LAS VEGAS, Nev. --- Reigning champion Gonzaga was selected as the favorite to win the 2016 West Coast Conference women's basketball title in the annual preseason poll of the league's head coaches. The poll was released as part of the #WCChoops Tip off, which is happening Wednesday and Thursday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
The Bulldogs claimed eight of 10 first place votes to earn the preseason favorite moniker after collecting the double in 2017 with a WCC regular season and championship crown.
Portland was picked to finish 10th in the poll, just two points back of Pepperdine, a team the Pilots swept last season.