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2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

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League
  
NCAA Division I

Number of teams
  
10

Runners-up
  
BYU

Sport
  
Women's basketball

Season champions
  
Gonzaga

TV partner(s)
  
National: ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv Regional: SWX, TV-32 Malibu

The 2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2014 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

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This was the 29th 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 25th 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). The conference went through significant changes this season, adding a new member for the second time in three seasons. Conference charter member Pacific, like all other WCC members founded as a faith-based institution, but now the WCC's only officially nonsectarian school, rejoined from the Big West after a 42-year absence.

Pre-season

  • Pre-season media day took place on Thursday, October 24 at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were 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.

    • 2013–14 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

    Rank, School (first-place votes), Points 1. Gonzaga (9), 81 2. San Diego (1), 69 3. St. Mary's, 63 4. BYU, 62 5. Pacific, 46 6. Loyola Marymount, 38 7t. San Francisco, 27 7t. Santa Clara, 27 7t. Portland, 27 10. Pepperdine, 10

    2013–14 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

    Player, School, Yr., Pos. Zhane Dikes, San Francisco, So., G Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Jr., F Jennifer Hamson, BYU, Sr., C Maya Hood, San Diego, So., F Amy Kame, San Diego, Sr., G Danielle Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Sr., F Jackie Nared, Saint Mary's, Sr., G Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga, Sr., G Hazel Ramirez, Loyola Marymount, Sr., G Jazmine Redmon, Gonzaga, Sr., G

    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.

    Non-Conference games

  • Saint Mary's defeated Pac-12 member Washington 91–81 on November 8, 2013
  • San Diego defeated Pac-12 member Arizona State 61–53 on November 13, 2013
  • Gonzaga went on the road and nearly defeated #11 Oklahoma in the semifinals of the Women's Preseason NIT. In the end the Sooners snuck away with an 82–78 victory, but the Zags performance brought them more notice from the voters, moving them into the Top 25 in the Coaches Poll and moving them up one spot to #24 in the AP Poll.
  • BYU defeated ACC member Boston College 70–69 in OT on November 16, 2013

    • Composite Matrix

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

    Conference tournament

  • March 6–11, 2014– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.

    • Head coaches

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

    No WCC teams participated in the 2014 WBI.

    National Player of the Week Awards

  • Dec. 29– Danielle Mauldin, F, Gonzaga– ESPNW National Player of the Week (Dec. 22–28)
  • Jan. 6– Amy Kame, G, San Diego– NCAA National Player of the Week (Dec. 29–Jan. 5)
  • Feb. 17– Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU– NCAA National Player of the Week (Feb. 10–16)

    • All-Americans

  • Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU

    • All West Coast Conference teams

    The voting body for all conference awards was league coaches.

  • Player of the Year: Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
  • Newcomer of the Year: KiKi Moore, G, Pacific
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
  • Coach of the Year: Kelly Graves, Gonzaga

    • References

    2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season Wikipedia
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