2015 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2015
Conference:West Coast Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:10
Arena:Orleans Arena
City:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:Gonzaga
Titlecount:14th
Coach:Mark Few
Coachcount:12th
Mvp:Kyle Wiltjer[1]
Mvpteam:Gonzaga
Television:ESPN/ESPN2/BYUtv/WCC TV
Different Previous:2014
Different Next:2016

The 2015 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–10, 2015 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:

  1. Head-to-head
  2. Better record against a higher seed
  3. Higher RPI
SeedSchoolConference Overall*Tiebreaker
1Gonzaga17–129–2
2BYU13–523–81–1 vs. Gonzaga
3Saint Mary's13–521–80–2 vs. Gonzaga
4Pepperdine10–817–12
5San Diego8–1015–15
6Portland7–1116–142–0 vs. Santa Clara, 1–1 vs. San Francisco
7 Santa Clara7–1113–170–2 vs. Portland, 1–1 vs. Saint Mary's
8San Francisco7–1113–171–1 vs. Portland, 0–2 vs. Saint Mary's
9Pacific4–1412–181–1 vs. Santa Clara
10Loyola Marymount4–148–220–2 vs. Santa Clara

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#
First round – Friday, March 6
116:00 pm
  1. 8 San Francisco vs. #9 Pacific
28:00 pm
  1. 7 Santa Clara vs. #10 Loyola Marymount
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
2312:00 pm
  1. 3 Saint Mary's vs. #6 Portland
42:00 pm
  1. 4 Pepperdine vs. #5 San Diego
356:00 pm
  1. 1 Gonzaga vs. #8 San Francisco
68:00 pm
  1. 2 BYU vs. #7 Santa Clara
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
476:00 pm
  1. 4 Pepperdine vs. #1 Gonzaga
88:30 pm
  1. 6 Portland vs. #2 BYU
Championship – Tuesday, March 10
596:00 pm
  1. 1 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU
  • Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.[2]

Bracket

Game summaries

San Francisco vs. Pacific

Series History: San Francisco leads 54-27
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler----

Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Santa Clara leads 84-59
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler----

Saint Mary's vs. Portland

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 60-29
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (BYUtv)
Barry Tompkins, Casey Jacobsen, and Kelli Tennant (WCC TV) ----

Pepperdine vs. San Diego

Series History: Pepperdine leads 59-41
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (BYUtv)
Barry Tompkins, Casey Jacobsen, and Kelli Tennant (WCC TV) ----

Gonzaga vs. San Francisco

Series History: Gonzaga leads 50-22
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins and Stan Heath----

BYU vs. Santa Clara

Series History: BYU leads 23-5
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins and Stan Heath----

Gonzaga vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Gonzaga leads 48-31
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins, Stan Heath, and Jeff Goodman----

BYU vs. Portland

Series History: BYU leads 12-1
Broadcasters: Beth Mowins, Stan Heath, and Jeff Goodman----

WCC Championship: Gonzaga vs. BYU

Series History: Gonzaga leads 8–4
Broadcasters: Dave Pasch, Sean Farnham, and Jeff Goodman (ESPN)
Kevin Calabro & Bill Frieder (Westwood One)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zags defeat BYU, earn third straight title. March 10, 2015.
  2. Web site: West Coast Conference Official Athletics Site - Athletics . 2015-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217012332/http://www.wccsports.com/ot/15-wcc-tournament-central.html . 2015-02-17 . dead .