The 2011–12 West Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2011 and ended with the 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament from February 29- March 5, 2012 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The regular season began on the weekend of November 11, with the conference schedule starting on December 29.
This was the 27th 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 22nd 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). In July 2011, a new faith based, private school joined the conference. BYU came from the Mountain West, marking the WCC's first change in membership since 1980.[1][2]
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
Final
BYU
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
22
RV
23
RV
RV
C
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
Gonzaga
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
23
RV
22
20
19
RV
25
22
23
23
RV
C
RV
RV
24
RV
25
24
24
24
22
25
20
19
18
23
21
20
24
24
24
Loyola Marymount
AP
C
Pepperdine
AP
C
Portland
AP
C
Saint Mary's
AP
RV
RV
C
San Diego
AP
C
San Francisco
AP
C
Santa Clara
AP
C
Non-Conference games
BYU would lose to #8 Duke 61–55 on November 11, 2011.
Conference games
2 Conference Games would be shown nationally on CBS Sports Network- Portland at San Diego on January 19, 2012, and Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga on January 26, 2012.
BYUtv would show all home BYU games except for the Saint Mary's game on February 4, 2012.
SWX Right Now would show all Gonzaga home games except for the game shown nationally on CBS Sports Network.
In Week 11 the WCC had two teams rank in the Top 25 for the first time in the conference's history with BYU and Gonzaga both claiming Top 25 spots.
Composite Matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.
San Diego was granted the WCC's automatic bid to the WNIT after Gonzaga was taken as an at large team. They played into the semifinals on the WNIT before they were finally defeated at Oklahoma State. USD won 2 road games to make the semifinals of the WNIT- at Texas Tech in the regional semi's and then at Washington in the regional final.
Saint Mary's was taken as an at-large selection. They defeated UNLV in the first round before losing at Oregon State. Oregon State would lose in the next round to Washington who was eliminated by fellow WCC school San Diego in the quarterfinals.
