2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 3–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season started in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportWomen's basketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)National: ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv
Regional: SWX, CSNNW
Regular season
Season championsBYU
Season MVPLexi Rydalch, BYU
Tournament
2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
BYU162 .889  267  .788
Saint Mary's144 .778  248  .750
San Diego135 .722  248  .750
Santa Clara135 .722  239  .719
Gonzaga108 .556  1914  .576
San Francisco99 .500  2112  .636
Pacific612 .333  1317  .433
Loyola Marymount612 .333  1120  .355
Pepperdine216 .111  724  .226
Portland117 .056  327  .100
Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

This was the 31st season 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 27th 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).

Pre-season

  • Pre-season media day took place in October at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews will be hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2015–16 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga (6), 78
2. BYU (4), 76
3. Saint Mary's, 61
4. San Diego , 58
5. San Francisco, 51
6. Pacific, 40
7. Santa Clara, 30
8. Loyola Marymount, 25
9. Pepperdine, 20
10. Portland, 11

2015–16 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Kylie Maeda, BYU, Sr., G
Lexi Eaton Rydalch, BYU, Sr., F
Shelby Cheslek, Gonzaga, Sr., C
Ellie Tinkle, Gonzaga, Sr., G
Sophie Taylor, Loyola Marymount, Sr., F
Hailie Eackles, Pacific, Sr., G
Shannon Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Sr., G
Lauren Nicholson, Saint Mary's, Sr., G
Malina Hood, San Diego, Sr., F
Taylor Proctor, San Francisco, Sr., F

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team

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  • Coach of the Year- Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga
  • Player of the Year- Lexi Rydalch, BYU
  • Freshman of the Year- Andee Velsaco, Loyola Marymount

First Team

  • Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
  • Malina Hood, G, San Diego
  • Elle Tinkle, G/F, Gonzaga
  • Taylor Proctor, F/C, San Francisco

Second Team

  • Hailie Eackles, G, Pacific
  • Shannon Mauldin, G, Saint Mary's
  • Zhane Dikes, G, San Francisco
  • Leslie Lopez-Wood, G/F, Loyola Marymount
  • Shelby Cheslek, F/C, Gonzaga

Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

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Non-Conference games

BYU defeated #12/11 Texas A&M 72–64 to win the Tom Weston Invitational.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young -1–10–20–20–20–20–21–10–20–2
vs. Gonzaga 1–10–21–10–20–22–02–01–11–1
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–02–00–20–20–22–02–02–02–0
vs. Pacific 2–01–12–0-0–20–22–02–01–12–0
vs. Pepperdine 2–02–01–12–0-1–11–12–02–02–0
vs. Portland 2–02–02–02–01–1-2–02–02–02–0
vs. Saint Mary's 2–00–20–20–21–10–2-0–20–21–1
vs. San Diego 1–10–20–20–20–20–22–0-1–11–1
vs. San Francisco 2–01–10–21–10–20–22–01–1-2–0
vs. Santa Clara 2–01–10–21–10–20–21–11–10–2-
Total 16–210–86–126–122–161–1714–413–59–913-5

Conference tournament

  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                     
       
  1 BYU 72  
    9 Pepperdine 59  
8 Pacific 72
9 Pepperdine 81  
  1 BYU 87  
  4 Santa Clara 67  
       
       
  4 Santa Clara 59
    5 Gonzaga 58  
     
       
  1 BYU
  6 San Francisco
       
       
  2 Saint Mary's 85
    7 Loyola Marymount 71  
7 Loyola Marymount 85
10 Portland 72  
  2 Saint Mary's 65
  6 San Francisco 67  
       
       
  3 San Diego 80
    6 San Francisco 84OT  
     

Head coaches

The 2015-16 season sees one new face in the WCC. Lynne Roberts left Pacific to become the new head coach at Utah.[2]

Jeff Judkins, BYU
Lisa Mispley Fortier, Gonzaga
Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
Bradley Davis, Pacific
Ryan Weisenberg, Pepperdine
Cheryl Sorensen, Portland
Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
Cindy Fisher, San Diego
Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
JR Payne, Santa Clara

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Final Four Championship
# Bids W-L (%): TOTAL: 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

WNIT

School First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
# Bids
W-L (%)
TOTAL: 0–0
0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

WBI

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday.

