College basketball tournament
| 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA |
| Champions | Loyola Marymount (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Paul Westhead (2nd title) |
| MVP | Hank Gathers (Loyola Marymount) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 2 | – | 26 | .071 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at War Memorial Gymnasium on the campus of the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California. This was the third edition of the tournament and the last as the WCAC; the conference name was shortened to "West Coast Conference" (WCC) that summer.
The fourth-seed and host Dons lost in the quarterfinals and the top two seeds were defeated in the semifinals. Third-seeded Loyola Marymount defeated #5 seed Santa Clara 75–70 (in overtime) in the title game to repeat as WCAC tournament champions.
The Lions earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded twelfth in the Midwest regional. Regular-season champion Saint Mary's received an at-large bid and were the eighth seed in the West regional; both WCAC teams lost in the first round.
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
| Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4 | Semifinals Sunday, March 5 | Championship Monday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Saint Mary's | 86 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Portland | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Saint Mary's | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Santa Clara | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Santa Clara | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Santa Clara | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Loyola Marymount | 75* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Loyola Marymount | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Gonzaga | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Loyola Marymount | 112 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Pepperdine | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | San Diego | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Pepperdine | 72 | ||||||||||||
References
- Blanchette, John (March 4, 1989). "WCAC rivals shooting for St. Mary's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B3.
- "1988-89 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- "WCAC shortens its name to West Coast Conference". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). (staff reports). July 14, 1989. p. B5.
- Blanchette, John (March 6, 1989). "St. Mary's upset by Santa Clara; Loyola advances". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- "Lions escape OT scare". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 7, 1989. p. 4C.
- Blanchette, John (March 7, 1989). "Loyola tops SCU, earns NCAA spot". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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