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2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportMen's basketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season championsGonzaga
Season MVPFilip Petrusev, Gonzaga
Tournament
ChampionsGonzaga
  Runners-upSaint Mary's
Finals MVPJoel Ayayi, Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Gonzaga † 15 – 1   .938 31 – 2   .939
No. 14 BYU 13 – 3   .813 24 – 8   .750
Saint Mary's 11 – 5   .688 26 – 8   .765
Pacific 11 – 5   .688 23 – 10   .697
San Francisco 9 – 7   .563 22 – 12   .647
Pepperdine 8 – 8   .500 16 – 16   .500
Santa Clara 6 – 10   .375 20 – 13   .606
Loyola Marymount 4 – 12   .250 11 – 21   .344
San Diego 2 – 14   .125 9 – 23   .281
Portland 1 – 15   .063 9 – 23   .281
† 2020 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2019 and will end with the 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2020. This is the 69th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 31st under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 26, 2019 Dave Rose announced his retirement after 14 seasons as the head coach at Brigham Young University. His career record at BYU was 348-135 with 8 seasons where his team qualified for the NCAA tournament.[1] Shortly thereafter, Mark Pope, the head coach at Utah Valley University, was announced as the head coach at BYU. Pope had previously been an assistant coach at BYU from 2011-15.[2]

In March 2019, Kyle Smith was selected as the new head coach at Washington State signing a six-year contract after the previous coach Ernie Kent was fired.[3] Todd Golden, an assistant coach at USF, was later named as the new head coach for the Dons. At just 34 years old, Golden became the 7th youngest coach in Division I history. Golden formerly played at Saint Mary's from 2004-07.[4]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years

at school

Overall

record

WCC

record

WCC

Tournament record

NCAA

Tournaments

Sweet

Sixteens

BYU Mark Pope Utah Valley 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0
Gonzaga Mark Few Gonzaga

(asst.)

21 569–122 (.819) 276–30 (.902) 43–5 (.896) 20 9
Loyola Marymount Mike Dunlap Charlotte Bobcats 6 70–87 (.446) 31–57 (.352) 2–5 (.286) 0 0
Pacific Damon Stoudamire Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) 4 39–58 (.402) 17–35 (.327) 1–3 (.250) 0 0
Pepperdine Lorenzo Romar Arizona (asst.) 2 16–18 (.471) 6–10 (.375) 3–1 (.750) 7 3
Portland Terry Porter Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) 4 28–69 (.289) 6–46 (.115) 1–3 (.250) 0 0
Saint Mary's Randy Bennett Saint Louis(asst.) 19 414–174 (.704) 208–85 (.710) 22–15 (.595) 7 1
San Diego Sam Scholl San Diego

(asst.)

2 23–16 (.590) 7–9 (0.438) 3–1 (0.750) 0 0
San Francisco Todd Golden San Francisco (asst.) 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0
Santa Clara Herb Sendek Arizona State 4 44–51 (.463) 26–26 (.500) 1–3 (.250) 8 1

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2019–20 season.
  • Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2019–20 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

2019-20 WCC Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll[5]
Rank Team (First Place Votes) Points
1. Gonzaga (7) 79
2. Saint Mary's (3) 75
3. BYU 65
4. Pepperdine 56
5. Santa Clara 50
6. San Francisco 40
7. Loyola Marymount 34
8. Pacific 21
8. San Diego 21
10. Portland 9

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

Honor Recipient[5]
Preseason All-WCC Team Yoeli Childs, BYU
Tahj Eaddy, Santa Clara
Kessler Edwards, Pepperdine
Malik Fitts, Saint Mary's
Jordan Ford, Saint Mary's
TJ Haws, BYU
Charles Minlend, San Francisco
Colby Ross, Pepperdine
Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
Jahlil Tripp, Pacific

Rankings

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Legend
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RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
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C 7 7 8 7 9 6 2 (4) 1 (23) 1 (30) 1 (27) 1 (16) 1 (19) 2 (17) 2 (12) 2 (13) 2 (11) 4 2 2 2
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Regular season

Early season tournaments

All ten of the schools from the West Coast Conference participated in multiple-team events or early season tournaments. The following table summarizes the results of each tournament.[6]

