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West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

The West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for that season. Through 2008, the tournament was played on a rotating basis at the home courts of member teams. The 2009 edition was the first played at a neutral site, namely Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. The semifinals are broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and the championship is broadcast nationally on ESPN.

West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumOrleans Arena
Current locationParadise, Nevada
Played1987–present
Last contest2022
Current championGonzaga Bulldogs
Most championshipsGonzaga Bulldogs (20)
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, BYUtv
Official websiteWCCsports.com

The tournament has used several formats in its history, though seeding in all formats has been based strictly on conference record (with tiebreakers used as needed). When the tournament began in 1987, when the conference had eight members, it used a standard single-elimination bracket that was reseeded after the first round so that the highest and lowest remaining seeds played one another in the semifinals. Beginning in 2003, the bottom four seeds played first-round games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7), with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving byes to the quarterfinals and the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. For the 2012 tournament, the first after the 2011 arrival of BYU in the WCC, this format was adjusted so that the 8 and 9 seeds played in the first round, with the winner joining the 5 through 7 seeds in the second round, and the top four seeds continuing to receive byes into the quarterfinals (3 and 4) or semifinals (1 and 2). In addition, reseeding was abolished, with the top seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 4 seed and the 2 seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 3 seed.

Beginning in 2014, the WCC adopted a new format to incorporate a tenth team (Pacific). The new format is a traditional 10-team tournament. Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals while 7 played 10 and 8 played 9 in the first round. The second round featured the winner of the 7/10 match playing the 2-seed while the winner of the 8/9 match played the 1 seed. The 3 seed played the 6 seed and the 4 seed played the 5 seed. In 2014, the first-round games aired on BYUtv Sports. The afternoon quarterfinal games aired on BYUtv, and the evening quarterfinals were on ESPN2. One semifinal aired on ESPN and the other on ESPN2, and the championship game was carried by ESPN.

For 2019 and beyond, the tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003–2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds play in what is now called the "opening round", the 5 and 6 seeds start play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds start in the "third round". The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals.[1] According to media reports, the major impetus for this and other changes to WCC basketball was the potential loss of Gonzaga to the Mountain West Conference after the 2017–18 season, which in the end did not happen.[2]

List of finals edit

Year Champion Score Opponent Venue Tournament MVP Notes
1987 Santa Clara 77–65 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium
(San Francisco, California)
Jens Gordon, Santa Clara
1988 Loyola Marymount 104–96 Santa Clara Toso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California)
Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount
1989 Loyola Marymount 75–70 (OT) Santa Clara War Memorial Gymnasium
(San Francisco, California)
Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount
1990 None None None Gersten Pavilion, (Los Angeles, California) None Tournament canceled due to the death of Hank Gathers. Having won the regular season title, Loyola Marymount was awarded the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[3]
1991 Pepperdine 71–68 (OT) Saint Mary's Toso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California)
Geoff Lear, Pepperdine
1992 Pepperdine 73–70 Gonzaga Chiles Center
(Portland, Oregon)
Doug Christie, Pepperdine
1993 Santa Clara 73–63 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium (San Francisco, California) Steve Nash, Santa Clara
1994 Pepperdine 56–53 San Diego Toso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California)
Dana Jones, Pepperdine
1995 Gonzaga 80–67 Portland John Rillie, Gonzaga
1996 Portland 76–68 Gonzaga Kweemada King, Portland
1997 Saint Mary's 66–59 San Francisco Gersten Pavilion,
(Los Angeles, California)
Brad Millard, Saint Mary's
1998 San Francisco 80–67 Gonzaga Toso Pavilion
(Santa Clara, California)
Hakeem Ward, San Francisco
1999 Gonzaga 91–62 Santa Clara Matt Santangelo, Gonzaga
2000 Gonzaga 69–65 (OT) Pepperdine Casey Calvary, Gonzaga
2001 Gonzaga 80–77 Santa Clara Jenny Craig Pavilion
(San Diego, California)
Dan Dickau, Gonzaga
2002 Gonzaga 96–90 Pepperdine Dan Dickau, Gonzaga [4]
2003 San Diego 72–63 Gonzaga Jason Keep, San Diego [5]
2004 Gonzaga 84–71 Saint Mary's Leavey Center
(Santa Clara, California)
Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga [6]
2005 Gonzaga 80–67 Saint Mary's Adam Morrison, Gonzaga [7]
2006 Gonzaga 68–67 Loyola Marymount McCarthey Athletic Center
(Spokane, Washington)
Adam Morrison, Gonzaga [8]
2007 Gonzaga 77–68 Santa Clara Chiles Center
(Portland, Oregon)
Derek Raivio, Gonzaga [9]
2008 San Diego 69–62 Gonzaga Jenny Craig Pavilion (San Diego, California) Brandon Johnson, San Diego [10]
2009 Gonzaga 83–58 Saint Mary's Orleans Arena
(Paradise, Nevada) [11]
Micah Downs, Gonzaga [12]
2010 Saint Mary's 81–62 Gonzaga Mickey McConnell, Saint Mary's [13]
2011 Gonzaga 75–63 Saint Mary's Marquise Carter, Gonzaga [14]
2012 Saint Mary's 78–74 (OT) Gonzaga Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's [15]
2013 Gonzaga 65–51 Saint Mary's Elias Harris, Gonzaga [16]
2014 Gonzaga 75–64 BYU Sam Dower, Gonzaga [17]
2015 Gonzaga 91–75 BYU Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga [18]
2016 Gonzaga 85–75 Saint Mary's Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga [19]
2017 Gonzaga 74–56 Saint Mary's Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
2018 Gonzaga 74–54 BYU Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
2019 Saint Mary's 60–47 Gonzaga Jordan Hunter, Saint Mary's
2020 Gonzaga 84–66 Saint Mary's Joël Ayayi, Gonzaga
2021 Gonzaga 88–78 BYU Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga[20]
2022 Gonzaga 82–69 Saint Mary's Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga[21]
2023 Gonzaga 77–51 Saint Mary's Drew Timme, Gonzaga

