BYU Women’s Basketball has a strong core returning, and the coaches acknowledged that by picking the Cougars to finish first in the conference over Gonzaga. 8 of the 10 coaches picked BYU to win the WCC; coaches aren’t allowed to vote for their own team, so Jeff Judkins was one of two coaches to vote for Gonzaga.
Additionally, 3 BYU players made the 10-person All-WCC Team — Shaylee Gonzales, Lauren Gustin, and Paisley Harding. All three of those players made the first team last season.
BYU is coming off a 19-6 season where they finished second in the WCC and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament before narrowly falling to national runner-up Arizona.