2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Men's basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	National: ESPN, BYUtv, WCC TV
Regular season
Season champions	Saint Mary's & Gonzaga
Season MVP	Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Tournament
Champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	Saint Mary's
Finals MVP	Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
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2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Saint Mary's	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
Gonzaga †	15	–	3		.833			28	–	8		.778
BYU	13	–	5		.722			26	–	11		.703
Pepperdine	10	–	8		.556			18	–	14		.563
San Francisco	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Santa Clara	7	–	11		.389			11	–	20		.355
Portland	6	–	12		.333			12	–	20		.375
Loyola Marymount	6	–	12		.333			14	–	17		.452
Pacific*	6	–	12		.333			8	–	20		.286
San Diego	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
*ineligible for postseason due to self probation
† Conference tournament winner

The 2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 4–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This was the 65th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 27th 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.

Pre-season[]

• Pre-season media day took place in October at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were to be hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2015–16 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll[]

The Pre-season poll was announced at the conferences media day in October 2016.

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. Gonzaga (9), 81

2. BYU (1), 73

3. Pepperdine, 62

4. St. Mary's, 58

5. Portland, 43

6. Santa Clara, 37

7. Pacific, 32

7. San Francisco, 32

9. San Diego, 17

10. Loyola Marymount, 15

2015–16 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team[]

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Kyle Collinsworth, BYU, Sr., G

Chase Fischer, BYU, Sr., G

Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga, Sr., C

Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga, So., F

Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga, Sr., F

T. J. Wallace, Pacific, Jr., G

Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, Sr., F

Alec Wintering, Portland, Sr., G

Tim Derksen, San Francisco, Sr., G

Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara, Jr., G

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team[]

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• Coach of the Year- Mark Few, Gonzaga
• Player of the Year- Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
• Freshman of the Year- Josh Perkins, Gonzaga

First Team

• Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara
• Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
• Stacy Davis, G/F, Pepperdine
• Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
• Domantas Sabonis, F/C, Gonzaga

Second Team

• Alec Wintering, G, Portland
• T.J. Wallace, G, Pacific
• Tim Derksen, G/F, San Francisco
• Jett Raines, F, Pepperdine
• Przemek Karnowski, F/C, Gonzaga

Third Team

• Chase Fischer, G, BYU
• Joe Rahon, G, Saint Mary's
• Shawn Olden, G, Pepperdine
• Bryce Pressley, G/F, Portland
• Kyle Davis, F/C, BYU

Fourth Team

• Eric McClellan, G, Gonzaga
• Josh Perkins, G, Gonzaga
• Duda Sanadze, G, San Diego
• Brandon Brown, G/F, Loyola Marymount
• Matt Hubbard, F/C, Santa Clara

Rankings[]

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

Legend

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Post
BYU	AP	RV	RV
	C
Gonzaga	AP	9	10	10	13	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV			RV
	C	11	12	11	12	17	21	24	24	22	22	RV	RV	RV	RV
Loyola Marymount	AP
	C
Pacific	AP
	C
Pepperdine	AP
	C
Portland	AP
	C
Saint Mary's	AP								RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C				RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
San Diego	AP
	C
San Francisco	AP
	C
Santa Clara	AP
	C

Non-Conference games[]

• To be posted shortly.

Conference games[]

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

Conference tournament[]

• March 4–8, 2016– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

Bracket[]

	First round Friday, March 4 BYUtv, TheW.tv					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 TWC SportsNet, CSNCA, BYUtv, TheW.tv (afternoon) ESPN2 (evening)					Semifinals Monday, March 7 ESPN (early) ESPN2 (late)					Championship Tuesday, March 8 ESPN
						1	Saint Mary's	60
						8	Loyola Marymount	48
	8	Loyola Marymount	64
	9	San Diego	61
											1	Saint Mary's
											4	Pepperdine
						4	Pepperdine	90
						5	San Francisco	86
						2	Gonzaga	92
						7	Portland	67
											2	Gonzaga
											3	BYU
						3	BYU	72
						6	Santa Clara	60

• Pacific has placed themselves on a post-season probation and will not participate in the 2016 WCC Tournament.^[2]

Head coaches[]

Dave Rose, BYU

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Mike Dunlap, Loyola Marymount

Ron Verlin, Pacific

Marty Wilson, Pepperdine

Eric Reveno, Portland

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's

Lamont Smith, San Diego

Rex Walters, San Francisco

Kerry Keating, Santa Clara

Postseason[]

NCAA Tournament[]

NIT[]

• Main article: 2016 National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals

CBI[]

• Main article: 2016 College Basketball Invitational

School	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals Game 1	Finals Game 2	Finals Game 3

CiT[]

Awards and honors[]

WCC Player-of-the-Week[]

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday.

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week[]

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday.

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National Player of the Week Awards[]

To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans[]

Conference Awards[]

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches, with voting taking place at the end of the regular season.

Individual Honors[]

• Player of the Year: Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
• Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
• Defensive Player of the Year: Eric McClellan, Gonzaga
• Newcomer of the Year: Joe Rahon, Saint Mary's

First-Team All-Conference[]

Player	School	Year	Position
Jared Brownridge	Santa Clara	Junior	G
Kyle Collinsworth	BYU	Senior	G
Stacy Davis	Pepperdine	Senior	F
Chase Fischer	BYU	Senior	G
Emmett Naar	Saint Mary's	Sophomore	G
Joe Rahon	Saint Mary's	Junior	G
Domantas Sabonis	Gonzaga	Sophomore	F
Devin Watson	San Francisco	Sophomore	G
Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	Senior	F
Alec Winterling	Portland	Junior	G

Second-Team All-Conference[]

Player	School	Year	Position
Tim Derksen	San Francisco	Senior	G
Nick Emery	BYU	Freshman	G
Adom Jacko	Pepperdine	Junior	F
Lamond Murray Jr.	Pepperdine	Junior	G/F
Bryce Pressley	Portland	Senior	G

Honorable Mention[]

Name	School
Brandon Brown	Loyola Marymount
Alec Kobre	Pacific
Jett Raines	Pepperdine
T. J. Wallace	Pacific

All-Freshman[]

Player	School	Position
Kameron Edwards	Pepperdine	F
Nick Emery	BYU	G
KJ Feagin	Santa Clara	G
Evan Fitzner	Saint Mary's	C
Josh Perkins	Gonzaga	G

See also[]

• 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2015–16 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
• 2016 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

References[]