2011–12 West Coast Conference men's basketball season explained

2011–12 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:9
Tv:(national) ESPN2, ESPNU, BYUtv, (regional) 4SD, CSNNW, CSNBA, CSNCA, ROOT, FS West, Prime Ticket
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:Saint Mary's
Second Place:Gonzaga
Mvp:Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
Mvp Link:West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2012 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Saint Mary's
Finals Runner-Up:Gonzaga
Finals Mvp:Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
Finals Mvp Link:Most Valuable Player
Seasonslistnames:Basketball
Prevseason Link:2010–11 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:10–11
Nextseason Link:2012–13 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:12–13

The 2011–12 West Coast Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2011 and ends with the 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament from February 29- March 5, 2012 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The regular season begins on the weekend of November 11, with the conference schedule starting on December 29.

This is the sixty-first season under the West Coast Conference name. In July 2011, a new faith based, private school joined the conference. BYU came from the Mountain West, the conferences first change since 1980.

Pre-season

2011–12 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. Gonzaga University (7), 63

2. Saint Mary's College (1), 56

3. Brigham Young University (1), 52

4. University of San Francisco, 42

5. Santa Clara University, 35

6. Loyola Marymount University, 27

7. University of Portland, 25

8. Pepperdine University, 13

9. University of San Diego, 11

2011–12 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Brandon Davies, BYU, Jr., F

Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's, Jr., G

Kevin Foster, Santa Clara, Jr., G

Rashad Green, San Francisco, Sr., G

Elias Harris, Gonzaga, Jr., F

Rob Jones, Saint Mary's, Sr., F

Nemanja Mitrovic, Portland, Sr., G

Robert Sacre, Gonzaga, RS-Sr., C

Drew Viney, Loyola Marymount, RS-Sr., F

Michael Williams, San Francisco, Jr., G

Rankings

See main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

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Non-Conference games

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

  BYUGonzagaLMUPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Clara
GON LMU PEPP PORT SMC USD USF USC -->vs. Brigham Young1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Gonzaga1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2
vs. Pepperdine2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2
vs. Portland2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2
vs. Saint Mary's0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. San Diego2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2
vs. San Francisco2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2
vs. Santa Clara2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 GON LMU PEPP PORT SMC USD USF USC -->
Total12–4 13–3 11–5 4–12 3–13 14–2 7–9 8–8 0–16

Conference tournament

See main article: 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament.

Head coaches

Dave Rose, BYU

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Max Good, Loyola Marymount

Marty Wilson, Pepperdine

Eric Reveno, Portland

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's

Bill Grier, San Diego

Rex Walters, San Francisco

Kerry Keating, Santa Clara

Post season

NCAA tournament

NIT

CBI

CiT

Awards and honors

Primetime Performers Honor Roll by Collegesports360.com

Player-of-the-Week

Player-of-the-Month

All West Coast Conference teams

[2] Voting was by conference coaches:

ALL CONFERENCE:

HONORABLE MENTION:

ALL-FRESHMAN

ALL-ACADEMIC [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: BYU rallies from 25-point deficit to shock Iona . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314220327/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320730252. dead. March 14, 2012. Associated Press . ESPN.com . March 13, 2012 . March 14, 2012.
  2. News: WCC announces 2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team . WCCSports.com . February 28, 2012 . February 28, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310044901/http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022812aaa.html . March 10, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. News: WCC announces 2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Academic Team . WCCSports.com . February 27, 2012 . February 27, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310044921/http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022712aac.html . March 10, 2012 . dead .