2020 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

2020 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsGonzaga (18th title)
Winning coachMark Few (16th title)
MVPJoël Ayayi (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, BYUtv
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
† winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, held March 5–10 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1]

Second-ranked Gonzaga won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 68-team NCAA tournament,[2] which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles-based University Credit Union was the title sponsor of the tournament.[3]

Venue

For the twelfth consecutive year, the WCC tournament was held in the Orleans Arena, with a seating capacity of 7,471 for basketball.[4] The tournament is scheduled to be held at the Orleans Arena at least until 2022.[5] The venue is located at the 1,886-room Orleans Hotel and Casino, about a mile (1.6 km) west of the Las Vegas Strip.[6]

Tickets sold out for the 2020 WCC Tournament less than an hour after being made available to the public,[7] marking the eleventh consecutive year that tickets sold out for the tournament.[7]

Seeds

All ten WCC teams participated in the tournament, seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system for identical conference records.[8] 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 played in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds started play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds started in the "third round". The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[9]

Seed School Record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Gonzaga 15–1
2 BYU 13–3
3 Saint Mary's 11–5 1–1 vs. Pacific 2–0 vs. USF[10]
4 Pacific 11–5 1–1 vs. St. Mary's 1–1 vs. USF
5 San Francisco 9–7
6 Pepperdine 8–8
7 Santa Clara 6–10
8 Loyola Marymount 4–12
9 San Diego 2–14
10 Portland 1–15

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 5, 2020
1 1 6:00 pm No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 9 San Diego 75–61 BYUtv
Spectrum SportsNet
AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain
Root Sports 		1,983
2 8:00 pm No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Portland 76–62
Second round – Friday March 6, 2020
2 3 6:00 pm No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 82–53 BYUtv
AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain
Root Sports 		3,850
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 84–73
Third round – Saturday, March 7, 2020
3 5 7:00 pm No. 4 Pacific vs. No. 5 San Francisco 54–72 ESPN2 4,350
6 9:00 pm No. 3 Saint Mary's vs. No. 6 Pepperdine 89–82
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020
4 7 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 San Francisco 81–77 ESPN 7,471
8 8:30 pm No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's 50–51 ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020
5 9 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's 84–66 ESPN 7,210
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 5
BYUtv 		Second round
Friday, March 6
BYUtv 		Third round
Saturday, March 7
ESPN2 		Semifinals
Monday, March 9
ESPN & ESPN2 		Championship
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN
8 Loyola Marymount  75
9 San Diego 61 8 Loyola Marymount 53
5 San Francisco 82
5 San Francisco 72
4 Pacific 54
5 San Francisco 77
1 Gonzaga 81
1 Gonzaga 84
3 Saint Mary's 66
2 BYU 50
3 Saint Mary's 51
3 Saint Mary's 89**
6 Pepperdine 82
6 Pepperdine 84
7 Santa Clara  76 7 Santa Clara 73
10 Portland 62

References

  1. ^ "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Exploring the absurd odds of a perfect bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "West Coast Conference Partners with University Credit Union as Title Sponsor of Basketball Championships". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. ^ "Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Event Production | OrleansArena.com". January 22, 2008. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ^ "West Coast Conference agrees to three-year extension to hold tournaments at Orleans Arena | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Hawks, John; Higgins, Tom (February 3, 2009). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer's Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-8515-6.
  7. ^ a b "UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings". CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Brackets, Game Times Announced for 2020 WCC Basketball Tournament". wccsports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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