The 2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–7, 2017, at

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community of Paradise, Nevada. Seeds were determined solely on conference record. Regular-season champion Gonzaga added the tournament crown to its résumé, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

WCC tiebreaker procedures went as follows: # Head-to-head # Record against the top-seeded team(s) not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as needed # Higher RPI ''* Overall record at end of regular season.''

Schedule

Bracket and Scores

* All BYUtv games were simulcast online and streamed at TheW.tv.

Game summaries

First round

#8 Pacific vs. #9 Pepperdine

Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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#7 San Diego vs. #10 Portland

Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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Quarterfinals

#3 St. Mary's vs. #6 Santa Clara

Broadcasters: ''Dave McCann'' & ''

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#4 San Francisco vs. #5 Loyola Marymount

Broadcasters: ''Dave McCann'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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#1 Gonzaga vs. #9 Pacific

Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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#2 BYU vs. #7 San Diego

Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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Semifinals

#1 Gonzaga vs. #4 San Francisco

Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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#2 BYU vs. #3 Saint Mary's

Broadcasters: ''Spencer Linton'' & ''Kristen Kozlowski''
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WCC Championship

#1 Gonzaga vs. #3 Saint Mary's

Broadcasters: ''

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket and Scores

Game summaries

First round

#8 Pacific vs. #9 Pepperdine

#7 San Diego vs. #10 Portland

Quarterfinals

#3 St. Mary's vs. #6 Santa Clara

#4 San Francisco vs. #5 Loyola Marymount

#1 Gonzaga vs. #9 Pacific

#2 BYU vs. #7 San Diego

Semifinals

#1 Gonzaga vs. #4 San Francisco

#2 BYU vs. #3 Saint Mary's

WCC Championship

#1 Gonzaga vs. #3 Saint Mary's

All-Tournament team

See also