2014 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–11, 2014 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This was the sixth consecutive year the WCC Tournament took place in Vegas after the WCC and the Orleans reached a 3-year extension to keep the tournament in Vegas through 2016.[2]

2014 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2014 WCC Tournament from Las Vegas
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Finals siteOrleans Arena
Paradise, NV
ChampionsGonzaga (13th title)
Winning coachMark Few (11th title)
MVPSam Dower[1] (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN/ESPN2/BYUtv
2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Gonzaga †15–3 .833  29–7  .806
BYU13–5 .722  23–12  .657
San Francisco13–5 .722  21–12  .636
Saint Mary's11–7 .611  23–12  .657
Pepperdine8–10 .444  15–16  .484
San Diego7–11 .389  18–17  .514
Portland7–11 .389  15–16  .484
Pacific6–12 .333  18–16  .529
Santa Clara6–12 .333  14–19  .424
Loyola Marymount4–14 .222  13–19  .406
† Conference tournament winner

Format

With the addition of the University of the Pacific, the WCC went to a more traditional tournament format. Under the new format, the top 6 seeds earned a bye out of the first round while the 7 seed plays the 10 seed and the 8 seed plays the 9 seed. The first round, which began on a Thursday, aired on BYUtv.

The 8 teams that advanced to the second round had a bye on Friday while the women's second round was completed. The men's second round became the quarterfinal round. It took place on Saturday and had the 1 seed playing the winner of the 8/9 game and the 2 seed playing the winner of the 7/10 game. The quarterfinals also featured the 3 seed playing the 6 seed, and the 4 seed playing the 5 seed. The two evening quarterfinal games aired on ESPN2 while the afternoon games aired on BYUtv.

Continuing a normal procedure for WCC men's and women's tournaments, no games were played on Sunday. All conference members were founded as faith-based schools, and all but Pacific are financially supported by churches. Most significantly, BYU has a strict policy against Sunday play. Instead, the four remaining teams had an off day and prepared for the semifinals on Monday.

The semifinals took place on Monday with the winner of 1/8/9 playing the winner of 4/5 and the winner of 2/7/10 playing the winner of 3/6. One of the semifinals aired on ESPN2, and the other aired on ESPN.

The championship took place on Tuesday and featured the semifinal winners. As in recent years, the championship game was broadcast on ESPN and nationally on the radio by Westwood One.[3]

Seeds

WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:

  1. Head-to-head
  2. Better record against a higher seed
  3. Higher RPI
Seed School Conference Overall* Tiebreaker
1 Gonzaga 15–3 25–6
2 BYU 13–5 21–10 2–0 vs. USF
3 San Francisco 13–5 20–10 0–2 vs. BYU
4 Saint Mary's 11–7 21–10
5 Pepperdine 8–10 15–15
6 San Diego 7–11 16–15 2–0 vs. Portland
7 Portland 7–11 15–15 0–2 vs. San Diego
8 Pacific 6–12 15–14 1–1 vs. BYU
9 Santa Clara 6–12 13–18 0–2 vs. BYU
10 Loyola Marymount 4–14 12–18

* Overall record at end of regular season

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup#
First round – Thursday, March 6
1 1 6:00 pm #7 Portland vs. #10 Loyola Marymount
2 8:00 pm #8 Pacific vs. #9 Santa Clara
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
2 3 12:00 pm #3 San Francisco vs. #6 San Diego
4 2:00 pm #2 BYU vs. #10 Loyola Marymount
3 5 6:00 pm #1 Gonzaga vs. #9 Santa Clara
6 8:00 pm #4 Saint Mary's vs. #5 Pepperdine
Semifinals – Monday, March 10
4 7 6:00 pm #1 Gonzaga vs. #4 Saint Mary's
8 8:00 pm #2 BYU vs. #3 San Francisco
Championship – Tuesday, March 11
5 9 6:00 pm #1 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket
  First round
Thursday, March 6
BYUtv
 		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8
BYUtv (afternoon)
ESPN2 (evening)		 Semifinals
Monday, March 10
ESPN (early)
ESPN2 (late)		 Championship
Tuesday, March 11
ESPN
 
                                     
       
  1 Gonzaga 77  
    9 Santa Clara 75  
8 Pacific 64
9 Santa Clara 81  
  1 Gonzaga 70  
  4 Saint Mary's 54  
       
       
  4 Saint Mary's 80
    5 Pepperdine 69  
     
       
  1 Gonzaga 75
  2 BYU 64
       
       
  2 BYU 85
    10 Loyola Marymount 74  
7 Portland 64
10 Loyola Marymount 67  
  2 BYU 79
  3 San Francisco 77OT  
       
       
  3 San Francisco 69
    6 San Diego 60  
     

Game summaries

Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 47-44
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 6
6:00 pm PST
Loyola Marymount Lions 67, Portland Pilots 64
Scoring by half: 31-30, 36-34
Pts: Evan Payne 19
Rebs: Nick Stover & Gabe Levin 7
Asts: Anthony Ireland 6		 Pts: Bobby Sharp & Thomas Van Der Mars 18
Rebs: Ryan Nicholas 11
Asts: David Carr 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688[4]
Referees: Mike Greenstein, Kevin Brill, Ken Ditty

