2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

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.

2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportMen's basketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season championsGonzaga
Season MVPRui Hachimura, Gonzaga
Tournament
ChampionsSaint Mary's
  Runners-upGonzaga
Finals MVPJordan Hunter - Saint Mary's
Basketball seasons
2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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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

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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 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

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Preseason poll

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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

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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

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Legend
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RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics) Number of first place votes
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BYU AP
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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)
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WCC regular season

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Conference matrix

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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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Honor Recipient
All-WCC First Team
James Batemon, Loyola Marymount
Yoeli Childs, BYU
Brandon Clarke, Gonzaga
Frankie Ferrari, San Francisco
Jordan Ford, Saint Mary's
Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
Josh Perkins, Gonzaga
Isaiah Piñeiro, San Diego
Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
Honor Recipient
All-WCC Second Team
Tahj Eaddy, Santa Clara
Malik Fitts, Saint Mary's
T.J. Haws, BYU
Charles Minlend, San Francisco
Olin Carter III, San Diego
Honor Recipient
All-WCC Freshman Team
Gavin Baxter, BYU
Dameane Douglas, Loyola Marymount
Kessler Edwards, Pepperdine
Filip Petrušev, Gonzaga
Trey Wertz, Santa Clara

Source[8]

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. ^ Johnson, Raphielle (February 13, 2018). "Pepperdine to replace Marty Wilson at season's end". nbcsports.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Star, Bruce Pascoe Arizona Daily. "Pepperdine officially re-hires Arizona's Lorenzo Romar as head coach". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Pepperdine expected to hire coach Lorenzo Romar". ajc. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 9, 2018). "San Diego's Lamont Smith resigns from basketball post". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  5. ^ Norcross, Don (March 11, 2018). "Toreros get another chance to play basketball". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  6. ^ Norcross, Don (April 2, 2018). "USD names Sam Scholl new men's basketball coach". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Gonzaga picked to Win 2018-19 Men's Basketball Championship". West Coast Conference. October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "WCC Announces 2018-19 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team".