2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

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2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Women's basketball
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) National: ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv
Regional: SWX, TV-32 Malibu
Regular season
Season champions Gonzaga
Runners-up San Diego
Season MVP Morgan Bailey, BYU
Top scorer Lexi Eaton, BYU
Tournament
Champions BYU
  Runners-up San Francisco
Finals MVP Lexi Eaton, BYU
Basketball seasons
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf   Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga 16 – 2   .889    26 – 8  .765
San Diego 14 – 4   .778    25 – 7  .781
Pacific 13 – 5   .722    21 – 10  .677
Saint Mary's 13 – 5   .722    23 – 11  .676
BYU † 12 – 6   .667    23 – 10  .697
San Francisco 8 – 10   .444    19 – 14  .576
Santa Clara 5 – 13   .278    11 – 18  .379
Loyola Marymount 4 – 14   .222    7 – 24  .226
Pepperdine 3 – 15   .167    8 – 22  .267
Portland 2 – 16   .111    4 – 26  .133
† Tournament winner
As of March 29, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2014 and ended with the 2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 5–10, 2015 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

2015 West Coast Conference Womens Basketball Tournament

The 2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–10, 2015 at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined based on a schools conference record, not the overall record. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.

Orleans Arena

The Orleans Arena is a 9,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Paradise, Nevada, in the Las Vegas Valley. It is located at the Orleans Hotel and Casino and is operated by Coast Casinos, a subsidiary of Boyd Gaming Corporation.

Paradise, Nevada Unincorporated town in Nevada, United States

Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous unincorporated community in Nevada. As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board. Paradise was formed on December 8, 1950.

Contents

This was the 30th 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 26th 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).

Pre-season

2014–15 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga (7), 78
2. BYU (2), 71
3. San Diego (1), 65
4. Pacific, 60
5. Saint Mary's, 48
6. San Francisco, 37
7. Portland, 32
8. Loyola Marymount, 27
9. Pepperdine, 17
10. Santa Clara, 15

2014–15 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Morgan Bailey, BYU, Sr., F
Zhane Dikes, San Francisco, Jr., G
Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G
Nici Gilday, Santa Clara, Sr., G
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F
Malina Hood, San Diego, Jr., F
Deanna Johnson, Loyola Marymount, Jr., G
Kendall Kenyon, Pacific, Sr., F
Taylor Proctor, San Francisco, Jr., F
Jasmine Wooton, Portland, 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.

Legend
   Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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BYU AP RV
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Loyola Marymount AP
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Pacific AP
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Pepperdine AP
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Portland AP
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Saint Mary's AP
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San Diego AP
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San Francisco AP
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Santa Clara AP
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Non-Conference games

Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

 BYUGonzagaLMUPacificPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Clara
vs. Brigham Young - 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Gonzaga 0–2 – 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–0 2–0 – 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2
vs. Pacific 1–1 1–1 0–2 - 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–2
vs. Pepperdine 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 - 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Portland 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 - 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Saint Mary's 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 - 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs. San Diego 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 - 0–2 0–2
vs. San Francisco 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 - 1–1
vs. Santa Clara 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 -
Total 12–6 16–2 4–14 13–5 3–15 2–16 13–5 14–4 8–10 5-13

Conference tournament

 First Round
Thursday, March 5
BYUtv 		Quarterfinals
Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6
BYUtv		Semifinals
Monday, March 9
BYUtv		Championship Game
Tuesday, March 10
ESPNU
                   
    
 1Gonzaga70 
  8Loyola Marymount50 
8Loyola Marymount68
9Pepperdine67 
 1Gonzaga55 
 5BYU61 
    
    
 4Saint Mary's64
  5BYU65 
   
    
 5BYU76
 6San Francisco65
    
    
 2San Diego51
  7Santa Clara42 
7Santa Clara66
10Portland58 
 2San Diego57
 6San Francisco65 
    
    
 3Pacific64
  6San Francisco74 
   

Head coaches

The 2014-15 season saw a lot of new faces to the WCC. Three of the conference members had new head coaches. Kelly Graves left the Zags to become the new head coach at Oregon, [2] Jim Sollars retired, [3] and Jennifer Mountain did not have her contract renewed. [4] As a result Gonzaga, Portland, and Santa Clara all introduced new coaches into the fold.

Kelly Graves American basketball coach

Kelly Lee Graves is the current head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. Previously, Graves was the head women's basketball coach at St. Mary's from 1997 to 2000, as well as Gonzaga University from 2000 to 2014. He was formerly an assistant coach for the Portland Pilots (1994–1997) and St. Mary Gaels, where he later got his first head coaching stint with the Gaels from 1997–2000. From the 2004–2005 season to the 2013–2014 season, he guided Gonzaga to ten consecutive West Coast Conference regular season titles. The 2007 team went 13-1 in conference play, and later won the WCC conference tournament. The school also received its first ever NCAA tournament appearance. He was named WCC co-coach of the year for his accomplishments. In 2005, 2010, and 2011, Gonzaga went undefeated in WCC regular season play.

