2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

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League NCAA Division I Season champions BYU Location United States of America		Sport Women's basketball Season MVP Lexi Rydalch, BYU Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) National: ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tvRegional: SWX, CSNNW

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.

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), Points1. Gonzaga (6), 782. BYU (4), 763. Saint Mary's, 614. San Diego , 585. San Francisco, 516. Pacific, 407. Santa Clara, 308. Loyola Marymount, 259. Pepperdine, 2010. Portland, 11

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

Player, School, Yr., Pos.Kylie Maeda, BYU, Sr., GLexi Eaton Rydalch, BYU, Sr., FShelby Cheslek, Gonzaga, Sr., CEllie Tinkle, Gonzaga, Sr., GSophie Taylor, Loyola Marymount, Sr., FHailie Eackles, Pacific, Sr., GShannon Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Sr., GLauren Nicholson, Saint Mary's, Sr., GMalina Hood, San Diego, Sr., FTaylor Proctor, San Francisco, Sr., F

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team

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.

Non-Conference games

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

Composite Matrix

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

Conference tournament

March 3–8, 2016– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

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.

Jeff Judkins, BYULisa Mispley Fortier, GonzagaCharity Elliott, Loyola MarymountBradley Davis, PacificRyan Weisenberg, PepperdineCheryl Sorensen, PortlandPaul Thomas, Saint Mary'sCindy Fisher, San DiegoJennifer Azzi, San FranciscoJR Payne, Santa Clara

WCC Player-of-the-Week

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

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

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