2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Women's basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	National: ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv; Regional: SWX, TV-32 Malibu
Regular season
Season champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	San Diego
Season MVP	Morgan Bailey, BYU
Top scorer	Lexi Eaton, BYU
Tournament
Champions	BYU
Runners-up	San Francisco
Finals MVP	Lexi Eaton, BYU
Basketball seasons
	← 13–14 15–16 →

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.

2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	16	–	2	.889	26	–	8	.765
San Diego	14	–	4	.778	25	–	7	.781
Pacific	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
BYU †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	10	.697
San Francisco	8	–	10	.444	19	–	14	.576
Santa Clara	5	–	13	.278	11	–	18	.379
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	7	–	24	.226
Pepperdine	3	–	15	.167	8	–	22	.267
Portland	2	–	16	.111	4	–	26	.133

† Tournament winner As of March 29, 2015 Rankings from AP poll^[1]

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.

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 13
BYU	AP	RV
BYU	C	RV	RV
Gonzaga	AP	RV	24	RV	RV
Gonzaga	C	RV	RV	RV
Loyola Marymount	AP
Loyola Marymount	C
Pacific	AP
Pacific	C
Pepperdine	AP
Pepperdine	C
Portland	AP
Portland	C
Saint Mary's	AP
Saint Mary's	C
San Diego	AP
San Diego	C
San Francisco	AP
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	AP
Santa Clara	C

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.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

	BYU	Gonzaga	LMU	Pacific	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young	-	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Gonzaga	0–2	–	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2
vs. Pacific	1–1	1–1	0–2	-	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–2
vs. Pepperdine	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	-	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Portland	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	-	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
vs. Saint Mary's	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	-	0–2	1–1	0–2
vs. San Diego	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	-	0–2	0–2
vs. San Francisco	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	-	1–1
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	-
Total	12–6	16–2	4–14	13–5	3–15	2–16	13–5	14–4	8–10	5-13

Conference tournament

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

First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv			Quarterfinals Thurs & Fri, Mar 5-6 BYUtv			Semifinals Monday, March 9 BYUtv			Championship Game Tuesday, March 10 ESPNU

			1	Gonzaga	70

			8	Loyola Marymount	50
8	Loyola Marymount	68

9	Pepperdine	67
						1	Gonzaga	55

						5	BYU	61



			4	Saint Mary's	64

			5	BYU	65



									5	BYU	76

									6	San Francisco	65



			2	San Diego	51

			7	Santa Clara	42
7	Santa Clara	66

10	Portland	58
						2	San Diego	57

						6	San Francisco	65



			3	Pacific	64

			6	San Francisco	74

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,^[2] Jim Sollars retired,^[3] and Jennifer Mountain did not have her contract renewed.^[4] 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

Postseason

NCAA tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final Four	Championship
11	Spokane Regional	Gonzaga	#6 George Washington Mar. 20, Corvallis W, 82–69	#3 Oregon State Mar. 22, Corvallis W, 76–64	#2 Tennessee Mar. 28, Spokane L, 69–73 (OT)
14	Albany Regional	BYU	#3 Louisville Mar. 21, Tampa L, 53–86
2 Bids	W-L (%):	TOTAL: 2–2 .500	1–1 .500	1–0 1.000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –

WNIT

School	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
Saint Mary's	Hawaii Mar. 20, Moraga W, 92–88 (OT)	Fresno State Mar. 23, Moraga W, 83–64	Sacramento State Mar. 26, Sacramento W, 77–69	UCLA Mar. 29, Los Angeles L, 66–82
San Diego	Long Beach State Mar. 19, San Diego W, 63–56	UCLA Mar. 22, San Diego L, 58–63
Pacific	Sacramento State Mar. 19, Stockton L, 79–87
San Francisco	Fresno State Mar. 19, Fresno L, 73–79
4 Bids W-L (%) TOTAL: 4–4 .500	2–2 .500	1–1 .500	1–0 1.000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –

WBI

No WCC teams participated in the 2015 WBI.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

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

Nov. 17- Maya Hood, G, San Diego
Dec. 1- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
Dec. 15- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
Dec. 30- Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
Jan. 12- Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
Jan. 26- Elle Tinkle, G, Gonzaga
Feb. 9- Lexi Eaton, G, BYU
Feb. 23- Leslie Lopez-Wood, G, Loyola Marymount
Nov. 24- Sophia Ederaine, F, San Diego
Dec. 8- Nici Gilday, G, Santa Clara
Dec. 22- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
Jan. 5- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
Jan. 19- Sophia Ederaine, F, San Diego
Feb. 2- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
Feb. 16- Shannon Mauldin, G, Saint Mary's
Mar. 2- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