Jeff Judkins, BYU
Lisa Mispley Fortier, Gonzaga
Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
Lynne Roberts, Pacific
Ryan Weisenberg, Pepperdine
Cheryl Sorensen, Portland
Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
Cindy Fisher, San Diego
Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
JR Payne, Santa Clara

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship
11 Spokane Regional Gonzaga #6 George Washington
Mar. 20, Corvallis
W, 82–69		 #3 Oregon State
Mar. 22, Corvallis
W, 76–64		 #2 Tennessee
Mar. 28, Spokane
L, 69–73 (OT)
14 Albany Regional BYU #3 Louisville
Mar. 21, Tampa
L, 53–86
2 BidsW-L (%):TOTAL: 2–2 .5001–1 .5001–0 1.0000–1 .0000–0 –0–0 –0–0 –

WNIT

The 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2015 Women's NCAA Tournament. The annual tournament began on March 18 and will end on April 4, with the championship game televised on CBS Sports Network. All games will be played on the campus sites of participating schools. The Tournament was won by the UCLA Bruins who defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers 62-60 in the final before a crowd of 8,403 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, WV on April 4. It was UCLA's first WNIT title. UCLA's Jordin Canada was the tournament's most valuable player.

School First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Saint Mary's Hawaii
Mar. 20, Moraga
W, 92–88 (OT)		 Fresno State
Mar. 23, Moraga
W, 83–64		 Sacramento State
Mar. 26, Sacramento
W, 77–69		 UCLA
Mar. 29, Los Angeles
L, 66–82
San Diego Long Beach State
Mar. 19, San Diego
W, 63–56		 UCLA
Mar. 22, San Diego
L, 58–63
Pacific Sacramento State
Mar. 19, Stockton
L, 79–87
San Francisco Fresno State
Mar. 19, Fresno
L, 73–79
4 Bids
W-L (%)
TOTAL: 4–4 .500		2–2 .5001–1 .5001–0 1.0000–1 .0000–0 –0–0 –

WBI

No WCC teams participated in the 2015 WBI.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday once the season begins.

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week [5]

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards will be given every Sunday once the season begins.

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

College Sports Madness Selections

All-Conference First team

NameSchool Pos. Year
Morgan Bailey BYU F Senior
Lexi Eaton BYU G Junior
Sophia Ederaine San Diego C Senior
Nici Gilday Santa Clara G Senior
Sunny Greinacher Gonzaga F Senior
Malina Hood San Diego G Junior
Kendall Kenyon Pacific F Senior
Lauren Nicholson Saint Mary's G Junior
Taylor Proctor San Francisco F Junior
Elle Tinkle Gonzaga F Junior

College Sports Madness Selections

NameSchool Pos. Year
Morgan Bailey BYU F Senior
Lexi Eaton BYU G Junior
Sophia Ederaine San Diego C Senior
Nici Gilday Santa Clara G Senior
Kendall Kenyon Pacific F Senior

All-Conference Second team

NameSchool Pos. Year
Keani Albanez Gonzaga F Senior
Cassandra Brown Portland F Senior
Hailie Eackles Pacific G Junior
Shannon Mauldin Saint Mary's G Junior
Bria Richardson San Diego G Senior

College Sports Madness Selections

NameSchool Pos. Year
Keani Albanez Gonzaga F Senior
Sunny Greinacher Gonzaga F Senior
Malina Hood San Diego G Junior
Lauren Nicholson Saint Mary's G Junior
Taylor Proctor San Francisco F Junior

Honorable mention

NameSchool
Emily Ben-Jumbo Loyola Marymount
Zhane Dikes San Francisco
Leslie Lopez-Wood Pacific
Madison Parrish Pacific
Carli Rosenthal Saint Mary's

All-Freshman team

NameSchool Pos.
Stella Beck Saint Mary's G
Makenzie Cast Loyola Marymount G
GeAnna Luaulu-Summers Pacific G
Olivia Ogwumike Pepperdine F
Emma Wolfram Gonzaga C

All Academic team

Player, School Year GPA Major
Emily Ben-Jumbo, Loyola Marymount Senior 3.33 Communications
Lexi Eaton, BYU Junior 3.32 Psychology
Sophia Ederaine, San Diego Senior 3.69 Psychology
Ashley Garfield, BYU Senior 3.98 School Health
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga Graduate 3.52 Master's in Counseling
Hayley Hendrickson, Saint Mary's Senior 3.58 Biopshychology
Kari Luttinen, Portland Senior 3.39 Finance
Bria Richardson, Pepperdine Senior 3.31 Liberal Arts
Paige Spietz, San Francisco Senior 3.41 Environmental Science
Elle Tinkle, Gonzaga Junior 3.44 Nursing

See also

The West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference. The winner receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The championship is broadcast nationally on ESPNU.

The 2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2014 and end with the 2015 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–10, 2015 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season will begin in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

The West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference. The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for that season. Through 2008, the tournament was played on a rotating basis at the home courts of member teams. The 2009 edition was the first played at a neutral site, namely Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. The semifinals are broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and the championship is broadcast nationally on ESPN.

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The 2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament will be held March 6–11, 2013 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas area community of Paradise, Nevada.

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2013–14 Pacific Tigers womens basketball team

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The 2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference Men'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.

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Lisa Mispley Fortier is an American basketball coach, currently the head coach of the women's basketball team at Gonzaga University.

The 2015 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–10, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

The 2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 3–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season started in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

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References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved 29 Mar 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kelly Graves hired as Oregon coach". ESPN. ESPN. April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jim Sollars, Portland head coach of 28 years, to retire at end of season". NCAA. NCAAN. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jennifer Mountain let go". ESPN. ESPN. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
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