2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 9
TV partner(s) (national) ESPNU, BYUtv, SWX
Regular season
Season champions Gonzaga
Runners-up San Diego
Season MVP Taelor Karr, Gonzaga
Tournament
Champions Gonzaga
  Runners-up San Diego
Finals MVP Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga
2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Gonzaga 15 1   .938     27 6   .818
San Diego 12 4   .750     22 10   .688
Saint Mary's 11 5   .688     23 10   .697
BYU 11 5   .688     23 11   .676
Loyola Marymount 6 10   .375     13 18   .419
Santa Clara 6 10   .375     14 16   .467
Portland 5 11   .313     11 20   .355
San Francisco 4 12   .250     12 19   .387
Pepperdine 2 14   .125     5 23   .179
2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament winner
As of March 27, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the 2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2013 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This season was the 28th for WCC women's basketball, which began in the 1985–86 season when the league was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). It was also the 23rd season under the West Coast Conference name (the conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the WCAC in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989). After having no changes from 1980 until 2011, the conference will have its second change in three years in 2013. Original conference founder, and a fellow faith-based, private school Pacific will rejoin the conference.[1] Pacific will come from the Big West.

Pre-season

2012–13 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. BYU (5), 61
2. Gonzaga (4), 60
3. Saint Mary's, 48
4. San Diego, 36
5. Pepperdine, 33
6. Santa Clara, 27
7. Loyola Marymount, 25
8. Portland, 24
9. San Francisco, 10

2012–13 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Alex Cowling, Loyola Marymount, RS-Sr., G/F
Lexi Eaton, BYU, So., G
Megan Fulps, Santa Clara, Sr., G
Jennifer Hamson, BYU, Jr., C
Amy Kame, San Diego, Jr., G
Taelor Karr, Gonzaga, Sr., G
Danielle Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Jr., F
Jackie Nared, Saint Mary's, Jr., G
Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga, Jr., G
Haley Steed, BYU, Sr., G

Rankings

Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Final
BYU AP
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Loyola Marymount AP
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Pepperdine AP
C
Portland AP
C
Saint Mary's AP
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San Diego AP
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San Francisco AP
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Santa Clara AP
C

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young 2-0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs. Gonzaga 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1
vs. Pepperdine 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Portland 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. Saint Mary's 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2
vs. San Diego 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. San Francisco 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Santa Clara 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 12–0 0–2
Total 11–5 15–1 6–10 2–14 5–11 11–5 12–4 4–12 6–10

Conference tournament

Head coaches

Jeff Judkins, BYU
Kelly Graves, Gonzaga
Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine
Jim Sollars, Portland
Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
Cindy Fisher, San Diego
Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
Jennifer Mountain, Santa Clara

Post season

NCAA Tournament

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship
1 Spokane Regional Gonzaga #5 Iowa State
Mar. 23, Spokane
L, 60–72
1 Bid W-L (%): TOTAL: 0–1 .000 0–1 .000 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

WNIT

School First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Saint Mary's Seattle
Mar. 21, Moraga
W, 68–51
Northern Colorado
Mar. 24, Greeley
W, 68–58
BYU
Mar. 27, Provo
W, 59–55
Utah
Mar. 31, Moraga
L, 55–58
BYU Idaho State
Mar. 20, Provo
W, 69–54
San Diego State
Mar. 23, Provo
W, 69–58
Saint Mary's
Mar. 27, Provo
L, 55–59
San Diego Hawaii
Mar. 21, San Diego
W, 61–49
Utah
Mar. 25, Salt Lake City
L, 50–61
3 Bids
W-L (%)
TOTAL: 6–3 .667
3–0 1.000 2–1 .667 1–1 .500 0–1 .000 0–0 0–0

WBI

No WCC teams participated in the 2013 WBI.

Highlights and notes

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

  • Nov. 12 – Danielle Mauldin, F, St. Mary's
  • Nov. 26 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
  • Dec. 10 – Haley Steed, G, BYU
  • Dec. 24 – Kari Luttinen, G, Portland
  • Jan. 7 – Taelor Karr, G, Gonzaga
  • Jan. 21 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
  • Feb. 4 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
  • Feb. 18 – Mary Hood, F, San Diego
  • Mar. 4 -

  • Nov. 19 – Hazel Ramirez, G, Loyola Marymount
  • Dec. 3 – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
  • Dec. 17 – Kari Luttinen, G, Portland
  • Dec. 31 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
  • Jan. 14 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
  • Jan. 28 – Klara Wischer, F, San Diego
  • Feb. 11 – Annika Holopainen, F, Portland
  • Feb. 25 – Jennifer Hamson, F, BYU

College Sports Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

  • Nov. 12 – Keani Albanez, G, Gonzaga
  • Nov. 26 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
  • Dec. 10 – Haley Steed, G, BYU (Also ESPNW Player of the week)
  • Dec. 24 – Haley Steed, G, BYU
  • Jan. 7 – Shannon Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
  • Jan. 21 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
  • Feb. 4 – Haley Steed, G, BYU
  • Feb. 18 – Maya Hood, F, San Diego
  • Mar. 4 -

  • Nov. 19 – Alex Cowling, G/F, Loyola Marymount
  • Dec. 3 – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
  • Dec. 17 – Kari Luttinen, G, Portland
  • Dec. 31 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
  • Jan. 14 – Lindsay Leo, F, Santa Clara
  • Jan. 28 – Klara Wischer, F, San Diego
  • Feb. 11 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
  • Feb. 25 – Katelyn McDaniel, F, San Diego

Player-of-the-Month

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

All conference

Name School Pos. Year

Honorable mentioin

Name School

All-Freshman

Name School Position

All-Academic

Player, School Year GPA Major
Kim Parker Beeston, BYU Junior 3.75 Health Education
Sophia Ederaine, San Diego Sophomore 3.7 Biology
Meagan Fulps, Santa Clara Sophomore 3.62 Communication
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga Sophomore 3.33 Psychology
Jennifer Hamson, BYU Junior 3.62 Exercise Science
Amy Kame, San Diego Junior 3.40 Communication Studies
Kari Luttinen, Portland Sophomore 3.51 Business
Kelsey Patrick, Pepperdine Senior 3.82 Advertising
Alicia Scafidi, San Francisco Sophomore 3.60 Exercise Sport Science
Ruta Zurauskyte, Santa Clara RS-Junior 3.54 Finance

See also

References

  1. "Pacific set to move to WCC in 2013-14". Rivals.Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
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