Brackets, Game Times Announced for 2020 University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament

The BYU women enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed and will play in the second quarterfinal game on Saturday, March 7, at 3 p.m. PST.

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has announced the brackets and game times for the 2020 University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The tournament will begin with a women's first round match-up at 12:00 p.m. PT on Thursday, March 5 and continue through the championship game on Tuesday, March 10. All games will be televised live nationwide and will be streamed on-line.

2020 WCC Women's Basketball Championship Bracket

Complete Championships Schedule

Continuing the new format of the championship that began last season, Thursday, March 5 features first round games. Seeds 7-10 will play in the tournament's first day beginning at 12 p.m. 

Friday, March 6 will see seeds 5-6 enter the competition beginning at 12 p.m.

Saturday, March 7 introduces seeds 3-4 with quarterfinal games beginning at 1 p.m. following the Saturday morning Hall of Honor ceremony at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.

There will be no games on Sunday, March 8, and the tournament resumes with the semifinals on Monday, March 9. The champion will be crowned on Tuesday, March 10.

No. 11/10 Gonzaga claimed its 14th regular-season championship over the past 15 seasons with a 17-1 mark.

San Diego and Brigham Young had identical 13-5 records with the Toreros claiming the two-seed by virtue of a tiebreaking series against Portland.

Portland is the four-seed at 11-7, followed by Pacific (five), Pepperdine (six) and Saint Mary’s (seven).

Santa Clara and San Francisco had identical 5-13 records with the Broncos claiming the eight-seed by virtue of a tiebreaking series against San Diego, and LMU rounds out the women’s seed at 10.

For the seventh straight year, every game from the 2020 University Credit Union West Coast Conference Tournament will be nationally televised. Twelve games can be seen live in well over 60 million homes nationwide via cable and satellite on BYUtv. Those games - including eight women's games will also be streamed live on the WCC Network, the West Coast Conference's digital platform.

On Tuesday, the women's championship game will be shown nationwide at 1 p.m. on ESPNU. 

The women's winner of the 2020 University Credit Union West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Thursday, March 5
FIRST ROUND 
Women’s Game 1: No. 8 Santa Clara vs No. 9 San Francisco, 12 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Women’s Game 2: No. 7 Saint Mary’s vs No. 10 LMU, 2 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Friday, March 6
SECOND ROUND 
Women’s Game 3: No. 5 Pacific vs Game 1 Winner, 12 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Women’s Game 4: No. 6 Pepperdine vs Game 2 Winner, 2 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports California, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Saturday, March 7
THIRD ROUND 
Women’s Game 5: No. 4 Portland vs Game 3 Winner, 1 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Women’s Game 6: No. 3 Brigham Young vs Game 4 Winner, 3 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Monday, March 9
SEMIFINALS 
Women’s Semifinal: No. 1 Gonzaga vs Game 5 Winner, 12 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Women’s Semifinal: No. 2 San Diego vs Game 6 Winner, 2 p.m. (BYUtv, NBCSports Bay Area, Root Northwest, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, WCC Network)

Tuesday, March 10
CHAMPIONSHIP
Women's Championship Game, 1:00 p.m. (ESPNU, ESPN app)