2022 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament explained

2022 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament should not be confused with 2022 WAC men's basketball tournament.

Year:2022
Conference:West Coast Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:10
Arena:Orleans Arena
City:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:Gonzaga
Titlecount:20th
Coach:Mark Few
Coachcount:18th
Mvp:Andrew Nembhard
Mvpteam:Gonzaga

The 2022 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference (WCC) during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.[1] The tournament was held during March 3–8, 2022, at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[2] Los Angeles–based University Credit Union was the title sponsor of the tournament for the fourth consecutive year.[1] TritonPoint Wealth and Sterling Global Financial's SCRED fund are the presenting sponsors of the tournament. The winner of the tournament, the Gonzaga Bulldogs, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Venue

For the 14th consecutive year, the 2022 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When Orleans Arena is set up for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[3] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886-room Orleans Hotel and Casino, about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[4] Tickets for the WCC Tournament typically sell out quickly.[5] In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no fans were permitted to attend this tournament.[6]

Seeds

All 10 WCC schools participated in the tournament. Teams are typically seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[7] However, due to numerous regular-season game cancellations, the WCC announced that the seeding for the 2021 edition would be determined using an adjusted conference winning percentage. With several conference games being canceled during the 2022 regular season, the conference was expected to use the adjusted conference winning percentage for seeding the 2022 tournament.[8] Developed in partnership with Ken Pomeroy, the adjusted conference winning percentage (Pomeroy AWP) takes into account the strength of the opponent and the location where each game was played.[9] The tournament followed a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011. The 7 through 10 seeds played in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds started play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds started in the "quarterfinals". The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[10] As expected, the WCC released the tournament seedings based on the Pomeroy AWP a few days prior to the start of the tournament.[11]

!Seed!School!Conference Record!Pomeroy AWP!NET ranking[12]
(March 2, 2021)
1Gonzaga13–1.921%1st
2Saint Mary's12–3.816%19th
3Santa Clara10–5.673%72nd
4San Francisco10–6.655%27th
5BYU9–6.595%53rd
6Portland7–7.429%183rd
7San Diego7–9.411%211th
8Loyola Marymount3–12.222%212th
9Pacific3–11.183%289th
10Pepperdine1–15.095%282nd

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Thursday, March 3, 2022
116:00 pmNo. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 9 Pacific86–66BYUtv, RSN
28:00 pmNo. 7 San Diego vs. No. 10 Pepperdine74–67
Second round – Friday, March 4, 2022
236:00 pmNo. 5 BYU vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 85–60BYUtv, RSN
48:00 pmNo. 6 Portland vs. No. 7 San Diego 73–55
Third round – Saturday, March 5, 2022
357:30 pmNo. 4 San Francisco vs. No. 5 BYU75–63ESPN2
69:30 pmNo. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 6 Portland91–67ESPN2
Semifinals – Monday, March 7, 2022
476:00 pmNo. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 San Francisco81–71 ESPN
88:30 pmNo. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 3 Santa Clara75–72 ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
596:00 pmNo. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Saint Mary's82–69ESPN
  • Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Notes

RSNs airing the games include Bally Sports, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, and NBC Sports California. (RSNs may not carry every game)[13]

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WCC Announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball Conference Schedule. 2021-11-21. wccsports.com. en.
  2. Web site: Men's Basketball 2021-22 Conference Schedule Released. 2021-11-21. University of the Pacific. en.
  3. Web site: 2018-01-23. Location Spotlight: Orleans Arena Nevada Film Office. 2021-11-21. nevadafilm.com. en-US.
  4. Book: Hawks. John. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer's Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Higgins. Tom. 2009-02-03. Penguin. 978-1-4406-8515-6. en.
  5. Web site: UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out. 2021-11-21. wccsports.com. en.
  6. Web site: Gonzaga fans bummed, but understand WCC not allowing fans at tournament in Las Vegas The Spokesman-Review. 2021-11-21. www.spokesman.com.
  7. Web site: Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings. 2021-11-21. CougarSportsInsider.com. en-US.
  8. Web site: Gonzaga-LMU not expected to be rescheduled, Zags probably bound for 14 WCC games. 2022-02-18. news.yahoo.com. en-US.
  9. Web site: WCC partners with Ken Pomeroy to seed conference tournament. 2021-11-21. heraldextra.com. en-US.
  10. Web site: WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format The Spokesman-Review. 2021-11-21. www.spokesman.com.
  11. Web site: Seedings for UCU WCC Men's and Women's basketball Tournament . 2022-03-02 . wccsports.com . en.
  12. Web site: NCAA Statistics - NET Ranking MBB 3/2/2022 . . 4 March 2022.
  13. Web site: Sarz. Matt. Week 17 schedule for 202122. Matt Sarz Sports. March 2, 2023.

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