2020 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams10
Finals siteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsPortland (2nd title)
Winning coachMichael Meek (1st title)
MVPAlex Fowler (Portland)
TelevisionESPNU/BYUtv
2019–20 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 11 Gonzaga171 .944283  .903
San Diego135 .7222011  .645
BYU135 .7221811  .621
Portland117 .6112111  .656
Pacific99 .5001714  .548
Pepperdine810 .4441615  .516
Saint Mary's612 .3331219  .387
San Francisco513 .2781219  .387
Santa Clara513 .2781219  .387
Loyola Marymount315 .167725  .219
2020 WCC tournament winner
As of January 9, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was played between March 5–10, 2020, at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Portland was the winner of the WCC Women's Tournament would automatically advance to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Seeds

All 10 WCC schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with the following tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records:

  • Head-to-head record.
  • Record against the top team in the conference not involved in the tie, going down through the standings as necessary to break the tie. Should more than one team be tied for a position in the standings, collective records against all teams involved in that tie are considered.
  • RPI at the end of the conference season.
Seed School Conference Overall* Tiebreaker
1 Gonzaga 17-1 28-2
2 San Diego 13-5 19-10
3 BYU 13-5 18–10
4 Portland 11-7 18-11
5 Pacific 9-9 16-13
6 Pepperdine 8-10 14-14
7 Saint Mary's 6-12 11-18
8 Santa Clara 5–13 11-18
9 San Francisco 5-13 12-18
10 Loyola Marymount 3-15 7-24

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 5, 2020
1 1 12:00 PM #8 Santa Clara 72** vs. #9 San Francisco 65 BYUtv
2 2:00 PM #7 Saint Mary's 72 vs. #10 LMU 63
Second round – Friday March 6, 2020
2 3 12:00 PM #5 Pacific 67 vs. #8 Santa Clara 49 BYUtv
4 2:00 PM #6 Pepperdine 87 vs. #7 Saint Mary's 72
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7, 2020
3 5 1:00 PM #4 Portland 76 vs. #5 Pacific 69 BYUtv
6 3:00 PM #3 BYU 51 vs. #6 Pepperdine 62
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020
4 7 12:00 PM #1 Gonzaga 69 vs. #4 Portland 70 BYUtv
8 2:00 PM #2 San Diego 59 vs. #6 Pepperdine 44
Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020
5 9 1:00 PM #4 Portland 64** vs. #2 San Diego 63 ESPNU
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. **denotes overtime game

Bracket and scores

Opening round
Thursday, March 5
Second round
Friday, March 6
Third round
Saturday, March 7
Semifinals
Monday, March 9
Championship
Tuesday, March 10
1 Gonzaga 69
4 Portland 70
4 Portland 76
5 Pacific 69
5 Pacific 67
8 Santa Clara 72* 8 Santa Clara 48
9 San Francisco 65 4 Portland 64*
2 San Diego 63
2 San Diego 59
6 Pepperdine 44
3 BYU 51
6 Pepperdine 62
6 Pepperdine 87
7 Saint Mary's 72 7 Saint Mary's 72
10 LMU 63

* denotes overtime game

See also

References

  1. "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com.
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