2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

2015–16 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, CSNNW
Regular season
Season champions BYU
Season MVP Lexi Rydalch, BYU
Tournament
2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
BYU 16 – 2   .889     26 – 7   .788
Saint Mary's 14 – 4   .778     24 – 8   .750
San Diego 13 – 5   .722     24 – 8   .750
Santa Clara 13 – 5   .722     23 – 9   .719
Gonzaga 10 – 8   .556     19 – 14   .576
San Francisco † 9 – 9   .500     21 – 12   .636
Pacific 6 – 12   .333     13 – 17   .433
Loyola Marymount 6 – 12   .333     11 – 20   .355
Pepperdine 2 – 16   .111     7 – 24   .226
Portland 1 – 17   .056     3 – 27   .100
† Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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

2015–16 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga (6), 78
2. BYU (4), 76
3. Saint Mary's, 61
4. San Diego , 58
5. San Francisco, 51
6. Pacific, 40
7. Santa Clara, 30
8. Loyola Marymount, 25
9. Pepperdine, 20
10. Portland, 11

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

Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Kylie Maeda, BYU, Sr., G
Lexi Eaton Rydalch, BYU, Sr., F
Shelby Cheslek, Gonzaga, Sr., C
Ellie Tinkle, Gonzaga, Sr., G
Sophie Taylor, Loyola Marymount, Sr., F
Hailie Eackles, Pacific, Sr., G
Shannon Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Sr., G
Lauren Nicholson, Saint Mary's, Sr., G
Malina Hood, San Diego, Sr., F
Taylor Proctor, San Francisco, Sr., F

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team[1]

First Team

Second Team

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.

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Non-Conference games

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

Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young - 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Gonzaga 1–1 – 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–0 2–0 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Pacific 2–0 1–1 2–0 - 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Pepperdine 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 - 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Portland 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 - 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. Saint Mary's 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 - 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. San Diego 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 - 1–1 1–1
vs. San Francisco 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 - 2–0
vs. Santa Clara 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 -
Total 16–2 10–8 6–12 6–12 2–16 1–17 14–4 13–5 9–9 13-5

Conference tournament

  First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                     
       
  1 BYU 72  
    9 Pepperdine 59  
8 Pacific 72
9 Pepperdine 81  
  1 BYU 87  
  4 Santa Clara 67  
       
       
  4 Santa Clara 59
    5 Gonzaga 58  
     
       
  1 BYU
  6 San Francisco
       
       
  2 Saint Mary's 85
    7 Loyola Marymount 71  
7 Loyola Marymount 85
10 Portland 72  
  2 Saint Mary's 65
  6 San Francisco 67  
       
       
  3 San Diego 80
    6 San Francisco 84OT  
     

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.[2]

Jeff Judkins, BYU
Lisa Mispley Fortier, Gonzaga
Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
Bradley Davis, 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
# Bids W-L (%): TOTAL: 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –

WNIT

School First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
# Bids
W-L (%)
TOTAL: 0–0 –		 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –

WBI

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

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

  • Nov. 16- Sydney Raggio, F, Saint Mary's
  • Nov. 30- GeAnna Luaulu-Summers, G, Pacific & Morgan McGwire, F, Santa Clara
  • Dec. 14- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Dec. 28- Maya Hood, F, San Diego
  • Jan. 11- Kalani Purcell, F, BYU
  • Jan. 25- Kalani Purcell, F, BYU
  • Feb. 8- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Feb. 22- Marie Bertholdt, F, Santa Clara
  • Nov. 23- Malina Hood, G, San Diego
  • Dec. 7- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
  • Dec. 21- Ameela Li, G, Pacific
  • Jan. 4- Georgia Stirton, Gonzaga
  • Jan. 18- Kalani Purcell, F, BYU
  • Feb. 1- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Feb. 15- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
  • Feb. 29- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week[3]

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday.