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

Nov. 16- Lindsay Sherbert, G, Gonzaga
Nov. 30- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
Dec. 14- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
Dec. 28- Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
Jan. 11- Elle Tinkle, G, Gonzaga
Jan. 25- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
Feb. 8- Lexi Eaton, G, BYU
Feb. 22-Sophia Ederaine, F, San Diego
Nov. 23- Madison Parrish, G, Pacific
Dec. 7- Lexi Eaton, G, BYU
Dec. 21- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
Jan. 4- Morgan Bailey, F, BYU
Jan. 18- Cassandra Brown, F, Portland
Feb. 1- Malina Hood, F, San Diego
Feb. 15- Nici Gilday, G, Santa Clara
Mar. 1- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco

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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

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Morgan Bailey	BYU	F	Senior
Lexi Eaton	BYU	G	Junior
Sophia Ederaine	San Diego	C	Senior
Nici Gilday	Santa Clara	G	Senior
Sunny Greinacher	Gonzaga	F	Senior
Malina Hood	San Diego	G	Junior
Kendall Kenyon	Pacific	F	Senior
Lauren Nicholson	Saint Mary's	G	Junior
Taylor Proctor	San Francisco	F	Junior
Elle Tinkle	Gonzaga	F	Junior

College Sports Madness Selections

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Morgan Bailey	BYU	F	Senior
Lexi Eaton	BYU	G	Junior
Sophia Ederaine	San Diego	C	Senior
Nici Gilday	Santa Clara	G	Senior
Kendall Kenyon	Pacific	F	Senior

All-Conference Second team

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Keani Albanez	Gonzaga	F	Senior
Cassandra Brown	Portland	F	Senior
Hailie Eackles	Pacific	G	Junior
Shannon Mauldin	Saint Mary's	G	Junior
Bria Richardson	San Diego	G	Senior

College Sports Madness Selections

Name	School	Pos.	Year
Keani Albanez	Gonzaga	F	Senior
Sunny Greinacher	Gonzaga	F	Senior
Malina Hood	San Diego	G	Junior
Lauren Nicholson	Saint Mary's	G	Junior
Taylor Proctor	San Francisco	F	Junior

Honorable mention

Name	School
Emily Ben-Jumbo	Loyola Marymount
Zhane Dikes	San Francisco
Leslie Lopez-Wood	Pacific
Madison Parrish	Pacific
Carli Rosenthal	Saint Mary's

All-Freshman team

Name	School	Pos.
Stella Beck	Saint Mary's	G
Makenzie Cast	Loyola Marymount	G
GeAnna Luaulu-Summers	Pacific	G
Olivia Ogwumike	Pepperdine	F
Emma Wolfram	Gonzaga	C

All Academic team

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major
Emily Ben-Jumbo, Loyola Marymount	Senior	3.33	Communications
Lexi Eaton, BYU	Junior	3.32	Psychology
Sophia Ederaine, San Diego	Senior	3.69	Psychology
Ashley Garfield, BYU	Senior	3.98	School Health
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga	Graduate	3.52	Master's in Counseling
Hayley Hendrickson, Saint Mary's	Senior	3.58	Biopshychology
Kari Luttinen, Portland	Senior	3.39	Finance
Bria Richardson, Pepperdine	Senior	3.31	Liberal Arts
Paige Spietz, San Francisco	Senior	3.41	Environmental Science
Elle Tinkle, Gonzaga	Junior	3.44	Nursing

References

^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
^ "Kelly Graves hired as Oregon coach". ESPN. ESPN. April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
^ "Jim Sollars, Portland head coach of 28 years, to retire at end of season". NCAA. NCAAN. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
^ "Jennifer Mountain let go". ESPN. ESPN. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
^ "Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved November 10, 2013.

[Standings-1] "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2014–15". ESPN. Retrieved March 29, 2015.

[2] "Kelly Graves hired as Oregon coach". ESPN. ESPN. April 8, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.

[3] "Jim Sollars, Portland head coach of 28 years, to retire at end of season". NCAA. NCAAN. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.

[4] "Jennifer Mountain let go". ESPN. ESPN. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.

[5] "Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved November 10, 2013.

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2014–15 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

Contents

Pre-season

2014–15 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

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

Rankings

Non-Conference games

Conference games

Composite Matrix

Conference tournament

Head coaches

Postseason

NCAA tournament

WNIT

WBI

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

All West Coast Conference teams

All-Conference First team

All-Conference Second team

Honorable mention

All-Freshman team

All Academic team

See also

References