1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	8
Site	Toso Pavilion; Santa Clara, California
Champions	San Francisco (1st title)
Winning coach	Phil Mathews (1st title)
MVP	Hakeem Ward (San Francisco)
	West Coast Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 1997 1999 →

1997–98 West Coast Conference
men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga	10	–	4	.714	24	–	10	.706
Pepperdine	9	–	5	.643	17	–	10	.630
Santa Clara	8	–	6	.571	18	–	10	.643
Saint Mary's	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
San Francisco †	7	–	7	.500	19	–	11	.633
Portland	7	–	7	.500	14	–	13	.519
San Diego	5	–	9	.357	14	–	14	.500
Loyola Marymount	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259


† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place on February 28–March 2, 1998. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California, at the Toso Pavilion.

The San Francisco Dons won the WCC Tournament title^[1] and an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament. Hakeem Ward of San Francisco was named Tournament MVP.^[2]

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, February 28			Semi-finals Sunday, March 1			Finals Monday, March 2

1	Gonzaga	79*

8	Loyola Marymount	78
			1	Gonzaga	74

			7	San Diego	59
4	Saint Mary's	66

5	San Francisco	83
						1	Gonzaga	67
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
						5	San Francisco	80
3	Santa Clara	74

6	Portland	53
			3	Santa Clara	83

			5	San Francisco	85
2	Pepperdine	54

7	San Diego	56

* – denotes overtime period

References

^ "1997–98 West Coast Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). WCCSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

[1] "1997–98 West Coast Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

[2] "2021–22 Men's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). WCCSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.

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