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2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

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League
  
NCAA Division I

Number of teams
  
10

Runners-up
  
San Diego

Sport
  
Women's basketball

Season champions
  
Gonzaga

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

The 2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2014 and ended with the 2015 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 5–10, 2015 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

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This was the 30th 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 26th 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 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.

    • 2014–15 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

    Rank, School (first-place votes), Points 1. Gonzaga (7), 78 2. BYU (2), 71 3. San Diego (1), 65 4. Pacific, 60 5. Saint Mary's, 48 6. San Francisco, 37 7. Portland, 32 8. Loyola Marymount, 27 9. Pepperdine, 17 10. Santa Clara, 15

    2014–15 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

    Player, School, Yr., Pos. Morgan Bailey, BYU, Sr., F Zhane Dikes, San Francisco, Jr., G Lexi Eaton, BYU, Jr., G Nici Gilday, Santa Clara, Sr., G Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Sr., F Malina Hood, San Diego, Jr., F Deanna Johnson, Loyola Marymount, Jr., G Kendall Kenyon, Pacific, Sr., F Taylor Proctor, San Francisco, Jr., F Jasmine Wooton, Portland, 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

  • Gonzaga defeated #22 Dayton 75—65.
  • Saint Mary's won the 2014 Hilton Concord Classic.
  • Santa Clara won the 2014 Air Force Classic.
  • Loyola Marymount won the 2014 DoubleTree LA Thanksgiving Classic.

    • Composite Matrix

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

    Conference tournament

  • March 5–10, 2015– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

    • Head coaches

    The 2014-15 season saw a lot of new faces to the WCC. Three of the conference members had new head coaches. Kelly Graves left the Zags to become the new head coach at Oregon, Jim Sollars retired, and Jennifer Mountain did not have her contract renewed. As a result Gonzaga, Portland, and Santa Clara all introduced new coaches into the fold.

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

    No WCC teams participated in the 2015 WBI.

    WCC Player-of-the-Week

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

    College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

    College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards will be given every Sunday once the season begins.

    All West Coast Conference teams

    Voting was by conference coaches:

  • Player of The Year: Morgan Bailey, BYU
  • Newcomer of The Year: Stella Beck, Saint Mary's
  • Defensive Player of The Year: Sophia Ederaine, San Diego
  • Coach of The Year: Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga; Lynne Roberts, Pacific, & Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's

    • College Sports Madness Selections

  • Player of the Year: Sophia Ederaine, San Diego
  • Newcomer of the Year: Stella Beck, Saint Mary's
  • Coach of the Year: Lynne Roberts, Pacific

    • All-Conference First team

    College Sports Madness Selections

    All-Conference Second team

    College Sports Madness Selections

    References

    2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season Wikipedia
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