2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season explained

2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
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Color Text:	FFFFFF
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	120px
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	National: ESPN2, ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv Regional: FSSD, CSNNW, CSNBA, CSNCA, ROOT NW, ROOT RM, TWCSN
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Gonzaga
Second Place:	BYU
Mvp:	Tyler Haws, BYU
Mvp Link:	West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Top Scorer:	Tyler Haws, BYU
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2014 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Gonzaga
Finals Runner-Up:	BYU
Finals Mvp:	Sam Dower, Jr., Gonzaga
Finals Mvp Link:	West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament#List of finals
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Link:	2012–13 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	12–13
Nextseason Link:	2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	14–15

The 2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2014 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This was the 63rd season for the conference, and the 25th under its current name as "West Coast Conference". The conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989. The conference went through significant changes this season, adding a new member for the second time in three seasons and bringing the WCC to 10 members. Original conference founder, and a fellow faith-based, private school Pacific, rejoined the conference^[1] from the Big West.

Pre-season

• Pre-season media day took place on Thursday, October 24 at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were hosted on the WCC's streaming video outler, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live also interviewed each coach and get a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Preseason All-Conference team, and the pre-season coaches' rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2013–14 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. Gonzaga (8), 80

2. BYU (1), 72

3. St. Mary's (1), 66

4. San Francisco, 51

5. San Diego, 50

6. Loyola Marymount, 44

7. Pacific, 28

8. Santa Clara, 25

9. Portland, 24

10. Pepperdine, 10

2013–14 WCC Men's Preseason All-Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Gary Bell, Gonzaga, Jr., G

Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, So., F

Johnny Dee, San Diego, Jr., G

Cole Dickerson, San Francisco, Sr., F

Cody Doolin, San Francisco, Sr., G

Tyler Haws, BYU, Jr., G

Stephen Holt, Saint Mary's, Sr., G

Anthony Ireland, Loyola Marymount, Sr., G

Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga, Jr., G

Brad Waldow, Saint Mary's, Jr., F

Rankings

See main article: 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
align=center style="width:20px; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; background:white;"		RV	Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

	Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
BYU	AP		RV	RV
C		RV	RV
Gonzaga	AP	15	15	13	11	19	20	21	24	24	22	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	25	RV
C	14	15	12	10	15	16	15	21	21	18	24	21	24	20	24	22	RV
Loyola Marymount	AP
C
Pacific	AP
C
Pepperdine	AP
C
Portland	AP
C
Saint Mary's	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV
C		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
San Diego	AP
C
San Francisco	AP
C
Santa Clara	AP
C

Non-Conference games

• BYU defeated Texas in the semifinals of the CBE Classic. In the month of January, Texas would go on to defeat 4 consecutive top-25 opponents, giving BYU a win over a Top 25 RPI school.
• BYU defeated Stanford as part of the ESPN College Tip-Off. Stanford would finish the year as a Top 50 RPI school, giving BYU a 2nd win over a power conference Top 50 RPI school.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

	BYU	Gonzaga	LMU	Pacific	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
GON	LMU	PAC	PEPP	PORT	SMC	USD	USF	USC -->	vs. Brigham Young	-	1-1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0-2	0-2
vs. Gonzaga	1–1	-	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0-2
vs. Loyola Marymount	1–1	2–0	-	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1-1
vs. Pacific	1–1	2–0	1–1	-	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1-1
vs. Pepperdine	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	-	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1-1
vs. Portland	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	-	2–0	2–0	2–0	1-1
vs. Saint Mary's	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	-	1–1	1–1	1-1
vs. San Diego	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	-	2–0	1-1
vs. San Francisco	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	-	0-2
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2-0	-	GON	LMU	PAC	PEPP	PORT	SMC	USD	USF	USC -->
Total	13–5	15–3	4–14	6–12	8–10	7–11	11–7	7–11	13–5	6-12

Conference tournament

See main article: 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament.

• March 6–11, 2014– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.

Head coaches

Dave Rose, BYU

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Max Good, Loyola Marymount

Ron Verlin, Pacific

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

See main article: 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Third round	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final Four	Championship

NIT

See main article: 2014 National Invitation Tournament.

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals

CBI

See main article: 2014 College Basketball Invitational.

School	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals Game 1	Finals Game 2	Finals Game 3

CiT

See main article: 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

Highlights and notes

• The Highlights and notes will be posted as the season progresses.

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

• Nov. 11- Tony Gill, F, Pacific
• Nov. 25 – Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga
• Dec. 9 – Thomas van der Mars, C, Portland
• Dec. 23 – Bryce Pressley, G, Portland
• Jan. 6 – Skyler Halford, G, BYU
• Jan. 20 – Sam Dower, Jr., C, Gonzaga
• Feb. 3 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU
• Feb. 17 – Kruize Pinkins, F, San Francisco
• Mar. 3 –
• Nov. 18 – Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine
• Dec. 2 – Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga
• Dec. 16 – Stephen Holt, G, Saint Mary's
• Dec. 30 – Malcolm Brooks, G, Pepperdine
• Jan. 13 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU
• Jan. 27 – Johnny Dee, G, San Diego
• Feb. 10 – Stephen Holt, G, Saint Mary's
• Feb. 24 - Matt Carlino, G, BYU

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

^[2]

• Nov. 10 - Tony Gill, F, Pacific^[3]
• Nov. 24 – Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga^[4]
• Dec. 8 – T. J. Wallace, G, Pacific^[5]
• Dec. 22 – Bryce Pressley, G, Portland^[6]
• Jan. 5 – Brendan Lane, F, Pepperdine^[7]
• Jan. 19 – Sam Dower, Jr., C, Gonzaga^[8]
• Feb. 2 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU (also High-Major Madness Player of the Week)^[9]
• Feb. 16 – Kruize Pinkins, F, San Francisco^[10]
• Mar. 2 –
• Nov. 17 – Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU^[11]
• Dec. 1 – Kevin Bailey, G, Portland^[12]
• Dec. 15 – Stephen Holt, G, Saint Mary's^[13]
• Dec. 29 – Evan Payne, G, Loyola Marymount^[14]
• Jan. 12 – Bryce Pressley, G, Portland^[15]
• Jan. 26 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU^[16]
• Feb. 9 – Beau Levesque, F, Saint Mary's^[17]
• Feb. 23 - Matt Carlino, G, BYU^[18]

All West Coast Conference teams

The voting body for all conference awards consisted of league coaches.

• Player of the Year

Tyler Haws, BYU

• Defensive Player of the Year: Brendan Lane, Pepperdine
• Newcomer of the Year: Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara
• Coach of the Year: Rex Walters, San Francisco

Honorable Mention

Name	School

All-Freshman

Player	School	Position

All-Academic

Player	School	Year	GPA	Major

See also

• 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2013–14 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2014 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pacific set to move to WCC in 2013-14. Rivals.Yahoo.com . 2012-03-28.
2. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-10.
3. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-10.
4. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-24.
5. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-08.
6. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-22.
7. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-05.
8. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-19.
9. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-02.
10. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-16.
11. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-11-17.
12. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-01.
13. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-15.
14. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2013-12-29.
15. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-12.
16. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-01-26.
17. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-09.
18. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week. College Sports Madness . 2014-02-23.