Team Tournament Finish Record Bracketed Arena Arena Location Hosted By TV Partner
BYU Maui Invitational 3rd of 8 2-1 Yes Lahaina Civic Center Maui, Hawaii Chaminade University of Honolulu ESPN
Gonzaga Battle 4 Atlantis 2nd of 8 2-1 Yes Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas N/A ESPN
Loyola Marymount Junkanoo Jam 3rd of 4 1-2 No GCA Gymnasium Bimini, Bahamas Gateway Christian Academy FloHoops
Pacific Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic 3rd of 4 1-2 No Stan Sherriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii University of Hawaii at Manoa Spectrum Sports
Pepperdine Wooden Legacy 8th of 8 0-3 Yes Titan Gym Fullerton, California Cal State Fullerton ESPN
Portland Diamond Head Classic 8th of 8 0-3 Yes Stan Sherriff Center Honolulu, Hawaii University of Hawaii at Manoa ESPN
Saint Mary's Sacramento Classic N/A 2-1 No Campus sites Campus Sites Campus Sites ESPN & Others
San Diego Boca Raton Beach Classic 4th of 4 0-2 Yes RoofClaim.com Arena Boca Raton, Florida Florida Atlantic University CUSA.tv
San Francisco Oahu Classic N/A 3-1 No Campus sites Campus Sites Campus Sites ESPN & Others
Santa Clara Cable Car Classic 1st of 4 3-0 No Leavey Center Santa Clara, California Santa Clara University WCC Network

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young – 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
vs. Gonzaga 1–1 – 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–0 2–0 – 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
vs. Pacific 1–0 1–0 0–2 – 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
vs. Pepperdine 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 – 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2
vs. Portland 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 – 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Saint Mary's 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 – 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. San Diego 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 – 1–0 2–0
vs. San Francisco 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 – 0–2
vs. Santa Clara 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 –
Total 13–3 15–1 4–12 11–5 8–8 1–15 11–5 2–14 9–7 6–10

Player of the Week

Throughout the year, the West Coast Conference named a player of the week as follows:[7]

Week Date Player School
1 November 11, 2019 Jordan Ford Saint Mary's
2 November 18, 2019 Filip Petrusev Gonzaga
3 November 25, 2019 Isaiah White Portland
4 December 2, 2019 TJ Haws BYU
5 December 9, 2019 Eli Scott LMU
6 December 16, 2019 Jordan Ford Saint Mary's
7 December 23, 2019 Colby Ross Pepperdine
8 December 31, 2019 Ryan Woolridge Gonzaga
9 January 6, 2020 Jahlil Tripp Pacific
10 January 13, 2020 Charles Minlend San Francisco
11 January 20, 2020 Corey Kispert Gonzaga
12 January 27, 2020 Kameron Edwards Pepperdine
13 February 3, 2020 Filip Petrusev Gonzaga
14 February 10. 2020 Jahlil Tripp Pacific
15 February 17, 2020 Filip Petrusev Gonzaga
16 February 24, 2020 Yoeli Childs BYU
17 March 2, 2020 Yoeli Childs BYU

All-WCC awards and teams

On March 3, 2020, the West Coast Conference announced the following awards:[8]

Honor Recipient School
Player of the Year Filip Petrusev Gonzaga
Coach of the Year Damon Stoudamire Pacific
Defensive Player of the Year Jahlil Tripp Pacific
Newcomer of the Year Jake Toolson BYU
All-WCC First Team Yoeli Childs BYU
Malik Fitts Saint Mary's
Jordan Ford Saint Mary's
T. J. Haws BYU
Corey Kispert Gonzaga
Filip Petrusev Gonzaga
Colbey Ross Pepperdine
Killian Tillie Gonzaga
Jake Toolson BYU
Jahlil Tripp Pacific
All-WCC Second Team Kameron Edwards Pepperdine
Kessler Edwards Pepperdine
Charles Minlend San Francisco
Eli Scott LMU
Josip Vrankic Santa Clara
All-WCC Freshman Team Sedrick Altman Pepperdine
Jaden Bediako Santa Clara
Daniss Jenkins Pacific
Keli Leaupepe LMU
Drew Timme Gonzaga
WCC Honorable Mention Joel Ayayi Gonzaga
Ryan Woolridge Gonzaga
Braun Hartfield San Diego
Jamaree Bouyea San Francisco
Jimbo Lull San Francisco
Trey Wertz Santa Clara

Postseason

West Coast Conference tournament

Main article: 2020 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

References

  1. ^ Call, Jeff (March 26, 2019). "Dave Rose announces retirement from BYU; 'My heart told me it was time to leave'". Deseret News. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Mark Pope hired to return to BYU as head coach". Coaches Database. April 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Abdeldaiem, Alaa. "Report: Kyle Smith hired as Washington State's head coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "New USF basketball head coach Todd Golden has Sean McVay quality". The San Francisco Examiner. November 4, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Gonzaga Picked to Win Eighth Straight WCC Championship". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Dobbertean, Chris (October 24, 2018). "2019-20 College Basketball Early Season Tournaments, Events, And Neutral-Site Games". Blogging the Bracket. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "Composite Schedule". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "WCC Announces 2019-20 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". wccsports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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