Results by team edit

As of March 9, 2021[22][23]

Team win–loss records edit

School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Avg. Seed Years
Gonzaga 77 61 16 .792 2.11 35 (1987–2021)
Pepperdine 67 36 31 .537 4.74 35 (1987–2021)
Saint Mary's 66 35 31 .530 3.6 35 (1987–2021)
San Diego 61 29 32 .475 5.34 35 (1987–2021)
Santa Clara 64 31 33 .484 4.66 35 (1987–2021)
Loyola Marymount 55 23 32 .418 6.26 35 (1987–2021)
San Francisco 55 21 34 .382 4.94 35 (1987–2021)
Portland 45 12 33 .267 6.74 35 (1987–2021)
BYU 20 10 10 .500 2.6 10 (2012–2021)
Pacific 8 1 7 .125 7.14 7 (2014–2015; 2017–2021)

As of March 7, 2023.

Championship game team win–loss records edit

School Games Wins Losses Win pct Last title Last game
Gonzaga 29 21 8 .724 2023 2023
Saint Mary's 15 4 11 .267 2019 2023
Pepperdine 7 3 4 .429 1994 2002
Santa Clara 7 2 5 .286 1993 2007
San Diego 3 2 1 .667 2008 2008
Loyola Marymount 3 2 1 .667 1989 2006
San Francisco 2 1 1 .500 1998 1998
Portland 2 1 1 .500 1996 1996
BYU 4 0 4 .000 2021
Pacific 0 0 0

Team head-to-head results edit

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. BYU 6–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2
vs. Gonzaga 0–6 2–7 0–1 3–5 1–4 3–16 5–9 1–4 1–9
vs. LMU 2–0 7–2 0–0 5–3 2–7 3–1 3–2 6–3 4–5
vs. Pacific 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
vs. Pepperdine 1–0 5–3 3–5 1–1 2–5 7–4 7–5 1–8 4–5
vs. Portland 1–0 4–1 7–2 0–0 5–2 5–1 3–3 3–1 4–3
vs. Saint Mary's 1–2 16–3 1–3 0–0 4–7 1–5 1–5 1–4 6–6
vs. San Diego 2–1 9–5 2–3 0–0 5–7 3–2 4–1 4–6 2–1
vs. San Francisco 1–0 4–1 3–6 0–3 8–1 1–3 4–1 6–4 7–2
vs. Santa Clara 2–0 9–1 5–4 0–2 5–4 3–4 6–6 2–2 2–7
Total 10–10 61–16 23–32 1–7 36–31 13–32 35–31 29–32 21–34 31–33

Championship game team head-to-head results edit

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. BYU 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Gonzaga 0–4 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–8 2–0 1–0 0–3
vs. LMU 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2
vs. Pacific 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Pepperdine 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
vs. Portland 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Saint Mary's 0–0 8–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
vs. San Diego 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. San Francisco 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Santa Clara 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Total 0–4 19–8 2–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 4–9 2–1 1–1 2–5

Results by seed edit

As of March 9, 2021[22][23]

Seed win–loss records edit

Seed Games Wins Losses Win Pct
1 80 64 16 .800
2 74 49 25 .662
3 70 39 31 .557
4 60 27 33 .450
5 62 30 32 .484
6 50 15 35 .300
7 49 14 35 .286
8 48 13 35 .271
9 15 5 10 .333
10 10 3 7 .300

Championship game seed win–loss records edit

Seed Games Wins Losses Win pct Last title Last game
1 28 18 10 .643 2021 2021
2 22 9 13 .409 2019 2021
3 8 3 5 .375 2008 2020
4 5 1 4 .200 1995 1999
5 4 3 1 .750 1998 1998
6 0 0 0
7 1 0 1 .000 1987
8 0 0 0
9 0 0 0
10 0 0 0

Results by coach edit

As of March 9, 2021[22][23]

Coach win–loss records edit

Current WCC coaches
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win pct Years
Mark Few Gonzaga 52 47 5 .904 22 (2000–2021)
Randy Bennett Saint Mary's 42 25 17 .595 20 (2002–2021)
Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine 12 6 6 .500 6 (1997–1999; 2019–2021)
Sam Scholl San Diego 6 3 3 .500 3 (2019–2021)
Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount 11 4 7 .364 7 (2015–2021)
Todd Golden San Francisco 4 3 2 .600 2 (2020–2021)
Herb Sendek Santa Clara 9 4 5 .444 4 (2017–2021)
Mark Pope BYU 3 1 2 .333 2 (2020–2021)
Damon Stoudamire Pacific 6 1 5 .167 5 (2017–2021)
Ben Johnson Portland 1 0 1 .000 1 (2021)
More (Former WCC coaches)
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win
pct
Years

Tom Asbury Pepperdine 20 15 5 .750 9 (1989–1994; 2009–2011)
Dick Davey Santa Clara 28 14 14 .500 15 (1993–2007)
Brad Holland San Diego 25 13 12 .520 13 (1995–2007)
Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 19 9 10 .474 11 (1987–1997)
Dave Rose BYU 17 9 8 .529 8 (2012–2019)
Bill Grier San Diego 15 8 7 .533 8 (2008–2015)
Carroll Williams Santa Clara 13 8 5 .615 6 (1987–1992)
Max Good Loyola Marymount 13 7 6 .538 6 (2009–2014)
Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 8 7 1 .875 4 (1987–1990)
Philip Mathews San Francisco 14 6 8 .429 9 (1996–2004)
Eric Reveno Portland 15 5 10 .333 10 (2007–2016)
Kerry Keating Santa Clara 14 5 9 .357 9 (2008–2016)
Rex Walters San Francisco 13 5 8 .385 8 (2009–2016)
Hank Egan San Diego 12 5 7 .417 8 (1987–1994)
Rob Chavez Portland 11 5 6 .455 7 (1995–2001)
Dan Monson Gonzaga 6 5 1 .833 2 (1998–1999)
Jim Brovelli San Francisco 13 4 9 .308 9 (1987–1995)
Marty Wilson Pepperdine 12 4 8 .333 8 (1996; 2012–2018)
Paul Westphal Pepperdine 9 4 5 .444 5 (2002–2006)
Ernie Kent Saint Mary's 9 4 5 .444 6 (1992–1997)
Lynn Nance Saint Mary's 6 3 3 .500 3 (1987–1989)
Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 5 3 2 .600 2 (2000–2001)
Jim Harrick Pepperdine 5 3 2 .600 2 (1987–1988)
Steve Aggers Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 .286 5 (2001–2005)
John Olive Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 .286 5 (1993–1997)
Dave Fehte Saint Mary's 3 2 1 .667 1 (1991)
Larry Steele Portland 7 1 6 .143 7 (1988–1994)
Dave Bollwinkel Saint Mary's 5 1 4 .200 4 (1998–2001)
Terry Porter Portland 5 1 4 .200 4 (2017–2020)
Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 4 1 3 .250 3 (2006–2008)
Jessie Evans San Francisco 4 1 3 .250 3 (2005–2007)
Kyle Smith San Francisco 4 1 3 .250 3 (2017–2019)
Eric Bridgeland Pepperdine 2 1 1 .500 1 (2008)
Eddie Sutton San Francisco 2 1 1 .500 1 (2008)
Michael Holton Portland 5 0 5 .000 5 (2002–2006)
Lamont Smith San Diego 3 0 3 .000 3 (2016–2018)
Charles Bradley Loyola Marymount 3 0 3 .000 3 (1998–2000)
Ron Verlin Pacific 2 0 2 .000 2 (2014–2015)
Jay Hillock Loyola Marymount 2 0 2 .000 2 (1991–1992)
Vance Walberg Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 1 (2007)
Tony Fuller Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 1 (1995)
Paul Landreaux Saint Mary's 1 0 1 .000 1 (1990)
Jack Avina Portland 1 0 1 .000 1 (1987)

Championship game coach win–loss records edit

Current WCC Coaches
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last Game
Mark Few Gonzaga 22 17 5 .773 2021 2021
Randy Bennett Saint Mary's 11 3 8 .273 2019 2020
Mark Pope BYU 1 0 1 .000 2021
Damon Stoudamire Pacific 0 0 0
Herb Sendek Santa Clara 0 0 0
Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine 0 0 0
Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount 0 0 0
Ben Johnson Portland 0 0 0
Todd Golden San Francisco 0 0 0
More (Former WCC Coaches)
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last Game
Tom Asbury Pepperdine 4 3 1 .750 1994 1994
Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 2 2 0 1.000 1989 1989
Dick Davey Santa Clara 4 1 3 .250 1993 2007
Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 3 1 2 .333 1995 1996
Carroll Williams Santa Clara 3 1 2 .333 1987 1989
Dan Monson Gonzaga 2 1 1 .500 1999 1999
Philip Mathews San Francisco 2 1 1 .500 1998 1998
Rob Chavez Portland 2 1 1 .500 1996 1996
Bill Grier San Diego 1 1 0 1.000 2008 2008
Brad Holland San Diego 1 1 0 1.000 2003 2003
Ernie Kent Saint Mary's 1 1 0 1.000 1997 1997
Dave Rose BYU 3 0 3 .000 2018
Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 1 0 1 .000 2006
Paul Westphal Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 2002
Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 2000
Hank Egan San Diego 1 0 1 .000 1994
Dave Fehte Saint Mary's 1 0 1 .000 1991
Jim Harrick Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 1987

Broadcasters edit

Television edit

Radio edit

See also edit

References edit

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The West Coast Conference men s basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference WCC The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament for that season Through 2008 the tournament was played on a rotating basis at the home courts of member teams The 2009 edition was the first played at a neutral site namely Orleans Arena in Paradise Nevada just outside Las Vegas The semifinals are broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and the championship is broadcast nationally on ESPN West Coast Conference men s basketball tournamentConference basketball championshipSportCollege basketballConferenceWest Coast ConferenceNumber of teams10FormatSingle elimination tournamentCurrent stadiumOrleans ArenaCurrent locationParadise NevadaPlayed1987 presentLast contest2022Current championGonzaga BulldogsMost championshipsGonzaga Bulldogs 20 TV partner s ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU BYUtvOfficial websiteWCCsports comThe tournament has used several formats in its history though seeding in all formats has been based strictly on conference record with tiebreakers used as needed When the tournament began in 1987 when the conference had eight members it used a standard single elimination bracket that was reseeded after the first round so that the highest and lowest remaining seeds played one another in the semifinals Beginning in 2003 the bottom four seeds played first round games 5 vs 8 6 vs 7 with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving byes to the quarterfinals and the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals For the 2012 tournament the first after the 2011 arrival of BYU in the WCC this format was adjusted so that the 8 and 9 seeds played in the first round with the winner joining the 5 through 7 seeds in the second round and the top four seeds continuing to receive byes into the quarterfinals 3 and 4 or semifinals 1 and 2 In addition reseeding was abolished with the top seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 4 seed and the 2 seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 3 seed Beginning in 2014 the WCC adopted a new format to incorporate a tenth team Pacific The new format is a traditional 10 team tournament Seeds 1 6 received a bye into the quarterfinals while 7 played 10 and 8 played 9 in the first round The second round featured the winner of the 7 10 match playing the 2 seed while the winner of the 8 9 match played the 1 seed The 3 seed played the 6 seed and the 4 seed played the 5 seed In 2014 the first round games aired on BYUtv Sports The afternoon quarterfinal games aired on BYUtv and the evening quarterfinals were on ESPN2 One semifinal aired on ESPN and the other on ESPN2 and the championship game was carried by ESPN For 2019 and beyond the tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003 2011 with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals The 7 through 10 seeds play in what is now called the opening round the 5 and 6 seeds start play in the second round and the 3 and 4 seeds start in the third round The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals 1 According to media reports the major impetus for this and other changes to WCC basketball was the potential loss of Gonzaga to the Mountain West Conference after the 2017 18 season which in the end did not happen 2 Contents 1 List of finals 2 Results by team 2 1 Team win loss records 2 2 Championship game team win loss records 2 3 Team head to head results 2 4 Championship game team head to head results 3 Results by seed 3 1 Seed win loss records 3 2 Championship game seed win loss records 4 Results by coach 4 1 Coach win loss records 4 2 Championship game coach win loss records 5 Broadcasters 5 1 Television 5 2 Radio 6 See also 7 ReferencesList of finals editYear Champion Score Opponent Venue Tournament MVP Notes1987 Santa Clara 77 65 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco California Jens Gordon Santa Clara1988 Loyola Marymount 104 96 Santa Clara Toso Pavilion Santa Clara California Hank Gathers Loyola Marymount1989 Loyola Marymount 75 70 OT Santa Clara War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco California Hank Gathers Loyola Marymount1990 None None None Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles California None Tournament canceled due to the death of Hank Gathers Having won the regular season title Loyola Marymount was awarded the WCC s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament 3 1991 Pepperdine 71 68 OT Saint Mary s Toso Pavilion Santa Clara California Geoff Lear Pepperdine1992 Pepperdine 73 70 Gonzaga Chiles Center Portland Oregon Doug Christie Pepperdine1993 Santa Clara 73 63 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco California Steve Nash Santa Clara1994 Pepperdine 56 53 San Diego Toso Pavilion Santa Clara California Dana Jones Pepperdine1995 Gonzaga 80 67 Portland John Rillie Gonzaga1996 Portland 76 68 Gonzaga Kweemada King Portland1997 Saint Mary s 66 59 San Francisco Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles California Brad Millard Saint Mary s1998 San Francisco 80 67 Gonzaga Toso Pavilion Santa Clara California Hakeem Ward San Francisco1999 Gonzaga 91 62 Santa Clara Matt Santangelo Gonzaga2000 Gonzaga 69 65 OT Pepperdine Casey Calvary Gonzaga2001 Gonzaga 80 77 Santa Clara Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego California Dan Dickau Gonzaga2002 Gonzaga 96 90 Pepperdine Dan Dickau Gonzaga 4 2003 San Diego 72 63 Gonzaga Jason Keep San Diego 5 2004 Gonzaga 84 71 Saint Mary s Leavey Center Santa Clara California Ronny Turiaf Gonzaga 6 2005 Gonzaga 80 67 Saint Mary s Adam Morrison Gonzaga 7 2006 Gonzaga 68 67 Loyola Marymount McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane Washington Adam Morrison Gonzaga 8 2007 Gonzaga 77 68 Santa Clara Chiles Center Portland Oregon Derek Raivio Gonzaga 9 2008 San Diego 69 62 Gonzaga Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego California Brandon Johnson San Diego 10 2009 Gonzaga 83 58 Saint Mary s Orleans Arena Paradise Nevada 11 Micah Downs Gonzaga 12 2010 Saint Mary s 81 62 Gonzaga Mickey McConnell Saint Mary s 13 2011 Gonzaga 75 63 Saint Mary s Marquise Carter Gonzaga 14 2012 Saint Mary s 78 74 OT Gonzaga Matthew Dellavedova Saint Mary s 15 2013 Gonzaga 65 51 Saint Mary s Elias Harris Gonzaga 16 2014 Gonzaga 75 64 BYU Sam Dower Gonzaga 17 2015 Gonzaga 91 75 BYU Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga 18 2016 Gonzaga 85 75 Saint Mary s Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga 19 2017 Gonzaga 74 56 Saint Mary s Nigel Williams Goss Gonzaga2018 Gonzaga 74 54 BYU Killian Tillie Gonzaga2019 Saint Mary s 60 47 Gonzaga Jordan Hunter Saint Mary s2020 Gonzaga 84 66 Saint Mary s Joel Ayayi Gonzaga2021 Gonzaga 88 78 BYU Jalen Suggs Gonzaga 20 2022 Gonzaga 82 69 Saint Mary s Andrew Nembhard Gonzaga 21 2023 Gonzaga 77 51 Saint Mary s Drew Timme GonzagaResults by team editAs of March 9 2021 22 23 Team win loss records edit School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Avg Seed YearsGonzaga 77 61 16 792 2 11 35 1987 2021 Pepperdine 67 36 31 537 4 74 35 1987 2021 Saint Mary s 66 35 31 530 3 6 35 1987 2021 San Diego 61 29 32 475 5 34 35 1987 2021 Santa Clara 64 31 33 484 4 66 35 1987 2021 Loyola Marymount 55 23 32 418 6 26 35 1987 2021 San Francisco 55 21 34 382 4 94 35 1987 2021 Portland 45 12 33 267 6 74 35 1987 2021 BYU 20 10 10 500 2 6 10 2012 2021 Pacific 8 1 7 125 7 14 7 2014 2015 2017 2021 As of March 7 2023 Championship game team win loss records edit School Games Wins Losses Win pct Last title Last gameGonzaga 29 21 8 724 2023 2023Saint Mary s 15 4 11 267 2019 2023Pepperdine 7 3 4 429 1994 2002Santa Clara 7 2 5 286 1993 2007San Diego 3 2 1 667 2008 2008Loyola Marymount 3 2 1 667 1989 2006San Francisco 2 1 1 500 1998 1998Portland 2 1 1 500 1996 1996BYU 4 0 4 000 2021Pacific 0 0 0 Team head to head results edit BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary s San Diego San Francisco Santa Claravs BYU 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 1 0 2vs Gonzaga 0 6 2 7 0 1 3 5 1 4 3 16 5 9 1 4 1 9vs LMU 2 0 7 2 0 0 5 3 2 7 3 1 3 2 6 3 4 5vs Pacific 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0vs Pepperdine 1 0 5 3 3 5 1 1 2 5 7 4 7 5 1 8 4 5vs Portland 1 0 4 1 7 2 0 0 5 2 5 1 3 3 3 1 4 3vs Saint Mary s 1 2 16 3 1 3 0 0 4 7 1 5 1 5 1 4 6 6vs San Diego 2 1 9 5 2 3 0 0 5 7 3 2 4 1 4 6 2 1vs San Francisco 1 0 4 1 3 6 0 3 8 1 1 3 4 1 6 4 7 2vs Santa Clara 2 0 9 1 5 4 0 2 5 4 3 4 6 6 2 2 2 7 Total 10 10 61 16 23 32 1 7 36 31 13 32 35 31 29 32 21 34 31 33Championship game team head to head results edit BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary s San Diego San Francisco Santa Claravs BYU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs Gonzaga 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 8 2 0 1 0 0 3vs LMU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2vs