2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2017 and ended with the 2018 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament March 2018. This was the 67th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 29th 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.

2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportMen's basketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season championsGonzaga
Season MVPJock Landale, Saint Mary's
Tournament
ChampionsGonzaga
  Runners-upBYU
Finals MVPKillian Tillie - Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Gonzaga 17 1   .944 32 5   .865
No. 25 Saint Mary's 16 2   .889 30 6   .833
BYU 11 7   .611 24 11   .686
San Diego 9 9   .500 20 14   .588
San Francisco 9 9   .500 22 17   .564
Pacific 9 9   .500 14 18   .438
Santa Clara 8 10   .444 11 20   .355
Loyola Marymount 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Portland 4 14   .222 10 22   .313
Pepperdine 2 16   .111 6 26   .188
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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Coaches

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Team Head coach Previous job Years
at school
Overall
record
WCC
record
WCC
Tournament
record
NCAA
Tournaments
Sweet
Sixteens
BYU Dave Rose Dixie State 13 283–99 (.741) 61–25 (.709) 6–5 (.545) 8 1
Gonzaga Mark Few Gonzaga
(asst.)
19 466–111 (.808) 226–28 (.890) 36–4 (.900) 17 6
Loyola Marymount Mike Dunlap Charlotte Bobcats 4 22–40 (.355) 10–26 (.278) 1–2 (.333) 0 0
Pacific Damon Stoudamire Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) 2 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0
Pepperdine Marty Wilson Pepperdine
(assoc.)
8 76–91 (.455) 39–61 (.390) 3–6 (.333) 0 0
Portland Terry Porter N/A 2 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0
Saint Mary's Randy Bennett Saint Louis
(asst.)
17 333–131 (.718) 154–68 (.694) 17–13 (.567) 5 1
San Diego Lamont Smith New Mexico
(asst.)
3 9–21 (.300) 4–14 (.222) 0–1 (.000) 0 0
San Francisco Kyle Smith Columbia 2 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0
Santa Clara Herb Sendek Arizona State 2 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 8 1

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
  • Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2017–18 season.

Preseason

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Preseason poll

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All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

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Rankings

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BYU AP
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Gonzaga AP
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Pacific AP
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Pepperdine AP
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Portland AP
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WCC regular season

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Conference matrix

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All-WCC awards and teams

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On February 27, the conference announced conference awards.[1]

Honor Recipient
Player of the Year Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Coach of the Year Mark Few, Gonzaga
Newcomer of the Year Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
Defensive Player of the Year Namdi Okonkwo, Pacific
All-WCC First Team Elijah Bryant, BYU
Yoeli Childs, BYU
K. J. Feagin, Santa Clara
Frankie Ferrari, San Francisco
Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Emmett Naar, Saint Mary's
Josh Perkins, Gonzaga
Isaiah Pineiro, San Diego
Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga
All-WCC Second Team James Batemon, Loyola Marymount
Calvin Hermanson, Saint Mary's
Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
Jahlil Tripp, Pacific
Isaiah Wright, San Diego
All-WCC Freshman Team Souley Boum, San Francisco
Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
Eli Scott, Loyola Marymount
Marcus Shaver, Portland
All-WCC Honorable Mention Olin Carter III, San Diego
Roberto Gallinat, Pacific
T. J. Haws, BYU
Silas Melson, Gonzaga
Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
Miles Reynolds, Pacific
Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
Marcus Shaver, Portland

Postseason

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West Coast Conference tournament

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NCAA tournament

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WCC Announces 2017–18 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team". West Coast Conference. Retrieved September 13, 2018.