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

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.

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.^[1]

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.

See main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

	Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Post
BYU	AP				RV	RV	RV										RV	RV	RV	RV
C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	18
Gonzaga	AP	25	25	24	24	24	23	25	24	RV	RV	RV	25	22	20	20	24	22	21	18
C	RV	RV	25	24	24	22	22	21	RV	RV	23	22	17	15	15	20	20	19	16	22
Loyola Marymount	AP
C
Pacific	AP
C
Pepperdine	AP
C
Portland	AP
C
Saint Mary's	AP			RV											RV
C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
San Diego	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
C	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV
San Francisco	AP
C
Santa Clara	AP
C

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

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
GON	LMU	PAC	PEPP	PORT	SMC	USD	USF	USC -->	vs. Brigham Young	-	1-1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0-2	0-2
vs. Gonzaga	1–1	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0-2
vs. Loyola Marymount	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1-1
vs. Pacific	1–1	2–0	1–1	-	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0-2
vs. Pepperdine	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	-	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1-1
vs. Portland	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	-	2–0	1–1	1–1	1-1
vs. Saint Mary's	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	-	1–1	0–2	1-1
vs. San Diego	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	-	1–1	0-2
vs. San Francisco	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	-	2-0
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0-2	-	GON	LMU	PAC	PEPP	PORT	SMC	USD	USF	USC -->
Total	14–4	16–2	6–12	12–6	1–17	7–11	11–7	11–7	6–12	6-12

Conference tournament

See main article: 2014 West Coast Conference women's basketball 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

Postseason

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2014 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final Four	Championship
12	Lincoln Regional	BYU	5 NC State Mar. 22, Los Angeles W, 72–57	4 Nebraska Mar. 24, Los Angeles W, 80–76	1 Connecticut Mar. 29, Lincoln L, 51–70
6	Lincoln Regional	Gonzaga	11 James Madison Mar. 23, College Station L, 63–72
2 Bids	W-L (%):	TOTAL: 2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0

WNIT

See main article: 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

School	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
San Diego	Cal Poly Mar. 20, San Diego W, 82–59	Montana Mar. 24, Missoula W, 60–57	Washington Mar. 26, Seattle L, 55–62
Saint Mary's	Cal State Bakersfield Mar. 21, Moraga W, 75–68	UTEP Mar. 24, El Paso L, 64–76
Pacific	Oregon Mar. 20, Eugene L, 63–90
3 Bids W-L (%) TOTAL: 3–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0

WBI

See main article: 2014 Women's Basketball Invitational. No WCC teams participated in the 2014 WBI.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

• Nov. 11 - Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific & Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Nov. 25 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
• Dec. 9 – Sunny Greinacher, F, Gonzaga
• Dec. 23 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Jan. 6 – Bria Richardson, G, Pepperdine
• Jan. 20 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Feb. 3 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
• Feb. 17 – Hazel Ramirez, G, Loyola Marymount
• Nov. 18 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
• Dec. 2 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
• Dec. 16 – Katelyn McDaniel, F, San Diego
• Dec. 31 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
• Jan. 13 – Sunny Greinacher, F, Gonzaga
• Jan. 27 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
• Feb. 10 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
• Feb. 24 - Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

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• Nov. 10 - Jackie Nared, G. Saint Mary's^[3]
• Nov. 24 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's^[4]
• Dec. 8 – Bria Richardson, G, Pepperdine^[5]
• Dec. 22 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's^[6]
• Jan. 5 – Amy Kame, G, San Diego^[7]
• Jan. 19 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's^[8]
• Feb. 2 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's^[9]
• Feb. 16 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU (also High-Major Madness Player of the Week)^[10]
• Mar. 2 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga^[11]
• Nov. 17 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU^[12]
• Dec. 1 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's^[13]
• Dec. 15 – Katelyn McDaniel, F, San Diego^[14]
• Dec. 29 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's^[15]
• Jan. 12 – KiKi Moore, G, Pacific^[16]
• Jan. 26 – Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific^[17]
• Feb. 9 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga^[18]
• Feb. 23 - Kim Beeston, G, BYU^[19]

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

All-Academic

See also

• 2013-14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
• West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pacific set to move to WCC in 2013-14. Rivals.Yahoo.com . 2012-03-28.
2. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-10.
3. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-10.
4. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-24.
5. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-08.
6. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-22.
7. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-05.
8. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-19.
9. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-02.
10. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-16.
11. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-03-02.
12. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-17.
13. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-01.
14. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-15.
15. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-29.
16. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-12.
17. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-26.
18. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-09.
19. Web site: Women's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-23.