2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season explained

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
Sec:women
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No Of Teams:9
Tv:(national) ESPNU, BYUtv, SWX
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Gonzaga
Second Place:San Diego
Mvp:Taelor Karr, Gonzaga
Mvp Link:West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
Finals Champ:Gonzaga
Finals Runner-Up:San Diego
Finals Mvp:Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga
Finals Mvp Link:West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament#Past WCC Women's Basketball Tournament results
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2011–12 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
Prevseason Year:11–12
Nextseason Link:2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
Nextseason Year:13–14

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

See main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

  BYUGonzagaLMUPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Clara
GON LMU PEPP PORT SMC USD USF USC -->vs. Brigham Young2-0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs. Gonzaga0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1
vs. Pepperdine2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Portland2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. Saint Mary's1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2
vs. San Diego2–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. San Francisco1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Santa Clara2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 12–0 0–2 GON LMU PEPP PORT SMC USD USF USC -->
Total11–5 15–1 6–10 2–14 5–11 11–5 12–4 4–12 6–10

Conference tournament

See main article: 2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball 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

See main article: 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

SeedBracketSchoolFirst roundSecond roundSweet 16Elite 8Final FourChampionship
1Spokane RegionalGonzaga
  1. 5 Iowa State
    Mar. 23, Spokane
    L, 60–72
1 BidW-L (%):TOTAL: 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

WNIT

See main article: 2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

SchoolFirst roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsChampionship
Saint Mary'sSeattle
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
BYUIdaho 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 DiegoHawaii
Mar. 21, San Diego
W, 61–49
Utah
Mar. 25, Salt Lake City
L, 50–61
3 Bids
W-L (%)
TOTAL: 6–3
3–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0

WBI

See main article: 2013 Women's Basketball Invitational. No WCC teams participated in the 2013 WBI.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

College Sports Madness West Coast Player of the Week

Player-of-the-Month

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

All conference

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Honorable mention

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All-Freshman

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All-Academic

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pacific set to move to WCC in 2013-14. Rivals.Yahoo.com . 2012-03-28.