2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

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.

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)(national) ESPNU, BYUtv, SWX
Regular season
Season championsGonzaga
Runners-upSan Diego
Season MVPTaelor Karr, Gonzaga
Tournament
ChampionsGonzaga
  Runners-upSan Diego
Finals MVPHaiden Palmer, Gonzaga
2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga†15–1 .938  27–6  .818
San Diego12–4 .750  22–10  .688
Saint Mary's11–5 .688  23–10  .697
BYU11–5 .688  23–11  .676
Loyola Marymount6–10 .375  13–18  .419
Santa Clara6–10 .375  14–16  .467
Portland5–11 .313  11–20  .355
San Francisco4–12 .250  12–19  .387
Pepperdine2–14 .125  5–23  .179
† 2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament winner
As of March 27, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

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
  • Pre-season media day took place at the same time the men's media day did. However the women's media day was toned down quite a bit. No interviews or TV announcements took place. Instead they only announced the pre-season picks and pre-season teams.

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
Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend
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RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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Non-Conference games

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 –2-01–10–20–21–10–21–10–2
vs. Gonzaga 0–2–0–20–20–21–10–20–20–2
vs. Loyola Marymount 1–12–0–0–22–02–02–00–21–1
vs. Pepperdine 2–02–02–0–2–01–12–01–12–0
vs. Portland 2–02–00–20–2–2–02–02–01–1
vs. Saint Mary's 1–11–10–21–10–2–2–00–20–2
vs. San Diego 2–02–00–20–20–20–2–0–20–2
vs. San Francisco 1–12–02–01–10–22–02–0–2–0
vs. Santa Clara 2–02–01–10–21–12–012–00–2–
Total 11–515–16–102–145–1111–512–44–126–10

Conference tournament
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
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

    Scholar-Athlete of the Year

    WCC Player-of-the-Week

    College Sports Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

    Player-of-the-Month
    • November – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
    • December – Mel Khlok, G, San Francisco
    • January – Taelor Karr, G, Gonzaga
    • February –

    All-Americans

    All West Coast Conference teams

    Voting was by conference coaches:

    • Player of The Year:
    • Newcomer of The Year:
    • Defensive Player of The Year:
    • Coach of The Year:

    All conference
    Name School Pos. Year

    Honorable mention
    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
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    See also

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