College basketball tournament
| 2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2018–19 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Saint Mary's (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Randy Bennett (3rd title) |
| MVP | Jordan Hunter (Saint Mary's) |
| Television | BYUtv, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Gonzaga | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | – | 4 | .892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's † | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2019 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, held March 7–12 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Saint Mary's upset top-ranked Gonzaga 60–47 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 68-team NCAA tournament.
It was the fourth WCC tournament title for Saint Mary's, their first since 2012, and the Gaels were seeded eleventh in the South regional of the NCAA Tournament. With the loss, Gonzaga fell to fourth in the national rankings, but was still the top seed in the West regional.
Seeds
All ten WCC schools teams participated in the tournament, seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records. The tournament returned 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 clinched a semifinal spot, and technically secured a place in the NIT. However, the Bulldogs were 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 also clinched a semifinal berth as the regular season runner-up. BYU and San Francisco clinched double byes, while LMU and Santa Clara had single byes. San Diego, Pepperdine, Pacific and Portland played in the first round.
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- "NIT bracket 2019: Printable .PDF for the National Invitation Tournament". ncaa.com. 2019 NIT: How the bracket is filled. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- "WCC Standings - 2018-19". ESPN. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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