2021 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2021 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was played March 4–9, 2021, at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

Seeds All of the teams in the conference standings, except for San Diego, qualified for the tournament. San Diego cancelled their season after going 7–12, so they will not compete in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded based on the Ken Pomeroy Adjusted Conference Winning Percentage.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverall*Pomeroy AWP1 Gonzaga16–121–3.917%2 BYU13–317–4.808% 3 San Francisco10–714–9.587%4 Santa Clara9–813–10.545%5 Portland9–812–11.510%6Pacific9–911–10.503%7Saint Mary's4–146–18.225% 8Loyola Marymount4–145–18.224%9Pepperdine2–165–17.112% * Overall record at end of regular season.

Venue For the thirteenth consecutive year, the 2021 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When the Orleans Arena is set up for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471. The tournament is scheduled held at the Orleans Arena at least until 2022. The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel and Casino about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip. The tickets for the WCC Tournament typically sell out quickly. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no fans were permitted to attend the tournament for the year 2021.

Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevision First round – Thursday March 4, 20211112:30 PMNo. 8 Loyola Marymount 85 vs. No. 9 Pepperdine 73BYUtv Second round – Friday March 5, 20212211:00 AMNo. 5 Portland 56 vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 74BYUtv32:00 PMNo. 6 Pacific 55 vs. No. 7 Saint Mary's 69 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6, 20213411:00 AMNo. 4 Santa Clara 83 vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 68BYUtv52:00 PMNo. 3 San Francisco 69 vs. No. 7 St. Mary's 63 Semifinals – Monday, March 8, 20214611:00 AMNo. 1 Gonzaga 72 vs. No. 4 Santa Clara 62BYUtv72:00 PMNo. 2 BYU 85 vs. No. 3 San Francisco 55 Championship – Tuesday, March 9, 2021581:00 PMNo. 1 Gonzaga 43 vs. No. 2 BYU 42ESPNU Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. *denotes overtime game

Bracket All games except the championship will air on BYUtv and be simulcast on WCC Network and multiple RSN's: NBC Sports Bay Area, Fox Sports Prime Ticket, Fox Sports San Diego, and Root Sports. The championship will air on ESPNU.

* denotes overtime game

2021 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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