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

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College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday.

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

  • Player of The Year: Lexi Rydalch, BYU
  • Newcomer of The Year: Kalani Purcell, BYU
  • Defensive Player of The Year: Maya Hood, San Diego
  • Coach of The Year: Jeff Judkins, BYU

College Sports Madness Selections

  • To be posted after the WCC Tournament.

All-Conference First team

Name School Pos. Year
Jill Barta Gonzaga F R-Freshman
Marie Bertholdt Santa Clara F Junior
Hailie Eackles Pacific G Senior
Malina Hood San Diego G Senior
Lauren Nicholson Saint Mary's G Senior
Erica Ogwumike Pepperdine G Freshman
Lori Parkinson Santa Clara F Junior
Taylor Proctor San Francisco F Senior
Kalani Purcell BYU F Junior
Lexi Rydalch BYU G Senior

College Sports Madness Selections

  • To be posted after the WCC Tournament.
Name School Pos. Year

All-Conference Second team

Name School Pos. Year
Stella Beck Saint Mary's G Sophomore
Zhane Dikes San Francisco G Senior
Maya Hood San Diego F Junior
Makenzi Pulsipher BYU G Junior
Sophie Taylor Loyola Marymount F Senior

College Sports Madness Selections
To be posted after the WCC Tournament.

Name School Pos. Year

Honorable mention

Name School
Devon Brookshire Saint Mary's
Shelby Cheslek Gonzaga
Desire Finnie Pacific
Rachel Howard San Francisco
Devin Hudson Santa Clara
Kylie Maeda BYU
Kaylie Van Loo Portland

All-Freshman team

Name School Pos.
Jill Barta Gonzaga F
Savanna Hanson Santa Clara G
Erica Ogwumike Pepperdine G
Sydney Raggio Saint Mary's F
Cheyanne Wallace Loyola Marymount F

All-Academic team

Player, School Year GPA Major
Stella Beck, Saint Mary's Sophomore 3.72 Psychology
Marie Bertholdt, Santa Clara Junior 3.26 Business
Devon Brookshire, Saint Mary's Junior 3.70 Psychology & Business
Shelby Cheslek, Gonzaga R-Senior 3.62 Masters of Business Administration
Rachel Howard, San Francisco Junior 3.75 Kinesiology
Makenzi Pulsipher, BYU Junior 3.42 Recreation Management
Lexi Rydalch, BYU Senior 3.25 Psychology
Sophie Taylor, Loyola Marymount Senior 3.20 Physics
Kaylie Van Loo, Portland Junior 3.70 Marketing
Sydney Williams, San Diego Sophomore 3.45 Behavioral Neuroscience

All-Academic Honorable Mention

Player School
Shelbi Aimonetti Loyola Marymount
Erin Butler Pacific
Brooke Gallaway Santa Clara
Kiara Kudron Gonzaga
Lisa Janko Saint Mary’s
Kyle Maeda BYU
Hannah Mattson Portland
Samira McDonald Saint Mary’s
Kristine Nielsen BYU
Shaniqua Nilles Gonzaga
Olivia Ogwumike Pepperdine
Lori Parkinson Santa Clara
Krista Pettepier Pepperdine
Michaela Rakova San Francisco
Anna Seilund San Francisco
Kalyn Simon San Francisco
Devin Stanback Pepperdine
Georgia Stirton Gonzaga
Emma Stach Gonzaga
Elle Tinkle Gonzaga
Carly Turner Saint Mary’s

See also

References

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