BYU Cougars ahead Lauren Gustin (12) will get the move as San Francisco Dons guard Lucie Hoskova (13) defends in West Coast Convention basketball event semifinal motion on the Orleans Area in Las Vegas on Monday, March 8, 2021. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
Within the BYU ladies’s basketball program’s ultimate marketing campaign within the West Coast Convention, the Cougars have been picked to complete third within the preseason ballot.
Gonzaga was chosen to win the convention, adopted by Portland. The Zags obtained 9 of the ten first-place votes forged by the league’s coaches, and the Pilots obtained the opposite first-place vote.
BYU is the defending WCC regular-season champions but it surely has misplaced a bevy of expertise, together with guards Shaylee Gonzales and Paisley Harding. Amber Whiting has taken the helm of this system, changing legendary coach Jeff Judkins, who retired final spring.
Gonzaga returns many gamers from its convention event championship workforce, together with Kayleigh and Kaylynne Truong and WCC Sixth Girl of the 12 months Yvonne Ejim.
BYU ahead Lauren Gustin, an All-WCC First Staff honoree, was the one Cougar named to the preseason All-Convention Staff. She led the league in rebounding final season, averaging 11.5 boards per sport.
2022-23 WCC ladies’s basketball preseason ballot
| Place | Staff | First-place votes | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonzaga | 9 | 81 |
| 2 | Portland | 1 | 71 |
| 3 | BYU | - | 55 |
| 4 | San Francisco | - | 54 |
| 5 | Saint Mary's | - | 47 |
| 6 | San Diego | - | 46 |
| 7 | LMU | - | 39 |
| 8 | Santa Clara | - | 29 |
| 9 | Pacific | - | 17 |
| 10 | Pepperdine | - | 11 |