2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
| 2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Men's basketball |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Gonzaga |
| Season MVP | Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga |
| Tournament | |
| Champions | Saint Mary's |
| Runners-up | Gonzaga |
| Finals MVP | Jordan Hunter - Saint Mary's |
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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 2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2018 and will end with the 2019 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament March 2019. This is the 68th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 30th 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 February 13, 2018, Pepperdine announced that head coach Marty Wilson would not return following the end of the season.[1] He finished at Pepperdine with a seven-year record of 88–129 (91–139 when including his 3–10 record as interim head coach in 1995–96). On March 12, the school hired Lorenzo Romar as head coach.[2] Romar returned to Pepperdine where he started his coaching career in 1996.[3]
On March 8, 2018, San Diego head coach Lamont Smith, who had been placed on administrative leave following an arrest for domestic violence 10 days earlier, resigned as head coach.[4] Assistant coach Sam Scholl took over as interim head coach for the Toreros during the WCC Tournament and the CIT.[5] On April 2, the school announced Scholl would remain the head coach.[6]
Coaches[]
| Team | Head Coach | Previous job | Years at school |
Overall record |
WCC record |
WCC Tournament record |
NCAA Tournaments |
Sweet Sixteens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU | Dave Rose | Dixie State | 14 | 329–122 (.729) | 84–38 (.689) | 9–7 (.563) | 8 | 1 |
| Gonzaga | Mark Few | Gonzaga (asst.) |
20 | 535–118 (.819) | 260–30 (.897) | 42–4 (.913) | 19 | 8 |
| Loyola Marymount | Mike Dunlap | Charlotte Bobcats | 5 | 48–75 (.390) | 23–49 (.319) | 2–4 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | Damon Stoudamire | Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) | 3 | 25–40 (.385) | 13–23 (.361) | 1–2 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Pepperdine | Lorenzo Romar | Arizona (asst.) | 1 | 42–44 (.488) | 22–20 (.524) | 1–3 (.250) | 7 | 3 |
| Portland | Terry Porter | Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) | 3 | 21–44 (.323) | 6–30 (.167) | 1–2 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Mary's | Randy Bennett | Saint Louis (asst.) |
18 | 392–162 (.708) | 188–74 (.718) | 20–15 (.571) | 6 | 1 |
| San Diego | Sam Scholl | San Diego (asst.) |
1 | 2–1 (.667) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Kyle Smith | Columbia | 3 | 42–30 (.583) | 19–17 (.528) | 1–2 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Clara | Herb Sendek | Arizona State | 3 | 28–36 (.438) | 18–18 (.500) | 1–2 (.333) | 8 | 1 |
Notes:
- Year at school includes 2018–19 season.
- Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2018–19 season.
Preseason[]
Preseason poll[]
Source[7]
| Rank | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gonzaga (9) | |
| 2. | Saint Mary's | |
| 3. | BYU (1) | |
| 4. | San Francisco | |
| 5. | San Diego | |
| 6. | Pacific | |
| 7. | Loyola Marymount | |
| 8. | Pepperdine | |
| 9. | Santa Clara | |
| 10. | Portland | |
| (first place votes) | ||
All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team[]
| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Preseason All-WCC Team | |
| James Batemon, Loyola Marymount | |
| Yoeli Childs, BYU | |
| KJ Feagin, Santa Clara | |
| Frankie Ferrari, San Francisco | |
| Jordan Ford, Saint Mary's | |
| Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga | |
| Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga | |
| Josh Perkins, Gonzaga | |
| Isaiah Piñeiro, San Diego | |
| Killian Tillie, Gonzaga |
Source[7]
Rankings[]
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
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| Gonzaga | AP | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 | 1 (32) | 1 (43) | 4 (1) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 (6) | 1 (44) | 1 (42) | 1 (41) | 4 (1) |
| C | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 3 | 1 (17) | 1 (21) | 6 (1) | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 (4) | 1 (26) | 1 (27) | 1 (28) | 3 (3) | |
| Loyola Marymount |
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| Portland | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Saint Mary's |
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| San Diego |
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| San Francisco |
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| Santa Clara |
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WCC regular season[]
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 | – | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Gonzaga | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| vs. Loyola Marymount | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. Pacific | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Pepperdine | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Portland | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Saint Mary's | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| vs. San Diego | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | – | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| vs. San Francisco | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 |
| vs. Santa Clara | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | – |
| Total | 11–5 | 16–0 | 8–8 | 4–12 | 6–10 | 0–16 | 11–5 | 7–9 | 9–7 | 8–8 |
All-WCC awards and teams[]
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Postseason[]
West Coast Conference Tournament[]
NCAA Tournament[]
See also[]
- 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
- West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
- West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2019 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ Johnson, Raphielle (February 13, 2018). "Pepperdine to replace Marty Wilson at season's end". nbcsports.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ Star, Bruce Pascoe Arizona Daily. "Pepperdine officially re-hires Arizona's Lorenzo Romar as head coach". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ "Pepperdine expected to hire coach Lorenzo Romar". ajc. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 9, 2018). "San Diego's Lamont Smith resigns from basketball post". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
- ^ Norcross, Don (March 11, 2018). "Toreros get another chance to play basketball". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ Norcross, Don (April 2, 2018). "USD names Sam Scholl new men's basketball coach". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "Gonzaga picked to Win 2018-19 Men's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- 2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season