West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Number of teams	11
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Orleans Arena
Current location	Las Vegas, Nevada
Played	1992-present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Portland Pilots
Most championships	Gonzaga Bulldogs (10)
TV partner(s)	BYUtv, ESPNU
Official website	WCCSports.com Women's Basketball
Sponsors
University Credit Union (2019)

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.

Games were at campus sites from 1992 to 1994, then were played at the same location as the men's tournament, beginning in 1995.

Beginning in 2012, the WCC adopted a new format to incorporate a ninth team (BYU). In 2012 and 2013, the tournament started on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 game was added. The winner of the 8/9 game played the 5 seed on Day 2 of the Tournament (Thursday). The 6 vs. 7 match took place that same day. Day 3, or the Quarterfinals (Friday), featured 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 top two seeds entered in the semifinals on Saturday. All teams were off on Sunday (all WCC members are private, faith-based schools, and BYU has a strict policy against Sunday play), and the championship game was played Monday on ESPNU. BYUtv Sports showed all games on the women's side except for the championship.

The format changed to a traditional 10-team tournament with the addition of Pacific for the 2013–14 season.

At the end of each tournament, an all-tournament team is named, with one individual selected as Most Valuable Player. Four players have earned MVP honors more than once—Valerie Gillom of San Francisco, Jill Barta of Gonzaga, and Alex Fowler of Portland twice each; and Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot three times.

Past WCC women's basketball tournament results

Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot, the only three-time tournament MVP, is also the WCC's only three-time Player of the Year.

Year	Champion	Runner-Up	Site	MVP [1]
1992	Santa Clara	San Francisco	Toso Pavilion, Santa Clara, California	Melissa King, Santa Clara
1993	San Diego	Santa Clara		Jill Shaver, San Diego
1994	Portland	Gonzaga		Amy Claboe, Portland
1995	San Francisco	Portland		Valerie Gillon, San Francisco
1996	San Francisco	Portland		Valerie Gillon, San Francisco
1997	San Francisco	Portland	Gersten Pavilion, Los Angeles, California	Brittany Lindhe, San Francisco
1998	Santa Clara	Saint Mary's	Toso Pavilion, Santa Clara, California	Lisa Sacco, Santa Clara
1999	Saint Mary's	Pepperdine		Tracy Morris, Saint Mary's
2000	San Diego	Pepperdine		Jessica Gray, San Diego
2001	Saint Mary's	Loyola Marymount	Jenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, California	Jermisha Dosty, Saint Mary's
2002	Pepperdine	Santa Clara		Damaris Hinojosa, Pepperdine
2003	Pepperdine	Santa Clara		Kendra Rhea, Santa Clara
2004	Loyola Marymount	Gonzaga	Leavey Center, Santa Clara, California	Adrianne Slaughter, Loyola Marymount
2005	Santa Clara	Gonzaga		Michelle Cozad, Santa Clara
2006	Pepperdine	Santa Clara	McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, Washington	Daphanie Kennedy, Pepperdine
2007	Gonzaga	Loyola Marymount	Chiles Center, Portland, Oregon	Heather Bowman, Gonzaga
2008	San Diego	Gonzaga	Jenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, California	Amanda Rego, San Diego
2009	Gonzaga	San Diego	Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada	Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
2010	Gonzaga	Pepperdine		Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
2011	Gonzaga	Saint Mary's		Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga [2]
2012	BYU	Gonzaga		Haley Steed, BYU [3]
2013	Gonzaga	San Diego		Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga [4]
2014	Gonzaga	BYU		Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga [5]
2015	BYU	San Francisco		Lexi Eaton, BYU [6]
2016	San Francisco	BYU		Taylor Proctor, San Francisco
2017	Gonzaga	Saint Mary's		Jill Barta, Gonzaga [7]
2018	Gonzaga	San Diego		Jill Barta, Gonzaga [8]
2019	BYU	Gonzaga		Paisley Johnson, BYU [9]
2020	Portland	San Diego		Alex Fowler, Portland [10]
2021	Gonzaga	BYU		Jill Townsend, Gonzaga [11]
2022	Gonzaga	BYU		Melody Kempton, Gonzaga [12]
2023	Portland	Gonzaga		Alex Fowler, Portland [13]
2024	Portland	Gonzaga		Kennedy Dickie, Portland [14]
2025

Performance by school

Former WCC members highlighted in pink.

Member	Winners	Winning Years
Gonzaga	10	2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
Portland	4	1994, 2020, 2023, 2024
San Francisco	4	1995, 1996, 1997, 2016
BYU	3	2012, 2015, 2019
San Diego	3	1993, 2000, 2008
Pepperdine	3	2002, 2003, 2006
Santa Clara	3	1992, 1998, 2005
Saint Mary's	2	1999, 2001
Loyola Marymount	1	2004
Pacific	0

References

1. "WCC Tournament Recaps" (PDF). 2010–11 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Media Guide. West Coast Conference. pp. 71–73. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
2. "2011 WCC Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team Announced" (Press release). West Coast Conference. March 7, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
3. "BYU women punch NCAA Tournament ticket with WCC title win over Gonzaga". Salt Lake Tribune. March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
4. Associated Press (March 11, 2013). "Gonzaga Heads to Post Season Defeating San Diego". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
5. "BYU women fall in scoring hole, lose to Gonzaga in WCC Championship". The Daily Universe. March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
6. "Cougar women claim second WCC title, NCAA tourney next". Salt Lake Tribune. March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
7. Crumpacker, John (March 7, 2017). "Crumpacker - Jill Barta Leads Gonzaga To #WCChoops Title". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
8. Crumpacker, John (March 6, 2018). "Crumpacker - Zags Dance Again After Dispatching Toreros". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
9. Gurney, Brandon (March 12, 2019). "Cougars Surpass Expectations, beat Gonzaga 82-68 for Conference Championship". Deseret News. Archived from the original on March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
10. Faraudo, Jeff (March 10, 2020). "Faraudo: Portland Completes Title Run". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
11. "2021 UCU West Coast Conference Women's All-Tournament Team" (PDF) (Press release). West Coast Conference. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
12. "Gonzaga Wins 2022 WCC Women's Basketball Championship" (Press release). West Coast Conference. March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
13. "Portland Wins 2023 UCU WCC Basketball Tournament" (Press release). West Coast Conference. March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
14. "Portland Knock Off Favored Gonzaga For The WCC Title" (Press release). West Coast Conference. March 12, 2024.

See also

• West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament