2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	(national) ESPNU, BYUtv, SWX
Regular season
Season champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	San Diego
Season MVP	Taelor Karr, Gonzaga
Tournament
Champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	San Diego
Finals MVP	Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga

2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Gonzaga†	15	–	1		.938			27	–	6		.818
San Diego	12	–	4		.750			22	–	10		.688
Saint Mary's	11	–	5		.688			23	–	10		.697
BYU	11	–	5		.688			23	–	11		.676
Loyola Marymount	6	–	10		.375			13	–	18		.419
Santa Clara	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
Portland	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
San Francisco	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Pepperdine	2	–	14		.125			5	–	23		.179
† 2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament winner As of March 27, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the 2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2013 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This season was the 28th 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 23rd 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). After having no changes from 1980 until 2011, the conference will have its second change in three years in 2013. Original conference founder, and a fellow faith-based, private school Pacific will rejoin the conference. Pacific will come from the Big West.

Pre-season

• Pre-season media day took place at the same time the men's media day did. However the women's media day was toned down quite a bit. No interviews or TV announcements took place. Instead they only announced the pre-season picks and pre-season teams.

2012–13 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. BYU (5), 61

2. Gonzaga (4), 60

3. Saint Mary's, 48

4. San Diego, 36

5. Pepperdine, 33

6. Santa Clara, 27

7. Loyola Marymount, 25

8. Portland, 24

9. San Francisco, 10

2012–13 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Alex Cowling, Loyola Marymount, RS-Sr., G/F

Lexi Eaton, BYU, So., G

Megan Fulps, Santa Clara, Sr., G

Jennifer Hamson, BYU, Jr., C

Amy Kame, San Diego, Jr., G

Taelor Karr, Gonzaga, Sr., G

Danielle Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Jr., F

Jackie Nared, Saint Mary's, Jr., G

Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga, Jr., G

Haley Steed, BYU, Sr., G

Rankings

Main article: 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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 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	Final
BYU	AP
	C	RV	RV
Gonzaga	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV										RV
	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV								RV
Loyola Marymount	AP
	C
Pepperdine	AP
	C
Portland	AP
	C
Saint Mary's	AP
	C
San Diego	AP
	C
San Francisco	AP
	C
Santa Clara	AP
	C

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	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young	–	2-0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2
vs. Gonzaga	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1
vs. Pepperdine	2–0	2–0	2–0	–	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Portland	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	–	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1
vs. Saint Mary's	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	–	2–0	0–2	0–2
vs. San Diego	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	0–2
vs. San Francisco	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	–	2–0
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	12–0	0–2	–
Total	11–5	15–1	6–10	2–14	5–11	11–5	12–4	4–12	6–10

Conference tournament

Main article: 2013 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

• March 6–11, 2013– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.

Head coaches

Jeff Judkins, BYU

Kelly Graves, Gonzaga

Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount

Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine

Jim Sollars, Portland

Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's

Cindy Fisher, San Diego

Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco

Jennifer Mountain, Santa Clara

Post season

NCAA Tournament

• Main article: 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final Four	Championship
1	Spokane Regional	Gonzaga	#5 Iowa State Mar. 23, Spokane L, 60–72
1 Bid	W-L (%):	TOTAL: 0–1 .000	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –

WNIT

• Main article: 2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament

School	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
Saint Mary's	Seattle Mar. 21, Moraga W, 68–51	Northern Colorado Mar. 24, Greeley W, 68–58	BYU Mar. 27, Provo W, 59–55	Utah Mar. 31, Moraga L, 55–58
BYU	Idaho State Mar. 20, Provo W, 69–54	San Diego State Mar. 23, Provo W, 69–58	Saint Mary's Mar. 27, Provo L, 55–59
San Diego	Hawaii Mar. 21, San Diego W, 61–49	Utah Mar. 25, Salt Lake City L, 50–61
3 Bids W-L (%) TOTAL: 6–3 .667	3–0 1.000	2–1 .667	1–1 .500	0–1 .000	0–0 –	0–0 –

WBI

• Main article: 2013 Women's Basketball Invitational

No WCC teams participated in the 2013 WBI.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

• Nov. 12 – Danielle Mauldin, F, St. Mary's
• Nov. 26 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Dec. 10 – Haley Steed, G, BYU
• Dec. 24 – Kari Luttinen, G, Portland
• Jan. 7 – Taelor Karr, G, Gonzaga
• Jan. 21 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
• Feb. 4 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
• Feb. 18 – Mary Hood, F, San Diego
• Mar. 4 -

• Nov. 19 – Hazel Ramirez, G, Loyola Marymount
• Dec. 3 – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
• Dec. 17 – Kari Luttinen, G, Portland
• Dec. 31 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Jan. 14 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Jan. 28 – Klara Wischer, F, San Diego
• Feb. 11 – Annika Holopainen, F, Portland
• Feb. 25 – Jennifer Hamson, F, BYU

College Sports Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

• Nov. 12 – Keani Albanez, G, Gonzaga
• Nov. 26 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Dec. 10 – Haley Steed, G, BYU (Also ESPNW Player of the week)
• Dec. 24 – Haley Steed, G, BYU
• Jan. 7 – Shannon Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
• Jan. 21 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
• Feb. 4 – Haley Steed, G, BYU
• Feb. 18 – Maya Hood, F, San Diego
• Mar. 4 -

• Nov. 19 – Alex Cowling, G/F, Loyola Marymount
• Dec. 3 – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
• Dec. 17 – Kari Luttinen, G, Portland
• Dec. 31 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Jan. 14 – Lindsay Leo, F, Santa Clara
• Jan. 28 – Klara Wischer, F, San Diego
• Feb. 11 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
• Feb. 25 – Katelyn McDaniel, F, San Diego

Player-of-the-Month

• November – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
• December – Mel Khlok, G, San Francisco
• January – Taelor Karr, G, Gonzaga
• February –

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches:

• Player of The Year:
• Newcomer of The Year:
• Defensive Player of The Year:
• Coach of The Year:

All conference

Name	School	Pos.	Year

Honorable mention

Name	School

All-Freshman

Name	School	Position

All-Academic

Player, School	Year	GPA	Major
Kim Parker Beeston, BYU	Junior	3.75	Health Education
Sophia Ederaine, San Diego	Sophomore	3.7	Biology
Meagan Fulps, Santa Clara	Sophomore	3.62	Communication
Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga	Sophomore	3.33	Psychology
Jennifer Hamson, BYU	Junior	3.62	Exercise Science
Amy Kame, San Diego	Junior	3.40	Communication Studies
Kari Luttinen, Portland	Sophomore	3.51	Business
Kelsey Patrick, Pepperdine	Senior	3.82	Advertising
Alicia Scafidi, San Francisco	Sophomore	3.60	Exercise Sport Science
Ruta Zurauskyte, Santa Clara	RS-Junior	3.54	Finance

See also

• 2012–13 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
• 2012–13 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
• West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2013 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament