 5–24 USF swept LMU 2–0 during regular season9. Loyola Marymount 3–13 7–21
Schedule All games on TV were streamed live online on ESPN3 and on Facebook.com. ESPN Full Court broadcast all the BYUtv games except for the first semi-final. All BYUtv games were also streamed online at www.byutvsports.com/gameday. SessionGameTime*Matchup# First round – Wednesday, February 29 1 13:00 PM #8 San Francisco vs #9 Loyola Marymount Second round – Thursday, March 1 2 212:00 PM #5 Pepperdine vs #9 Loyola Marymount 32:30 PM #6 Santa Clara vs #7 Portland Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2 3 412:00 PM #4 Saint Mary's vs. #5 Pepperdine 52:30 PM #3 San Diego vs. #7 Portland Semifinals – Saturday, March 3 4 612:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs. #4 Saint Mary's 72:30 PM #2 BYU vs. #3 San Diego Championship Game – Monday, March 5 5 812:00 PM #1 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and scores
* Denotes Overtime Game
Game summaries
All tournament conference team
NameSchool Pos. Year Ht. Hometown Jennifer Hamson BYU C Sophomore 6' 7" Lindon, Utah Haiden Palmer Gonzaga G Sophomore 5' 8" Moreno Valley, California Dani Peterson BYU F Senior 6' 1" Salt Lake City, Utah Kayla Standish Gonzaga F Senior 6' 2" Ellensburg, Washington Haley Steed BYU G Senior 5' 4" Syracuse, Utah
See also 2011-12 NCAA Division I Women's basketball season West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2011–12 West Coast Conference women's basketball season West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2012 ZAPPOS.COM WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS