2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Finals site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Gonzaga (8th title)
Winning coach	Lisa Fortier (2nd title)
MVP	Jill Barta (Gonzaga)
Attendance	33,676 (total)
Television	ESPNU/BYUtv
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2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga †	17	–	1	.944	27	–	6	.818
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Loyola Marymount	11	–	7	.611	19	–	11	.633
BYU	11	–	7	.611	16	–	14	.533
San Francisco	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
San Diego	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Pacific	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Pepperdine	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	9	–	21	.300
Portland	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233

† 2018 WCC tournament winner As of 17 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada March 1–6, 2018. Regular-season champion Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the WCC's automatic berth in the NCAA tournament.^[1]^[2]

Seeds

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WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows:

Head-to-head
Record against the top-seeded team(s) not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as needed
Higher RPI

Seed	School	Conference	Overall*	Tiebreaker
1	Gonzaga	17–1	24–5
2	Saint Mary's	13–5	20–9
3	BYU	11–7	16–13	2–0 vs. LMU
4	Loyola Marymount	11–7	19–10	0–2 vs. BYU
5	San Francisco	10–8	15–14
6	San Diego	8–10	15–14
7	Pacific	7–11	13–16
8	Pepperdine	5–13	9–20	2–0 vs. SCU
9	Santa Clara	5–13	9–19	0–2 vs. PEP
10	Portland	3–15	7–22

* Overall record at end of regular season.

Schedule

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Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday March 1, 2018
1	1	12:00 PM	#8 Pepperdine vs. #9 Santa Clara	BYUtv	6,685
1	2	2:00 PM	#7 Pacific vs. #10 Portland	BYUtv	6,685
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 1 & Friday March 2, 2018
2	3	6:00 PM	#3 BYU vs. #6 San Diego	BYUtv	6,685
2	4	8:00 PM	#4 Loyola Marymount vs. #5 San Francisco		6,685
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 Gonzaga vs. #8 Pepperdine		6,813
3	6	2:00 PM	#2 Saint Mary's vs. #7 Pacific		6,813
Semifinals – Monday, March 5, 2018
4	7	12:00 PM	#1 Gonzaga vs #5 San Francisco	BYUtv	6,832
4	8	2:00 PM	#7 Pacific vs #6 San Diego	BYUtv	6,832
Championship – Tuesday, March 6, 2018
5	9	1:00 PM	#1 Gonzaga vs. #6 San Diego	ESPNU	6,661
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and scores

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All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			1	Gonzaga	81

			8	Pepperdine	70
8	Pepperdine	74

9	Santa Clara	63
						1	Gonzaga	65

						5	San Francisco	53



			4	Loyola Marymount	76

			5	San Francisco	89



									1	Gonzaga	79

									6	San Diego	71



			2	Saint Mary's	73

			7	Pacific	77
7	Pacific	85

10	Portland	60
						7	Pacific	56

						6	San Diego	66



			3	BYU	56

			6	San Diego	61

References

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^ "2018 GORILLA GLUE WEST COAST CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS CENTRAL". wccsports.com. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
^ Gaydos, Ryan (February 25, 2020). "West Coast Conference women's basketball championship history". Fox News. Retrieved August 13, 2023.

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