College basketball tournament
1995 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1994–95 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California |
Champions | Gonzaga (1st title) |
Winning coach | Dan Fitzgerald (1st title) |
MVP | John Rillie (Gonzaga) |
Top scorer | John Rillie (Gonzaga) (96 points) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 21 | – | 7 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 21 | – | 8 | .724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 19 | .345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1995 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place on March 4–6, 1995. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California at the Toso Pavilion.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs won the WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA tournament. John Rillie of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP.
Format
With eight teams participating, all eight teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.
Bracket
Quarter finals Saturday, March 4 | Semi-finals Sunday, March 5 | Finals Monday, March 6 | ||||||||||||
1 | Santa Clara | 83 | ||||||||||||
8 | Loyola Marymount | 87 | ||||||||||||
2 | Portland | 74 | ||||||||||||
8 | Loyola Marymount | 68 | ||||||||||||
4 | Gonzaga | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Diego | 57 | ||||||||||||
2 | Portland | 67 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Gonzaga | 80 | ||||||||||||
3 | Saint Mary's | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Francisco | 41 | ||||||||||||
3 | Saint Mary's | 59 | ||||||||||||
4 | Gonzaga | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pepperdine | 52 | ||||||||||||
2 | Portland | 62 |
References
- sports-reference.com 1994-95 West Coast Conference Season Summary
- "1994-95 West Coast Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- "2021-22 Men's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). WCCSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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