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 full WCC members are private, faith-based schools, and BYU, which had been a member from 2011 to 2023, 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
Year Champion Runner-up Venue Tournament MVP 1992Santa ClaraSan FranciscoToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, California Melissa King, Santa Clara1993San DiegoSanta Clara Jill Shaver, San Diego1994PortlandGonzaga Amy Claboe, Portland1995San FranciscoPortland Valerie Gillon, San Francisco1996San FranciscoPortland Valerie Gillon, San Francisco1997San FranciscoPortland Gersten Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Brittany Lindhe, San Francisco1998Santa ClaraSaint Mary'sToso Pavilion, Santa Clara, California Lisa Sacco, Santa Clara1999Saint Mary'sPepperdine Tracy Morris, Saint Mary's2000San DiegoPepperdine Jessica Gray, San Diego2001Saint Mary'sLoyola MarymountJenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, California Jermisha Dosty, Saint Mary's2002PepperdineSanta Clara Damaris Hinojosa, Pepperdine2003PepperdineSanta Clara Kendra Rhea, Santa Clara2004Loyola MarymountGonzagaLeavey Center, Santa Clara, California Adrianne Slaughter, Loyola Marymount2005Santa ClaraGonzaga Michelle Cozad, Santa Clara2006PepperdineSanta Clara McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, Washington Daphanie Kennedy, Pepperdine2007GonzagaLoyola Marymount Chiles Center, Portland, Oregon Heather Bowman, Gonzaga2008 San DiegoGonzaga Jenny Craig Pavilion, San Diego, California Amanda Rego, San Diego2009GonzagaSan Diego Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga2010GonzagaPepperdine Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga2011GonzagaSaint Mary's Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga2012BYUGonzagaHaley Steed, BYU 2013 Gonzaga San Diego Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga 2014 Gonzaga BYU Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga 2015 BYU San Francisco Lexi Eaton, BYU 2016 San Francisco BYU Taylor Proctor, San Francisco 2017 Gonzaga Saint Mary's Jill Barta, Gonzaga 2018 Gonzaga San Diego Jill Barta, Gonzaga 2019 BYU Gonzaga Paisley Johnson, BYU 2020 Portland San Diego Alex Fowler, Portland 2021 Gonzaga BYU Jill Townsend, Gonzaga 2022 Gonzaga BYU Melody Kempton, Gonzaga 2023 Portland Gonzaga Alex Fowler, Portland 2024 Portland Gonzaga Kennedy Dickie, Portland 2025 Oregon State Portland Catarina Ferreira, Oregon State 2026 Gonzaga Oregon State Lauren Whittaker, Gonzaga
Performance by school Former WCC members, as of the next WCC season in 2026–27, highlighted in pink. School Championships Championship Years Gonzaga 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2026 Portland 1994, 2020, 2023, 2024 San Francisco 1995, 1996, 1997, 2016 BYU 2012, 2015, 2019 San Diego 1993, 2000, 2008 Pepperdine 2002, 2003, 2006 Santa Clara 1992, 1998, 2005 Saint Mary's 1999, 2001 Loyola Marymount 2004 Oregon State 2025 Pacific Washington State Seattle
Denver will play its first WCC season in 2026–27, with UC San Diego following in 2027–28.
References
See also
West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament