2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–7, 2017, at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined solely on conference record. Regular-season champion Gonzaga added the tournament crown to its résumé, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows: Head-to-head Record against the top-seeded team(s) not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as needed Higher RPI SeedSchoolConferenceOverall*Tiebreaker1 Gonzaga 14–4 23–62 BYU 13–5 19–101–1 vs. Gonzaga3 Saint Mary's 13–5 18–11 0–2 vs. Gonzaga4 San Francisco 11–7 17–125 Loyola Marymount 9–9 14–15 1–1 vs. Saint Mary's6 Santa Clara 9–9 14–15 0–2 vs. Saint Mary's7 San Diego 7–11 13–158 Pepperdine 5–13 7–22 2–0 vs. San Diego9 Pacific 5–13 9–20 0–2 vs. San Diego10 Portland 4–14 6–23 * Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday March 2, 20171112:00 PM#8 Pepperdine 55 vs. #9 Pacific 73BYUtv7,08922:00 PM#7 San Diego 74 vs. #10 Portland 47 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2 & Friday March 3, 2017236:00 PM#3 Saint Mary's 60 vs. #6 Santa Clara 57BYUtv7,08948:00 PM#4 San Francisco 80 vs. #5 Loyola Marymount 673512:00 PM#1 Gonzaga 91 vs. #9 Pacific 597,20962:00 PM#2 BYU 75 vs. #7 San Diego 66 (OT) Semifinals – Monday, March 6, 20174712:00 PM#1 Gonzaga 77 vs #4 San Francisco 46BYUtv7,14882:00 PM#2 BYU 49 vs #3 Saint Mary's 59 Championship – Tuesday, March 7, 2017591:00 PM#1 Gonzaga 86 vs. #3 Saint Mary's 75ESPNU6,773 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Scores All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.

Game summaries

First round

#8 Pacific vs. #9 Pepperdine Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Pacific leads series 7–3

#7 San Diego vs. #10 Portland Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series –

Quarterfinals

#3 St. Mary's vs. #6 Santa Clara Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler Series History: Series –

#4 San Francisco vs. #5 Loyola Marymount Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series –

#1 Gonzaga vs. #9 Pacific Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series –

#2 BYU vs. #7 San Diego Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series –

Semifinals

#1 Gonzaga vs. #4 San Francisco Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series –

#2 BYU vs. #3 Saint Mary's Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski Series History: Series –

WCC Championship

#1 Gonzaga vs. #3 Saint Mary's Broadcasters: Paul Sunderland & Mike Thibault Series History: Series –

All-Tournament team After the final, three Gonzaga and two Saint Mary's players were named to the All-Tournament team: Jill Barta – Gonzaga (Most Outstanding Player) Devyn Galland – Saint Mary's Kiara Kudron – Gonzaga Sydney Raggio – Saint Mary's Laura Stockton – Gonzaga

References

2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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