2025 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
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| 2025 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Oregon State |
| Winning coach | Scott Rueck (1st title) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 31 | – | 5 | .861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State † | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 15 | – | 19 | .441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 3 | – | 17 | .150 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 2 | – | 18 | .100 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 WCC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2024–25 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 6–11, 2025.[1][2] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
All 11 conference teams participated in the tournament.[3] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated in the following order:
- Head-to-head record
- Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
- NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on March 2
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
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| 1 | Gonzaga | 17–3 | 2–0 vs Portland |
| 2 | Portland | 17–3 | 0–2 vs Gonzaga |
| 3 | Washington State | 14–6 | |
| 4 | Oregon State | 12–8 | |
| 5 | San Francisco | 11–9 | |
| 6 | Saint Mary's | 10–10 | |
| 7 | Pacific | 9–11 | |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 8–12 | |
| 9 | Loyola Marymount | 7–13 | |
| 10 | Pepperdine | 3–17 | |
| 11 | San Diego | 2–18 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
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| First Round - Thursday, March 6 | ||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 10 Pepperdine vs. No. 11 San Diego | 59–66 | ESPN+ |
| Second Round - Friday, March 7 | ||||
| 2 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Santa Clara vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount | 52–66 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 2:30 pm | No. 7 Pacific vs. No. 11 San Diego | 64–52 | |
| Third Round – Saturday, March 8 | ||||
| 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 9 Loyola Marymount | 75–66 | ESPN+ |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 6 Saint Mary's vs. No. 7 Pacific | 59–74 | |
| Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 9 | ||||
| 6 | 11:30 am | No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 5 San Francisco | 61–59 | ESPN+ |
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 3 Washington State vs. No. 7 Pacific | 73–62 | |
| Semifinals - Monday, March 10 | ||||
| 8 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Oregon State | 61–63 | ESPN+ |
| 9 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Portland vs. No. 3 Washington State | 72–57 | |
| Final – Tuesday, March 11 | ||||
| 10 | 1:00 pm | No. 2 Portland vs. No. 4 Oregon State | 46–59 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in PST through the third round and PDT from the quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: | ||||