2024 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games will be played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 7–12, 2024.[1][2]

2024 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams9
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsPortland (4th title)
Winning coachMichael Meek (3rd title)
MVPKennedy Dickie (Portland)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNU
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2025 →
2023–24 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Gonzaga 16 0   1.000 32 4   .889
Santa Clara 12 4   .750 25 9   .735
Portland 10 6   .625 21 13   .618
San Francisco 10 6   .625 14 16   .467
Pacific 8 8   .500 18 15   .545
Saint Mary's 6 10   .375 13 18   .419
Loyola Marymount 5 11   .313 11 19   .367
San Diego 4 12   .250 9 22   .290
Pepperdine 1 15   .063 5 25   .167
2024 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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All nine conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
  3. NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on February 25
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 Gonzaga 16–0
2 Santa Clara 12–4
3 Portland 10–6 1–1 vs. Santa Clara
4 San Francisco 10–6 0–2 vs. Santa Clara
5 Pacific 8–8
6 Saint Mary's 6–10
7 Loyola Marymount 5–11
8 San Diego 4–12
9 Pepperdine 1–15

Schedule and results

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round - Thursday, March 7
1 12:00 pm No. 8 San Diego vs. No. 9 Pepperdine 79−64 ESPN+
Second Round - Friday, March 8
2 12:00 pm No. 5 Pacific vs. No. 8 San Diego 72−66 ESPN+
3 2:30 pm No. 6 Saint Mary's vs. No. 7 Loyola Marymount 62−78
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
4 1:00 pm No. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 Pacific 71−76 ESPN+
5 3:30 pm No. 3 Portland vs. No. 7 Loyola Marymount 78−51
Semifinals - Monday, March 11
6 12:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 Pacific 72−61 ESPN+
7 2:30 pm No. 2 Santa Clara vs. No. 3 Portland 61−63
Final – Tuesday, March 12
8 1:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Portland 66–67 ESPNU
*Game times in PST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.
Reference:

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 7
Second round
Friday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 9
Semifinals
Monday, March 11
Championship
Tuesday, March 12
2Santa Clara61
3Portland783Portland63
6Saint Mary's627Loyola Marymount513Portland67
7Loyola Marymount781Gonzaga66
1Gonzaga72
4San Francisco715Pacific61
5Pacific725Pacific76
8San Diego798San Diego66
9Pepperdine64

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship - West Coast Conference". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ "Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship". orleans.boydgaming.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.