The 2016 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 3–8, 2016, at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds will be determined solely on conference record. San Francisco won the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows: Head-to-head Better record against a higher seed Higher RPI SeedSchoolConference Overall*Tiebreaker 1 BYU 16–2 24–42 Saint Mary's 14–4 23–63 San Diego 13–5 23–6 1–1 vs. SCU, 1–1 vs. BYU4 Santa Clara 13–5 22–7 1–1 vs. USD, 0–2 vs. BYU5 Gonzaga 10–8 18–126 San Francisco 9–9 18–117 Loyola Marymount 6–12 10–19 2–0 vs. Pacific8 Pacific 6–12 13–16 0–2 vs. LMU9 Pepperdine 2–16 6–2310 Portland 1–17 5–26 * Overall record at end of regular season.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Thursday March 3, 20161112:00 PM#8 Pacific vs. #9 PepperdineBYUtv6,07122:00 PM#7 Loyola Marymount vs. #10 Portland Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 & Friday March 4, 2016236:00 PM#3 San Diego vs. #6 San FranciscoBYUtv6,07148:00 PM#4 Santa Clara vs. #5 Gonzaga3512:00 PM#1 BYU vs. #9 Pepperdine6,26162:00 PM#2 Saint Mary's vs. #7 Loyola Marymount Semifinals – Monday, March 7, 20164712:00 PM#4 Santa Clara vs #1 BYUBYUtv6,99082:00 PM#6 San Francisco vs #2 Saint Mary's Championship – Tuesday, March 8, 2016591:00 PM#1 BYU vs. #6 San FranciscoESPNU6,816 *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and scores All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.
Game summaries
Pacific vs. Pepperdine Series History: Pacific leads series 6–3 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Loyola Marymount vs. Portland Series History: Portland leads series 31–29 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
San Diego vs. San Francisco Series History: San Diego leads series 38–27 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
Santa Clara vs. Gonzaga Series History: Gonzaga leads series 34–28 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
BYU vs. Pepperdine Series History: BYU leads series 12–2 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
Saint Mary's vs. Loyola Marymount Series History: Saint Mary's leads series 45–16 Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
BYU vs. Santa Clara Series History: BYU leads series 12–1 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
Saint Mary's vs. San Francisco Series History: Saint Mary's leads series 39–24 Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
WCC Championship: BYU vs. San Francisco Series History: BYU leads series 15–2 Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Chiney Ogwumike (ESPNU) Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler (BYU Radio)
All-Tournament team
See also 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2016 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
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