Pacific vs. Santa Clara

Series History: Santa Clara leads 90-42
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 6
8:00 pm PST
Santa Clara Broncos 81, Pacific Tigers 64
Scoring by half: 34-29, 47-35
Pts: Jared Brownridge 20
Rebs: Jerry Brown 8
Asts: Brandon Clark 3		 Pts: Sama Taku 16
Rebs: T. J. Wallace 7
Asts: Andrew Bock & David Taylor 2
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688[5]
Referees: Tommy Nunez, Greg Nixon, Deldre Carr

San Francisco vs. San Diego

Series History: San Francisco leads 39-34
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 8
12:00 pm PST
San Diego Toreros 60, San Francisco Dons 69
Scoring by half: 23-33, 37-36
Pts: Dennis Kramer 19
Rebs: Christopher Anderson 9
Asts: Christopher Anderson 6		 Pts: Avry Holmes 19
Rebs: Cole Dickerson 8
Asts: Matt Glover & Cole Dickerson 3
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688[6]
Referees: Tom Spitznagel, Dennis Flannery, Ron Brokenbrough

BYU vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: BYU leads 5-4
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler

BYUtv
Mar 8
2:00 pm PST
Loyola Marymount Lions 74, BYU Cougars 85
Scoring by half: 36-43, 38-42
Pts: Anthony Ireland 19
Rebs: Gabe Levin 10
Asts: Anthony Ireland 4		 Pts: Kyle Collinsworth 23
Rebs: Kyle Collinsworth 16
Asts: Anson Winder 3
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688[7]
Referees: Frank Harvey, Bruce Hicks, Horace Shields

Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara

Series History: Gonzaga leads 50-32
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

Mar 8
6:00 pm PST
Santa Clara Broncos 75, Gonzaga Bulldogs 77
Scoring by half: 37-31, 38-46
Pts: Jared Brownridge 24
Rebs: Jerry Brown 7
Asts: Brandon Clark, Jared Brownridge, & Nate Kratch 3		 Pts: Sam Dower 23
Rebs: Przemek Karnowski 12
Asts: David Stockton 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: N/A[8]
Referees: Daryl Gelinas, Marc Beasley, Rob Rorke

Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Pepperdine leads 68-62
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPN2
Mar 8
8:00 pm PST
Pepperdine Waves 69, Saint Mary's Gaels 80
Scoring by half: 28-41, 41-39
Pts: Amadi Udenyi 13
Rebs: Stacy Davis 5
Asts: Brendan Lane 4		 Pts: Brad Waldow 21
Rebs: Brad Waldow 8
Asts: Beau Levesque 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,898[9]
Referees: Klaus Endrissat, James Giron, Mark Cook

Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

Series History: Gonzaga leads 59-27
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

Mar 10
6:00 pm PST
Saint Mary's Gaels 54, Gonzaga Bulldogs 70
Scoring by half: 20-31, 34-39
Pts: Brad Waldow 14
Rebs: Stephen Holt & Kerry Carter 6
Asts: James Walker III & Eividas Petrulis 2		 Pts: David Stockton 21
Rebs: Sam Dower. 9
Asts: David Stockton 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,168[10]
Referees: Kevin Brill, Frank Harvey, Ken Ditty

BYU vs. San Francisco

Series History: BYU leads 10-7
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPN2
Mar 10
8:00 pm PST
San Francisco Dons 77, BYU Cougars 79 (OT)
Scoring by half: 37-35, 27-29 Overtime: 13-15
Pts: Cole Dickerson 20
Rebs: Cole Dickerson 10
Asts: Avry Holmes 7		 Pts: Tyler Haws 24
Rebs: Kyle Collinsworth 12
Asts: Eric Mika, Tyler Haws, & Kyle Collinsworth 2
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,168[11]
Referees: Tommy Nunez, Greg Nixon, Deldre Carr

WCC Championship: BYU vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads 6-3
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPN
Mar 11
6:00 pm PST
BYU Cougars 64, Gonzaga Bulldogs 75
Scoring by half: 27-44, 37-31
Pts: Tyler Haws 24
Rebs: Eric Mika 10
Asts: Matt Carlino 2		 Pts: Sam Dower 20
Rebs: Sam Dower 13
Asts: David Stockton 7
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,898[12]
Referees: Mike Greenstein, Mike Reed, Michael Irving

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.[1]

Name School Pos. Year Ht. Hometown
Sam Dower Gonzaga C[13] Senior 6-9 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kyle Collinsworth BYU G[14] Sophomore 6-6 Provo, Utah
Cole Dickerson San Francisco F[15] Senior 6-7 Federal Way, Washington
Tyler Haws BYU G[14] Junior 6-5 Alpine, Utah
David Stockton Gonzaga G[13] Senior 5-11 Spokane, Washington
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See also

References
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