2012–13 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

August 2023 2012–13 West Coast Conference Women's basketball season #9B1743 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 120px 9 (national) ESPNU, BYUtv, SWX Regular season Gonzaga San Diego Taelor Karr, Gonzaga West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2013 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament Gonzaga San Diego Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament#Past WCC Women's Basketball Tournament results Basketball 2011–12 West Coast Conference women's basketball season 11–12 2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season 13–14 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.http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=sportsxchange-000624013_pacific-set-to-move-to-wcc-in-201314 Pacific set to move to WCC in 2013-14 Rivals.Yahoo.com 2012-03-28 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 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 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalBYU 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 Non-Conference games February 2013 Conference games Composite Matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.   BYUGonzagaLMUPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Claravs. 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 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 Postseason NCAA tournament 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, 60–721 BidW-L (%):TOTAL: 0–1 0 10–1 0 10–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 00–0 0 0 WNIT 2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament School First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Saint Mary'sSeattle Mar. 21, Moraga W, 68–51Northern Colorado Mar. 24, Greeley W, 68–58BYU Mar. 27, Provo W, 59–55Utah Mar. 31, Moraga L, 55–58 BYUIdaho State Mar. 20, Provo W, 69–54San Diego State Mar. 23, Provo W, 69–58Saint Mary's Mar. 27, Provo L, 55–59 San DiegoHawaii Mar. 21, San Diego W, 61–49Utah Mar. 25, Salt Lake City L, 50–613 BidsW-L (%)TOTAL: 6–3 6 33–0 3 02–1 2 11–1 1 10–1 0 10–0 0 00–0 0 0 WBI 2013 Women's Basketball Invitational No WCC teams participated in the 2013 WBI. Highlights and notes Awards and honors Scholar-Athlete of the Year WCC Player-of-the-Week 35em 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 Madness West Coast Player of the Week 35em 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-Americans 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 NameSchool Pos. Year Honorable mention NameSchool All-Freshman NameSchool 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 References