West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament


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 1992-1994, 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. 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. The 6 vs. 7 match took place that same day. Day 3, or the Quarterfinals, 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, 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. Three players have earned MVP honors more than once—Valerie Gillom of San Francisco and Jill Barta of Gonzaga twice, and Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot three times.

Past WCC Women's Basketball Tournament results

YearChampionRunner-UpSiteMVP
1992Santa ClaraSan FranciscoToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaMelissa King, Santa Clara
1993San DiegoSanta ClaraToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaJill Shaver, San Diego
1994PortlandGonzagaToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaAmy Claboe, Portland
1995San FranciscoPortlandToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaValerie Gillon, San Francisco
1996San FranciscoPortlandToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaValerie Gillon, San Francisco
1997San FranciscoPortlandGersten Pavilion, Los Angeles, CaliforniaBrittany Lindhe, San Francisco
1998Santa ClaraSaint Mary'sToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaLisa Sacco, Santa Clara
1999Saint Mary'sPepperdineToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaTracy Morris, Saint Mary's
2000San DiegoPepperdineToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, CaliforniaJessica Gray, San Diego
2001Saint Mary'sLoyola MarymountJenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, CaliforniaJermisha Dosty, Saint Mary's
2002PepperdineSanta ClaraJenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, CaliforniaDamaris Hinojosa, Pepperdine
2003PepperdineSanta ClaraJenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, CaliforniaKendra Rhea, Santa Clara
2004Loyola MarymountGonzagaLeavey Center, Santa Clara, CaliforniaAdrianne Slaughter, Loyola Marymount
2005Santa ClaraGonzagaLeavey Center, Santa Clara, CaliforniaMichelle Cozad, Santa Clara
2006PepperdineSanta ClaraMcCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, WashingtonDaphanie Kennedy, Pepperdine
2007GonzagaLoyola MarymountChiles Center, Portland, OregonHeather Bowman, Gonzaga
2008San DiegoGonzagaJenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, CaliforniaAmanda Rego, San Diego
2009GonzagaSan DiegoOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaCourtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
2010GonzagaPepperdineOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaCourtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
2011GonzagaSaint Mary'sOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaCourtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga
2012BYUGonzagaOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaHaley Steed, BYU
2013GonzagaSan DiegoOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaHaiden Palmer, Gonzaga
2014GonzagaBYUOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaSunny Greinacher, Gonzaga
2015BYUSan FranciscoOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaLexi Eaton, BYU
2016San FranciscoBYUOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaTaylor Proctor, San Francisco
2017GonzagaSaint Mary'sOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaJill Barta, Gonzaga
2018GonzagaSan DiegoOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaJill Barta, Gonzaga
2019BYUGonzagaOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaPaisley Johnson, BYU
2020PortlandGonzagaOrleans Arena, Paradise, NevadaAlex Fowler, Portland

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