1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now West Coast Conference) was held from February 28 to March 7, with the semifinals and finals at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.[1] This was the first edition of the conference tournament and included all eight teams.

1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season198687
Teams8
SiteWar Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA
ChampionsSanta Clara (1st title)
Winning coachCarroll Williams (1st title)
MVPJens Gordon (Santa Clara)
1986–87 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
San Diego131 .929  246  .800
Gonzaga95 .643  1810  .643
Saint Mary's77 .500  1713  .567
Portland68 .429  1414  .500
Santa Clara68 .429  1814  .563
San Francisco68 .429  1612  .571
Pepperdine59 .357  1218  .400
Loyola Marymount410 .286  1216  .429
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The first round quarterfinals were held on the home courts of the top four seeds, and two of the hosts were defeated.[2][3] In the semifinals on a neutral court in San Francisco, the lower seeds won both semifinals;[4] both had losing conference records.

Fifth-seeded Santa Clara defeated #7 Pepperdine in the championship game 77–65 to gain the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament,[5] and were seeded fifteenth in the West regional. Regular season champion San Diego, upset by a point in the conference semifinals,[4] received an at-large bid and were the ninth seed in the Midwest regional; both WCAC teams lost in the first round.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Saturday, February 28
Sunday, March 1
(four sites)
Semifinals
Friday, March 6
San Francisco
Championship
Saturday, March 7
San Francisco
                           
  1 San Diego * 99
8 Loyola Marymount 84
1 San Diego 63  
7 Pepperdine 64  
5 Santa Clara 91
  4 Portland * 60
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   7 Pepperdine 65
  5 Santa Clara 77
  3 Saint Mary's * 62
6 San Francisco 57
3 Saint Mary's 50
5 Santa Clara 55  
7 Pepperdine 76
  2 Gonzaga * 73
* denotes host team

References

  1. "1986-87 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  2. Blanchette, John (March 1, 1987). "GU postseason a post-mortem". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. D1.
  3. "UP Pilots blown out in playoff". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 2, 1987. p. 5C.
  4. "Pepperdine shocks USD in tourney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 1987. p. B2.
  5. "Santa Clara wins berth in tourney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 8, 1987. p. D5.
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