2019 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 7 through March 12, 2019 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] Saint Mary's upset top-seeded Gonzaga 60–47 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. It was the fourth championship for Saint Mary's, their first since 2012.

2019 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsSaint Mary's (4th title)
Winning coachRandy Bennett (3rd title)
MVPJordan Hunter (Saint Mary's)
TelevisionBYUtv, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Gonzaga16–0 1.000  33–4  .892
Saint Mary's †11–5 .688  22–12  .647
BYU11–5 .688  19–13  .594
San Francisco9–7 .563  21–10  .677
Loyola Marymount8–8 .500  22–12  .647
Santa Clara8–8 .500  16–15  .516
San Diego7–9 .438  21–15  .583
Pepperdine6–10 .375  16–18  .471
Pacific4–12 .250  14–18  .438
Portland0–16 .000  7–25  .219
† 2019 WCC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 10 WCC schools will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The tournament will return to a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds will play in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds will start play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds will start in the "third round". The top two seeds will receive byes into the semifinals.

As the regular-season champion, Gonzaga has clinched a semifinal spot, and has technically secured a place in the NIT.[2] However, the Bulldogs are all but certain to receive an NCAA Tournament bid regardless of results in the conference tournament, given that they entered the final week of the conference season as the top-ranked team in the AP Poll.

Saint Mary's has also clinched a semifinal spot. BYU and San Francisco have clinched double byes. LMU and Santa Clara have clinched single byes. San Diego, Pepperdine, Pacific and Portland will play in the first round.[1][3]

Seed School Record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Gonzaga 16–0
2 Saint Mary's 11–5 1–1 vs. BYU 0–2 vs. Gonzaga, 1–1 vs. USF
3 BYU 11–5 1–1 vs. SMC 0–2 vs. Gonzaga, 0–2 vs. USF
4 San Francisco 9–7
5 Loyola Marymount 8–8 2–0 vs. SCU
6 Santa Clara 8–8 0–2 vs. LMU
7 San Diego 7–9
8 Pepperdine 6–10
9 Pacific 4–12
10 Portland 0–16

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 7, 2019
1 1 6:00 pm 8 Pepperdine vs. 9 Pacific 61–53 TheW.tv
2 8:00 pm 7 San Diego vs. 10 Portland 67–47
Second round – Friday March 8, 2019
2 3 6:00 pm 5 Loyola Marymount vs. 8 Pepperdine 65–68 TheW.tv
4 8:00 pm 6 Santa Clara vs. 7 San Diego 45–62
Third round – Saturday, March 9, 2019
3 5 7:00 pm 4 San Francisco vs 8 Pepperdine 72–89 ESPN2
6 9:00 pm 3 BYU vs 7 San Diego 57–80
Semifinals – Monday, March 11, 2019
4 7 6:00 pm 1 Gonzaga vs 8 Pepperdine 100–74 ESPN
8 8:30 pm 2 Saint Mary's vs 7 San Diego 69–62 ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 12, 2019
5 9 6:00 pm 1 Gonzaga vs. 2 Saint Mary's 47–60 ESPN
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket
First round
Thursday, March 7		 Second round
Friday, March 8		 Third round
Saturday, March 9		 Semifinals
Monday, March 11		 Championship
Tuesday, March 12
1 Gonzaga 100
8 Pepperdine 74
4 San Francisco 72
8 Pepperdine 89
5 Loyola Marymount 65
8 Pepperdine 61 8 Pepperdine 68
9 Pacific 53 1 Gonzaga 47
2 Saint Mary's 60
2 Saint Mary's 69
7 San Diego 62
3 BYU 57
7 San Diego 80
6 Santa Clara 45
7 San Diego 67 7 San Diego 62
10 Portland 47
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References
  1. "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. "NIT bracket 2019: Printable .PDF for the National Invitation Tournament". ncaa.com. 2019 NIT: How the bracket is filled. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  3. "WCC Standings - 2018-19". ESPN. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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