2012 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held February 29 though March 5 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas area community of Paradise, Nevada.
Format
With the addition of BYU to the conference, a new format will be introduced for the 2012 tournament. The tournament will now start on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 game has been added. The winner of the 8/9 game will play the 5 seed on Day 2 of the Tournament as well as the 6 vs. 7 match. BYUtv Sports will broadcast all the games from the second round through the semifinals. Day 3, or the Quarterfinals, will feature the winner of the 5/8/9 game playing the 4 seed and the winner of the 6/7 game playing the 3 seed. The semifinals will feature the appearance of the top 2 seeds. All teams will be off on Sunday, and the championship game will be played Monday afternoon on ESPNU.Seeds
Schedule
All games on TV were streamed live online on ESPN3 and on Facebook.com. ESPN Full Court broadcast all the BYUtv games except for the first semi-final. All BYUtv games were also streamed online at www.byutvsports.com/gameday.Bracket and Scores
Game Summaries
All tournament conference team
| Name | School | Pos. | Year | Ht. | Hometown |
| Jennifer Hamson | BYU | C | Sophomore | 6' 7" | Lindon, Utah |
| Haiden Palmer | Gonzaga | G | Sophomore | 5' 8" | Moreno Valley, California |
| Dani Peterson | BYU | F | Senior | 6' 1" | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Kayla Standish | Gonzaga | F | Senior | 6' 2" | Ellensburg, Washington |
| Haley Steed | BYU | G | Senior | 5' 4" | Syracuse, Utah |