2022 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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2022 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2021–22
Teams10
Finals site Orleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Champions Gonzaga (10th title)
Winning coach Lisa Fortier (4th title)
MVP Melody Kempton (Gonzaga)
Television ESPNU/BYUtv
←  2021
2023  →
2021–22 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT [1]
No. 20 BYU 15–1 .93826–4  .867
Gonzaga †15–2 .88227–7  .794
San Francisco 10–8 .55617–16  .515
Portland 8–7 .53320–11  .645
Saint Mary's 9–9 .50018–15  .545
San Diego 8–9 .47117–15  .531
Santa Clara 8–10 .44416–15  .516
Pepperdine 4–11 .2678–17  .320
Loyola Marymount 4–13 .23511–19  .367
Pacific 3–14 .1766–23  .207
† 2022 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held between March 3 and 8 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeds

All conference members qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on the Ken Pomeroy Adjusted Conference Winning Percentage.

SeedSchoolConferenceOverall*Pomeroy AWP
1 [3] BYU 15–125–2.921%
2 Gonzaga 15–224–6.870%
3 San Francisco 10–816–14.555%
4 Portland 8–718–9.530%
5 Saint Mary's 9–915–14.501%
6 San Diego 8–916–13.493%
7 Santa Clara 8–1014–14.448%
8 Pepperdine 4–118–16.257%
9 Loyola Marymount 4–139–18.241%
10 Pacific 3–146–22.184%

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Venue

For the fourteenth consecutive year, the 2022 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When Orleans Arena is set up for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471. [4] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886-room Orleans Hotel and Casino, about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip. [5] The tickets for the WCC Tournament typically sell out quickly. [6]

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevision
First round – Thursday March 3, 2022
1112:00 PMNo. 8 Pepperdine 54 vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount 64BYUtv
22:00 PMNo. 7 Santa Clara 93 vs. No. 10 Pacific 69
Second round – Friday March 4, 2022
2312:00 PMNo. 5 Saint Mary's 64 vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount 71BYUtv
42:00 PMNo. 6 San Diego 79 vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 86
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5, 2022
351:30 PMNo. 4 Portland 69 vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount 44BYUtv
63:30 PMNo. 3 San Francisco 72 vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 63
Semifinals – Monday, March 7, 2022
4712:00 PMNo. 1 BYU 59 vs. No. 4 Portland 52BYUtv
82:00 PMNo. 2 Gonzaga 69 vs. No. 3 San Francisco 55
Championship – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
591:00 PMNo. 1 BYU 59 vs. No. 2 Gonzaga 71ESPNU
Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. *denotes overtime game

Bracket

Opening round
Thursday, March 3 		Second round
Friday, March 4 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5 		Semifinals
Monday, March 7 		Championship
Tuesday, March 8
1BYU59
4 Portland 52
4Portland69
9 Loyola Marymount 44
5 Saint Mary's 64
8 Pepperdine 54 9Loyola Marymount71
9Loyola Marymount641 BYU 59
2 Gonzaga71
2Gonzaga69
3 San Francisco 55
3San Francisco72
7 Santa Clara 63
6 San Diego 79
7Santa Clara937Santa Clara86
10 Pacific 69

* denotes overtime game

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "WCC Standings - 2021-22". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Gonzaga Wins 2022 WCC Women's Basketball Championship" (Press release). West Coast Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  3. ↑ "No. 19 BYU women beat Santa Clara, clinch share of WCC title". AP . 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Location Spotlight: Orleans Arena | Nevada Film Office". nevadafilm.com. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  5. ↑ Hawks, John; Higgins, Tom (2009-02-03). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer's Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Penguin. ISBN   978-1-4406-8515-6.
  6. ↑ "UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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