# 2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2014 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.
This was the 29th season 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 25th 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). The conference went through significant changes this season, adding a new member for the second time in three seasons. Conference charter member Pacific, like all other WCC members founded as a faith-based institution, but now the WCC's only officially nonsectarian school, rejoined from the Big West after a 42-year absence.

## Pre-season

* Pre-season media day took place on Thursday, October 24 at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

### 2013–14 West Coast Women's Basketball Media Poll

    Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
    1. Gonzaga (9), 81
    2. San Diego (1), 69
    3. St. Mary's, 63
    4. BYU, 62
    5. Pacific, 46
    6. Loyola Marymount, 38
    7t. San Francisco, 27
    7t. Santa Clara, 27
    7t. Portland, 27
    10. Pepperdine, 10

### 2013–14 West Coast Women's Preseason All-West Conference Team

    Player, School, Yr., Pos.
    Zhane Dikes, San Francisco, So., G
    Sunny Greinacher, Gonzaga, Jr., F
    Jennifer Hamson, BYU, Sr., C
    Maya Hood, San Diego, So., F
    Amy Kame, San Diego, Sr., G
    Danielle Mauldin, Saint Mary's, Sr., F
    Jackie Nared, Saint Mary's, Sr., G
    Haiden Palmer, Gonzaga, Sr., G
    Hazel Ramirez, Loyola Marymount, Sr., G
    Jazmine Redmon, Gonzaga, Sr., G

## Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.
Legend :
| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| | | Pre/ Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Post |
| BYU | AP | | | | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
| BYU | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 18 |
| Gonzaga | AP | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 18 | |
| Gonzaga | C | RV | RV | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 21 | RV | RV | 23 | 22 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 22 |
| Loyola Marymount | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Loyola Marymount | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pacific | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pacific | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pepperdine | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pepperdine | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Portland | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Portland | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saint Mary's | AP | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | RV | | | | | | |
| Saint Mary's | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Diego | AP | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | |
| San Diego | C | RV | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | |
| San Francisco | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Francisco | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Clara | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Santa Clara | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Non-Conference games

* Saint Mary's defeated Pac-12 member Washington 91–81 on November 8, 2013
* San Diego defeated Pac-12 member Arizona State 61–53 on November 13, 2013
* Gonzaga went on the road and nearly defeated #11 Oklahoma in the semifinals of the Women's Preseason NIT. In the end the Sooners snuck away with an 82–78 victory, but the Zags performance brought them more notice from the voters, moving them into the Top 25 in the Coaches Poll and moving them up one spot to #24 in the AP Poll.
* BYU defeated ACC member Boston College 70–69 in OT on November 16, 2013

## Conference games
### Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
| | BYU | Gonzaga | LMU | Pacific | Pepperdine | Portland | Saint Mary's | San Diego | San Francisco | Santa Clara |
| vs. Brigham Young | - | 1-1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0-2 | 0-2 |
| vs. Gonzaga | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0-2 |
| vs. Loyola Marymount | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1-1 |
| vs. Pacific | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | - | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0-2 |
| vs. Pepperdine | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | - | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1-1 |
| vs. Portland | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | - | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1-1 |
| vs. Saint Mary's | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | - | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1-1 |
| vs. San Diego | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | - | 1–1 | 0-2 |
| vs. San Francisco | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | - | 2-0 |
| vs. Santa Clara | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0-2 | - |
| Total | 14–4 | 16–2 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 1–17 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6-12 |

## Conference tournament

* March 6–11, 2014– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
| First round Thursday, March 6 | First round Thursday, March 6 | First round Thursday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 7 | Semifinals Monday, March 10 | Semifinals Monday, March 10 | Semifinals Monday, March 10 | Championship Tuesday, March 11 | Championship Tuesday, March 11 | Championship Tuesday, March 11 |
| | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | San Francisco | 63 | 8 | San Francisco | 68 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Loyola Marymount | 62 | | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 68 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Saint Mary's | 60 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Saint Mary's | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | San Diego | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Gonzaga | 71 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | BYU | 57 |
| | | | 3 | Pacific | 84 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 74 | 6 | Portland | 72 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Pepperdine | 80 | | | | 3 | Pacific | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | BYU | 77 | | | |
| | | | 2 | BYU | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Pepperdine | 51 | | | | | | |

## Head coaches

    Jeff Judkins, BYU
    Kelly Graves, Gonzaga
    Charity Elliott, Loyola Marymount
    Lynne Roberts, Pacific
    Ryan Weisenberg, Pepperdine
    Jim Sollars, Portland
    Paul Thomas, Saint Mary's
    Cindy Fisher, San Diego
    Jennifer Azzi, San Francisco
    Jennifer Mountain, Santa Clara

## Postseason
### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Bracket | School | First round | Second round | Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final Four | Championship |
| 12 | Lincoln Regional | BYU | #5 NC State Mar. 22, Los Angeles W, 72–57 | #4 Nebraska Mar. 24, Los Angeles W, 80–76 | #1 Connecticut Mar. 29, Lincoln L, 51–70 | | | |
| 6 | Lincoln Regional | Gonzaga | #11 James Madison Mar. 23, College Station L, 63–72 | | | | | |
| 2 Bids | W-L (%): | TOTAL: 2–2 .500 | 1–1 .500 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – |

### WNIT

* Main article: 2014 Women's National Invitation Tournament
| School | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| San Diego | Cal Poly Mar. 20, San Diego W, 82–59 | Montana Mar. 24, Missoula W, 60–57 | Washington Mar. 26, Seattle L, 55–62 | | | |
| Saint Mary's | Cal State Bakersfield Mar. 21, Moraga W, 75–68 | UTEP Mar. 24, El Paso L, 64–76 | | | | |
| Pacific | Oregon Mar. 20, Eugene L, 63–90 | | | | | |
| 3 Bids W-L (%) TOTAL: 3–3 .500 | 2–1 .667 | 1–1 .500 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – |

### WBI

* Main article: 2014 Women's Basketball Invitational
No WCC teams participated in the 2014 WBI.