  • Nov. 15[4]- Maya Hood, F, San Diego
  • Nov. 29[5]- Morgan McGwire, F, Santa Clara (also High Major Player of the Week)
  • Dec. 13[6]- Malina Hood, F, San Diego (also High Major Player of the Week)
  • Dec. 27[7]- Lori Parkinson, F, Santa Clara
  • Jan. 10[8]- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Jan. 24[9]- Malina Hood, G, San Diego
  • Feb. 7[10]- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Feb. 21[11]- Marie Bertholdt, F, Santa Clara
  • Nov. 22[12]- Malina Hood, F, San Diego
  • Dec. 6[13]- Taylor Proctor, F, San Francisco
  • Dec. 20[14]- Lauren Nicholson, G, Saint Mary's
  • Jan. 3[15]- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Jan. 17[16]- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU
  • Jan. 31[17]- Lexi Rydalch, G, BYU (also High Major Player of the Week)
  • Feb. 14[18]- Erica Ogwumike, G, Pepperdine
  • Feb. 28[19]- Maya Hood, F, San Diego

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

College Sports Madness Selections

All-Conference First team

Name School Pos. Year
Jill Barta Gonzaga F R-Freshman
Marie Bertholdt Santa Clara F Junior
Hailie Eackles Pacific G Senior
Malina Hood San Diego G Senior
Lauren Nicholson Saint Mary's G Senior
Erica Ogwumike Pepperdine G Freshman
Lori Parkinson Santa Clara F Junior
Taylor Proctor San Francisco F Senior
Kalani Purcell BYU F Junior
Lexi Rydalch BYU G Senior

College Sports Madness Selections

Name School Pos. Year

All-Conference Second team

Name School Pos. Year
Stella Beck Saint Mary's G Sophomore
Zhane Dikes San Francisco G Senior
Maya Hood San Diego F Junior
Makenzi Pulsipher BYU G Junior
Sophie Taylor Loyola Marymount F Senior

College Sports Madness Selections
To be posted after the WCC Tournament.

Name School Pos. Year

Honorable mention

Name School
Devon Brookshire Saint Mary's
Shelby Cheslek Gonzaga
Desire Finnie Pacific
Rachel Howard San Francisco
Devin Hudson Santa Clara
Kylie Maeda BYU
Kaylie Van Loo Portland

All-Freshman team

Name School Pos.
Jill Barta Gonzaga F
Savanna Hanson Santa Clara G
Erica Ogwumike Pepperdine G
Sydney Raggio Saint Mary's F
Cheyanne Wallace Loyola Marymount F

All-Academic team

Player, School Year GPA Major
Stella Beck, Saint Mary's Sophomore 3.72 Psychology
Marie Bertholdt, Santa Clara Junior 3.26 Business
Devon Brookshire, Saint Mary's Junior 3.70 Psychology & Business
Shelby Cheslek, Gonzaga R-Senior 3.62 Masters of Business Administration
Rachel Howard, San Francisco Junior 3.75 Kinesiology
Makenzi Pulsipher, BYU Junior 3.42 Recreation Management
Lexi Rydalch, BYU Senior 3.25 Psychology
Sophie Taylor, Loyola Marymount Senior 3.20 Physics
Kaylie Van Loo, Portland Junior 3.70 Marketing
Sydney Williams, San Diego Sophomore 3.45 Behavioral Neuroscience

All-Academic Honorable Mention

Player School
Shelbi Aimonetti Loyola Marymount
Erin Butler Pacific
Brooke Gallaway Santa Clara
Kiara Kudron Gonzaga
Lisa Janko Saint Mary’s
Kyle Maeda BYU
Hannah Mattson Portland
Samira McDonald Saint Mary’s
Kristine Nielsen BYU
Shaniqua Nilles Gonzaga
Olivia Ogwumike Pepperdine
Lori Parkinson Santa Clara
Krista Pettepier Pepperdine
Michaela Rakova San Francisco
Anna Seilund San Francisco
Kalyn Simon San Francisco
Devin Stanback Pepperdine
Georgia Stirton Gonzaga
Emma Stach Gonzaga
Elle Tinkle Gonzaga
Carly Turner Saint Mary’s

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Basketball 2015-16 Preseason All Conference Teams". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  2. ↑ "New Pacific coach has a familiar face". Recordnet.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  4. ↑ "11/15 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  5. ↑ "11/29 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  6. ↑ "12/13 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  7. ↑ "12/27 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  8. ↑ "1/10 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  9. ↑ "1/24 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  10. ↑ "2/7 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  11. ↑ "2/21 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
  12. ↑ "11/22 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  13. ↑ "12/6 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  14. ↑ "12/20 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  15. ↑ "1/3 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  16. ↑ "1/17 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  17. ↑ "1/31 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  18. ↑ "2/14 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  19. ↑ "2/28 Women's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
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