The 2014 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2014, at Orleans Arena in the

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community of

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. This was the sixth consecutive year the WCC Tournament took place in Vegas after the WCC and the

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, which operates the arena, reached a 3-year extension to keep the tournament in Vegas through 2016.

Format

With the addition of the

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, bringing the WCC to 10 members, the conference adopted a more traditional tournament format. Under the new format, the top 6 seeds receive a bye out of the first round while the 7 seed plays the 10 seed and the 8 seed plays the 9 seed. The first round begins on a Thursday. BYUtv airs all games, except for the championship, and simulcasts them on the WCC's streaming video outlet, ''TheW.tv''. The tournament championship airs on

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. The former second round is now the quarterfinal round. It takes place on Friday and has the 1 seed playing the winner of the 8/9 game and the 2 seed playing the winner of the 7/10 game. The quarterfinals also feature the 3 seed playing the 6 seed, and the 4 seed playing the 5 seed. After two off-days, the semifinals take place on Monday with the winner of 1/8/9 playing the winner of 4/5 and the winner of 2/7/10 playing the winner of 3/6. The championship takes place on Tuesday and features the semifinal winners. As in the recent past, the championship game continues to be broadcast on

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket and scores

Game summaries

Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara

Series History: Pepperdine leads 34-33
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski ----

Loyola Marymount vs. San Francisco

Series History: Series even 33-33
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski ----

Pacific vs. Portland

Series History: Portland leads 7-3
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski
This game would become the final game for Portland coach Jim Sollars, who would retire after 28 seasons. During his post-game press conference, Sollars would thank his wife for all the hardships he put her through. His exact words, "Before I go I have to say one thing… I always forget the most important person in this whole thing. My wife has been through approximately 40 years of weekends with 13 beautiful women and all the complaining that I bring home. And I cannot thank her enough." ----

Pepperdine vs. BYU

Series History: BYU leads 7-2
Broadcasters: Spencer Linton & Kristen Kozlowski ----

Gonzaga vs. San Francisco

Series History: Gonzaga leads 33-24
Broadcasters: Dave McCann &

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San Diego vs. Saint Mary's

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 38-27
Broadcasters: Dave McCann &

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Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

Series History: Gonzaga leads 34-25
Broadcasters: Dave McCann &

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BYU vs. Pacific

Series History: BYU leads 6-2
Broadcasters: Dave McCann &

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WCC Championship: BYU vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads 8-6
Broadcasters:

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& Sean Farnham (ESPNU)
Dave McCann &

(BYU Radio) ----

All tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

References

External links

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Format

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket and scores

Game summaries

Pepperdine vs. Santa Clara

Loyola Marymount vs. San Francisco

Pacific vs. Portland

Pepperdine vs. BYU

Gonzaga vs. San Francisco

San Diego vs. Saint Mary's

Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

BYU vs. Pacific

WCC Championship: BYU vs. Gonzaga

All tournament team

See also

References

External links