## Awards and honors
### WCC Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 11 - Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific & Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
* Nov. 25 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
* Dec. 9 – Sunny Greinacher, F, Gonzaga
* Dec. 23 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
* Jan. 6 – Bria Richardson, G, Pepperdine
* Jan. 20 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
* Feb. 3 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
* Feb. 17 – Hazel Ramirez, G, Loyola Marymount
* Nov. 18 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
* Dec. 2 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
* Dec. 16 – Katelyn McDaniel, F, San Diego
* Dec. 31 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
* Jan. 13 – Sunny Greinacher, F, Gonzaga
* Jan. 27 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
* Feb. 10 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
* Feb. 24 - Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific

### College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

* Nov. 10 - Jackie Nared, G. Saint Mary's
* Nov. 24 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
* Dec. 8 – Bria Richardson, G, Pepperdine
* Dec. 22 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
* Jan. 5 – Amy Kame, G, San Diego
* Jan. 19 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
* Feb. 2 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
* Feb. 16 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU (also High-Major Madness Player of the Week)
* Mar. 2 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
* Nov. 17 – Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
* Dec. 1 – Jackie Nared, G, Saint Mary's
* Dec. 15 – Katelyn McDaniel, F, San Diego
* Dec. 29 – Danielle Mauldin, F, Saint Mary's
* Jan. 12 – KiKi Moore, G, Pacific
* Jan. 26 – Kendall Kenyon, F, Pacific
* Feb. 9 – Haiden Palmer, G, Gonzaga
* Feb. 23 - Kim Beeston, G, BYU

### National Player of the Week Awards

* Dec. 29– Danielle Mauldin, F, Gonzaga– ESPNW National Player of the Week (Dec. 22–28)
* Jan. 6– Amy Kame, G, San Diego– NCAA National Player of the Week (Dec. 29–Jan. 5)
* Feb. 17– Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU– NCAA National Player of the Week (Feb. 10–16)

### All-Americans

* Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU

### All West Coast Conference teams

The voting body for all conference awards was league coaches.
* Player of the Year: Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
* Newcomer of the Year: KiKi Moore, G, Pacific
* Defensive Player of the Year: Jennifer Hamson, C, BYU
* Coach of the Year: Kelly Graves, Gonzaga

### All-Conference

| Player | School | Year | Position |
| Lexi Eaton | BYU | Sophomore | G |
| Sunny Greinacher | Gonzaga | Junior | F |
| Jennifer Hamson | BYU | Senior | C |
| Amy Kame | San Diego | Senior | G |
| Kendall Kenyon | Pacific | Junior | F |
| Danielle Mauldin | Saint Mary's | Senior | F |
| KiKi Moore | Pacific | Senior | G |
| Jackie Nared | Saint Mary's | Senior | G |
| Haiden Palmer | Gonzaga | Junior | G |
| Hazel Ramirez | Loyola Marymount | Senior | G |

### Honorable Mention

| Name | School |
| Morgan Bailey | BYU |
| Kim Beeston | BYU |
| Cassandra Brown | Portland |
| Zhane Dikes | San Francisco |
| Kate Gaze | Saint Mary's |
| Nici Gilday | Santa Clara |
| Malina Hood | San Diego |
| Taylor Proctor | San Francisco |
| Jazmine Redmon | Gonzaga |
| Felicia Wijenberg | San Diego |
| Jasmine Wooton | Portland |

### All-Freshman

| Player | School | Position |
| Unique Coleman | Pacific | G |
| Allie Green | Pepperdine | G |
| Rachel Howard | San Francisco | G |
| Leslie Lopez-Wood | Loyola Marymount | G |
| Jo Paine | Santa Clara | F |

### All-Academic

| Player | School | Year | GPA | Major |
| Kim Beeston | BYU | Senior | 3.64 | Public Health |
| Sophia Ederaine | San Diego | Junior | 3.68 | Biology |
| Nici Gilday | Santa Clara | Junior | 3.64 | Finance |
| Sunny Greinacher | Gonzaga | Junior | 3.47 | Psychology |
| Jennifer Hamson | BYU | Senior | 3.51 | Exercise Science |
| Amy Kame | San Diego | Senior | 3.47 | Communication Studies |
| Kari Luttinen | Portland | Junior | 3.37 | Business |
| Haiden Palmer | Gonzaga | Graduate | 4.00 | Communications and Leadership |
| Bria Richardson | Pepperdine | Junior | 3.34 | Liberal Arts |
| Paige Spietz | San Francisco | Junior | 3.38 | Environmental Science |