2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
| Year = 2023
| Conference = West Coast Conference
| Division = I
| Gender = Women's
| Image = West Coast Conference logo 2019 with name.svg
| Teams = 10
| Arena = Orleans Arena
| City = Paradise, Nevada
| Champions = Portland
| TitleCount = 3rd
| Coach = Michael Meek
| CoachCount = 2nd
| MVP =
| MVPTeam =
| Attendance =
| Television = WCC Network, BYUtv, ESPNU
}}
{{2022–23 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings}}
The 2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games will be played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–7, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://wccsports.com/tournaments/?id=99|title=2023 University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament|website=wccsports.com|publisher=West Coast Conference|access-date=February 23, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.orleanscasino.com/event-calendar/2023-west-coast-conference|title=University Credit Union West Coast Conference|website=orleanscasino.com|publisher=The Orleans Arena|access-date=February 23, 2023}}
Seeds
All ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:
- Head-to-head record
- Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
- NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on February 25
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%;text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conf. record !Tiebreaker(s) |
| 1
| Gonzaga | 17-1 | |
| 2
| Portland | 15-3 | |
| 3
| 11–7 | |
| 4
| 9–9 | 2-0 vs. San Diego |
| 5
| BYU | 9-9 | 1-1 vs. San Diego |
| 6
| Pacific | 8-10 | |
| 7
| 6-12 | 2-0 vs. Santa Clara |
| 8
| 6-12 | 0-2 vs. Saint Mary's |
| 9
| 5-13 | |
| 10
| 4-14 | |
Schedule and results
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!Game !Time !Matchup !Score !Television |
| colspan=5| First Round - Thursday, March 2 |
|---|
| 1
|12:00 pm |No. 8 Santa Clara vs. No. 9 Pepperdine |60–63 |rowspan=2|WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 2
|2:30 pm |No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Loyola Marymount |74–43 |
| colspan=5| Second Round - Friday, March 3 |
| 3
|12:00 pm |No. 5 BYU vs. No. 9 Pepperdine |74–59 |rowspan=2|WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 4
|2:30 pm |No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 7 Saint Mary's |82–77 |
| colspan=5| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 |
| 5
|1:00 pm |No. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 BYU |56–66 |rowspan=2|WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 6
|3:30 pm |No. 3 San Diego vs. No. 6 Pacific |57–71 |
| colspan=5| Semifinals - Monday, March 6 |
| 7
|12:00 pm |No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 BYU |79–64 |WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 8
|2:30 pm |No. 2 Portland vs. No. 6 Pacific |75–72 |WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| colspan=5| Final – Tuesday, March 7 |
| 9
|6:00 pm |No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Portland |60-64 |
| colspan=5| *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: |
Bracket
{{10TeamBracket-StepladderToSF
| RD1=First round
Thursday, March 2
| RD2=Second round
Friday, March 3
| RD3=Third round
Saturday, March 4
| RD4=Semifinals
Monday, March 6
| RD5=Championship
Tuesday, March 7
| RD1-seed01=8
| RD1-team01=Santa Clara
| RD1-score01=60
| RD1-seed02=9
| RD1-team02=Pepperdine
| RD1-score02=63
| RD1-seed3=7
| RD1-team3=Saint Mary's
| RD1-score3=74
| RD1-seed4=10
| RD1-team4=Loyola Marymount
| RD1-score4=43
| RD2-seed01=5
| RD2-team01=BYU
| RD2-score01=74
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Pepperdine
| RD2-score02=59
| RD2-seed3=6
| RD2-team3=Pacific
| RD2-score3=82
| RD2-seed4=7
| RD2-team4=Saint Mary's
| RD2-score4=77
| RD3-seed01=4
| RD3-team01=San Francisco
| RD3-score01=56
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=BYU
| RD3-score02=66
| RD3-seed03=3
| RD3-team03=San Diego
| RD3-score03=57
| RD3-seed04=6
| RD3-team04=Pacific
| RD3-score04=71
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Gonzaga
| RD4-score01=79
| RD4-seed02=5
| RD4-team02=BYU
| RD4-score02=64
| RD4-seed03=2
| RD4-team03=Portland
| RD4-score03=75
| RD4-seed04=6
| RD4-team04=Pacific
| RD4-score04=72
| RD5-seed01=1
| RD5-team01=Gonzaga
| RD5-score01=60
| RD5-seed02=2
| RD5-team02=Portland
| RD5-score02=64
}}
See also
{{See also|2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament}}
References
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