# 2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games will be played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–7, 2023.

## Seeds

All ten conference teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate 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 February 25
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
| 1 | Gonzaga | 17-1 | |
| 2 | Portland | 15-3 | |
| 3 | San Diego | 11–7 | |
| 4 | San Francisco | 9–9 | 2-0 vs. San Diego |
| 5 | BYU | 9-9 | 1-1 vs. San Diego |
| 6 | Pacific | 8-10 | |
| 7 | Saint Mary's | 6-12 | 2-0 vs. Santa Clara |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 6-12 | 0-2 vs. Saint Mary's |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 5-13 | |
| 10 | Loyola Marymount | 4-14 | |

## Schedule and results

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First Round - Thursday, March 2 |||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Santa Clara vs. No. 9 Pepperdine | 60–63 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 2 | 2:30 pm | No. 7 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Loyola Marymount | 74–43 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| Second Round - Friday, March 3 |||||
| 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 5 BYU vs. No. 9 Pepperdine | 74–59 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 7 Saint Mary's | 82–77 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 |||||
| 5 | 1:00 pm | No. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 BYU | 56–66 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 6 | 3:30 pm | No. 3 San Diego vs. No. 6 Pacific | 57–71 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| Semifinals - Monday, March 6 |||||
| 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 BYU | 79–64 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| 8 | 2:30 pm | No. 2 Portland vs. No. 6 Pacific | 75–72 | WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN |
| Final – Tuesday, March 7 |||||
| 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Portland | 60-64 | ESPNU |
| *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference: |||||

## Bracket

| First round Thursday, March 2 | First round Thursday, March 2 | First round Thursday, March 2 | Second round Friday, March 3 | Second round Friday, March 3 | Second round Friday, March 3 | Third round Saturday, March 4 | Third round Saturday, March 4 | Third round Saturday, March 4 | Semifinals Monday, March 6 | Semifinals Monday, March 6 | Semifinals Monday, March 6 | Championship Tuesday, March 7 | Championship Tuesday, March 7 | Championship Tuesday, March 7 |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 79 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | San Francisco | 56 | 5 | BYU | 64 | | | |
| | | | 5 | BYU | 74 | 5 | BYU | 66 | | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 60 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | 60 | 9 | Pepperdine | 59 | | | | | | | 2 | Portland | 64 |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 63 | | | | | | | 2 | Portland | 75 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | San Diego | 57 | 6 | Pacific | 72 | | | |
| | | | 6 | Pacific | 82 | 6 | Pacific | 71 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Mary's | 74 | 7 | Saint Mary's | 77 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Loyola Marymount | 43 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period