2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season explained

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
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Color Text:	FFFFFF
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Men's basketball
Pixels:	120px
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	National: ESPN, BYUtv, WCC TV
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Saint Mary's & Gonzaga
Mvp:	Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Mvp Link:	West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Tournament
Finals Link:	2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Gonzaga
Finals Runner-Up:	Saint Mary's
Finals Mvp:	Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Finals Mvp Link:	West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament#List of finals
Seasonslistnames:	Basketball
Prevseason Link:	2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	14–15
Nextseason Link:	2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	16–17

The 2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena March 4–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This was the 65th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 27th under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.

Pre-season

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

2015–16 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

The Pre-season poll was announced at the conferences media day in October 2016.

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. Gonzaga (9), 81

2. BYU (1), 73

3. Pepperdine, 62

4. St. Mary's, 58

5. Portland, 43

6. Santa Clara, 37

7. Pacific, 32

7. San Francisco, 32

9. San Diego, 17

10. Loyola Marymount, 15

2015–16 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Kyle Collinsworth, BYU, Sr., G

Chase Fischer, BYU, Sr., G

Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga, Sr., C

Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga, So., F

Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga, Sr., F

T. J. Wallace, Pacific, Jr., G

Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, Sr., F

Alec Wintering, Portland, Sr., G

Tim Derksen, San Francisco, Sr., G

Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara, Jr., G

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team

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Coach of the Year- Mark Few, Gonzaga
Player of the Year- Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Freshman of the Year- Josh Perkins, Gonzaga

First Team

Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara
Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Stacy Davis, G/F, Pepperdine
Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Domantas Sabonis, F/C, Gonzaga

Second Team

Alec Wintering, G, Portland
T.J. Wallace, G, Pacific
Tim Derksen, G/F, San Francisco
Jett Raines, F, Pepperdine
Przemek Karnowski, F/C, Gonzaga

Third Team

Chase Fischer, G, BYU
Joe Rahon, G, Saint Mary's
Shawn Olden, G, Pepperdine
Bryce Pressley, G/F, Portland
Kyle Davis, F/C, BYU

Fourth Team

Eric McClellan, G, Gonzaga
Josh Perkins, G, Gonzaga
Duda Sanadze, G, San Diego
Brandon Brown, G/F, Loyola Marymount
Matt Hubbard, F/C, Santa Clara

Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

See main article: 2015–16 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
BYU	AP	RV	RV
C
Gonzaga	AP	9	10	10	13	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV			RV
C	11	12	11	12	17	21	24	24	22	22	RV	RV	RV	RV
Loyola Marymount	AP
C
Pacific	AP
C
Pepperdine	AP
C
Portland	AP
C
Saint Mary's	AP								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
C				RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
San Diego	AP
C
San Francisco	AP
C
Santa Clara	AP
C

Non-Conference games

To be posted shortly.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	BYU	Gonzaga	LMU	Pacific	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
GON	LMU	PAC	PEPP	PORT	SMC	USD	USF	SCU -->	vs. Brigham Young	-	0-1	0-2	1-1	1–1	1–1	1-1	0-2	0–2	0–2
vs. Gonzaga	1-0	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount	2–0	2–0	–	1-1	1–0	2-0	2–0	1-1	0-2	1–1
vs. Pacific	1–1	2–0	1-1	-	2–0	1-1	2–0	1-1	1–1	0-1
vs. Pepperdine	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	-	2-0	0-2	0-2	1–1	1-1
vs. Portland	1–1	2–0	0-2	1-1	0-2	-	2–0	1-0	2-0	2–0
vs. Saint Mary's	1-1	0–2	0–2	0–2	2-0	0–2	-	0–2	0–1	0-2
vs. San Diego	2-0	2–0	1-1	1-1	2-0	0-1	2–0	-	2–0	2-0
vs. San Francisco	2–0	2–0	2-0	0–2	1–1	0-2	1–0	0–2	-	0-2
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	1–1	1-0	1-1	0–2	2-0	0-2	2-0	-	GON	LMU	PAC	PEPP	PORT	SMC	USD	USF	SCU -->
Total	13–4	14–3	5–12	6–11	10–7	6–11	14–3	3–14	8–9	6-11