Pacific 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs Pepperdine 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0vs Portland 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs Saint Mary s 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0vs San Diego 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0vs San Francisco 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0vs Santa Clara 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 4 19 8 2 1 0 0 3 4 1 1 4 9 2 1 1 1 2 5Results by seed editAs of March 9 2021 22 23 Seed win loss records edit Seed Games Wins Losses Win Pct1 80 64 16 8002 74 49 25 6623 70 39 31 5574 60 27 33 4505 62 30 32 4846 50 15 35 3007 49 14 35 2868 48 13 35 2719 15 5 10 33310 10 3 7 300Championship game seed win loss records edit Seed Games Wins Losses Win pct Last title Last game1 28 18 10 643 2021 20212 22 9 13 409 2019 20213 8 3 5 375 2008 20204 5 1 4 200 1995 19995 4 3 1 750 1998 19986 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 000 19878 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 Results by coach editAs of March 9 2021 22 23 Coach win loss records edit Current WCC coachesCoach School Games Wins Losses Win pct YearsMark Few Gonzaga 52 47 5 904 22 2000 2021 Randy Bennett Saint Mary s 42 25 17 595 20 2002 2021 Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine 12 6 6 500 6 1997 1999 2019 2021 Sam Scholl San Diego 6 3 3 500 3 2019 2021 Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount 11 4 7 364 7 2015 2021 Todd Golden San Francisco 4 3 2 600 2 2020 2021 Herb Sendek Santa Clara 9 4 5 444 4 2017 2021 Mark Pope BYU 3 1 2 333 2 2020 2021 Damon Stoudamire Pacific 6 1 5 167 5 2017 2021 Ben Johnson Portland 1 0 1 000 1 2021 More Former WCC coaches Coach School Games Wins Losses Winpct YearsTom Asbury Pepperdine 20 15 5 750 9 1989 1994 2009 2011 Dick Davey Santa Clara 28 14 14 500 15 1993 2007 Brad Holland San Diego 25 13 12 520 13 1995 2007 Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 19 9 10 474 11 1987 1997 Dave Rose BYU 17 9 8 529 8 2012 2019 Bill Grier San Diego 15 8 7 533 8 2008 2015 Carroll Williams Santa Clara 13 8 5 615 6 1987 1992 Max Good Loyola Marymount 13 7 6 538 6 2009 2014 Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 8 7 1 875 4 1987 1990 Philip Mathews San Francisco 14 6 8 429 9 1996 2004 Eric Reveno Portland 15 5 10 333 10 2007 2016 Kerry Keating Santa Clara 14 5 9 357 9 2008 2016 Rex Walters San Francisco 13 5 8 385 8 2009 2016 Hank Egan San Diego 12 5 7 417 8 1987 1994 Rob Chavez Portland 11 5 6 455 7 1995 2001 Dan Monson Gonzaga 6 5 1 833 2 1998 1999 Jim Brovelli San Francisco 13 4 9 308 9 1987 1995 Marty Wilson Pepperdine 12 4 8 333 8 1996 2012 2018 Paul Westphal Pepperdine 9 4 5 444 5 2002 2006 Ernie Kent Saint Mary s 9 4 5 444 6 1992 1997 Lynn Nance Saint Mary s 6 3 3 500 3 1987 1989 Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 5 3 2 600 2 2000 2001 Jim Harrick Pepperdine 5 3 2 600 2 1987 1988 Steve Aggers Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 286 5 2001 2005 John Olive Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 286 5 1993 1997 Dave Fehte Saint Mary s 3 2 1 667 1 1991 Larry Steele Portland 7 1 6 143 7 1988 1994 Dave Bollwinkel Saint Mary s 5 1 4 200 4 1998 2001 Terry Porter Portland 5 1 4 200 4 2017 2020 Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 4 1 3 250 3 2006 2008 Jessie Evans San Francisco 4 1 3 250 3 2005 2007 Kyle Smith San Francisco 4 1 3 250 3 2017 2019 Eric Bridgeland Pepperdine 2 1 1 500 1 2008 Eddie Sutton San Francisco 2 1 1 500 1 2008 Michael Holton Portland 5 0 5 000 5 2002 2006 Lamont Smith San Diego 3 0 3 000 3 2016 2018 Charles Bradley Loyola Marymount 3 0 3 000 3 1998 2000 Ron Verlin Pacific 2 0 2 000 2 2014 2015 Jay Hillock Loyola Marymount 2 0 2 000 2 1991 1992 Vance Walberg Pepperdine 1 0 1 000 1 2007 Tony Fuller Pepperdine 1 0 1 000 1 1995 Paul Landreaux Saint Mary s 1 0 1 000 1 1990 Jack Avina Portland 1 0 1 000 1 1987 Championship game coach win loss records edit Current WCC CoachesCoach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last GameMark Few Gonzaga 22 17 5 773 2021 2021Randy Bennett Saint Mary s 11 3 8 273 2019 2020Mark Pope BYU 1 0 1 000 2021Damon Stoudamire Pacific 0 0 0 Herb Sendek Santa Clara 0 0 0 Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine 0 0 0 Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount 0 0 0 Ben Johnson Portland 0 0 0 Todd Golden San Francisco 0 0 0 More Former WCC Coaches Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last