LAS VEGAS, Nev. --- Reigning league champion Gonzaga has been selected as the favorite to repeat as the 2019 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Champions in the annual preseason poll of the WCC's 10 head coaches. The Bulldogs claimed seven of 10 first place votes while also placing a league-high three student-athletes on the Preseason All-WCC team.
Gonzaga (27-6, 17-1) claimed 79 points to finish atop the preseason poll after taking the double in both 2017 and 2018 with the WCC regular season and championship crowns both years.
Saint Mary's (20-11, 13-5) received two first place votes and was the preseason pick to finish second in the conference with 73 points.