GameTom Asbury Pepperdine 4 3 1 750 1994 1994Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 2 2 0 1 000 1989 1989Dick Davey Santa Clara 4 1 3 250 1993 2007Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 3 1 2 333 1995 1996Carroll Williams Santa Clara 3 1 2 333 1987 1989Dan Monson Gonzaga 2 1 1 500 1999 1999Philip Mathews San Francisco 2 1 1 500 1998 1998Rob Chavez Portland 2 1 1 500 1996 1996Bill Grier San Diego 1 1 0 1 000 2008 2008Brad Holland San Diego 1 1 0 1 000 2003 2003Ernie Kent Saint Mary s 1 1 0 1 000 1997 1997Dave Rose BYU 3 0 3 000 2018Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 1 0 1 000 2006Paul Westphal Pepperdine 1 0 1 000 2002Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 1 0 1 000 2000Hank Egan San Diego 1 0 1 000 1994Dave Fehte Saint Mary s 1 0 1 000 1991Jim Harrick Pepperdine 1 0 1 000 1987Broadcasters editTelevision edit Year Network Play by play Analyst Sideline2023 ESPN Dave Flemming Sean Farnham2022 Molly McGrath20212020 Bob Wischusen Dick Vitale Sean Farnham20192018 Gene Wojciechowski2017 Dave O Brien Jeff Goodman2016 24 Brent Musburger Dick Vitale and Fran Fraschilla2015 25 Dave Pasch Sean Farnham Jeff Goodman2014 26 Dave Flemming2013 27 2012 28 2011 29 2010 30 Terry Gannon Stephen Bardo2009 31 ESPN2 Stephen Bardo and Steve Lavin2008 32 ESPN Stephen Bardo2007 Dave O Brien Rick Majerus2006 Dave Pasch2005 Terry Gannon Jimmy Dykes200420032002 Chris Marlowe Ann Meyers2001 Reggie Theus20001999199819971996199519941993 Steve Physioc Kareem Abdul Jabbar19921991 Barry Tompkins Quinn Buckner1990 Canceled1989 Roger Twibell Dan Belluomini1988 Ted RobinsonAs previously mentioned the 1990 tournament final was canceled following the on court death of Loyola Marymount player Hank Gathers during the Lions semifinal game against Portland LMU was given the league s automatic bid to that year s NCAA tournament by virtue of its regular season league championshipRadio edit Year Network Play by play Analyst2022 Westwood One Ryan Radtke Doug Gottlieb2021 Dan Dickau2020 Spero Dedes Austin Croshere2019 Ryan Radtke Mike Montgomery201820172016 33 Kevin Calabro P J Carlesimo2015 34 Bill Frieder2014 35 Dave Ryan2013 36 Dial Global Sports Ted Robinson Steve Lappas2012 37 Kevin Calabro2011 Westwood One Ted Robinson Steve Lappas2010 P J Carlesimo2009 Dave SimsSee also editWest Coast Conference women s basketball tournamentReferences edit WCC Presidents Council Approves Men s Basketball Schedule Changes Press release West Coast Conference March 26 2018 Retrieved April 2 2018 Meehan Jim April 2 2018 Gonzaga athletic director Mike Roth says Zags staying in WCC The Spokesman Review Spokane WA Retrieved April 2 2018 Hodges Jim Stewart Larry March 5 1990 Other Reactions WCC Cancels Tournament TV s Footage Is Dramatic Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on November 6 2013 The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their fourth straight automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by defeating the Pepperdine Waves 96 90 in the 2002 West Coast Conference championship game March 4 2002 For the first time in WCC tournament history the San Diego Toreros are the WCC men s basketball tournament champions March 10 2003 Gonzaga defeated Saint Mary s 84 71 to win the WCC conference tournament and claim the league s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament March 8 2004 Gonzaga Captures Tournament Title With 80 67 Win Over Saint Mary s March 7 2005 Zags grab third straight WCC title March 8 2006 Gonzaga Tops Santa Clara For WCC Title 77 68 March 5 2007 Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved May 31 2016 San Diego stuns Zags for WCC title March 10 2008 WCC Tournament Set To Move To The Orleans Arena In 2009 March 8 2008 Gonzaga Takes Home WCC Tournament Title March 9 2009 Saint Mary s Wins Zappos com WCC Men s Basketball Championship March 9 2010 Zags Heading To Big Dance For 13th Straight Season March 7 2011 2011 12 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN S BASKETBALL Weekly Release March 13 2012 PDF March 13 2012 Archived from the original PDF on March 7 2016 Retrieved May 31 2016 2013 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships Post Game Notes PDF March 12 2013 Archived from the original PDF on March 13 2014 Retrieved March 12 2013 2013 14 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN S BASKETBALL Weekly Release March 18 2014 PDF March 18 2014 Archived from the original PDF on March 7 2016 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