2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 5 through March 10, 2020 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] Gonzaga, the winner of the tournament, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[2] For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles-based University Credit Union is the title sponsor of the tournament.[3]

2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsGonzaga (18th title)
Winning coachMark Few (16th title)
MVPJoël Ayayi (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, BYUtv
2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Gonzaga151 .938  312  .939
No. 14 BYU133 .813  248  .750
Saint Mary's115 .688  268  .765
Pacific115 .688  2310  .697
San Francisco97 .563  2212  .647
Pepperdine88 .500  1616  .500
Santa Clara610 .375  2013  .606
Loyola Marymount412 .250  1121  .344
San Diego214 .125  923  .281
Portland115 .063  923  .281
2020 WCC Tournament winner
As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Venue

For the twelfth consecutive year, the 2020 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When the Orleans Arena is setup for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[4] The tournament is scheduled to be held at the Orleans Arena at least until 2022.[5] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel and Casino about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[6] Tickets sold out for the 2020 WCC Tournament within one hour of the time they were made available to the public.[7] Tickets have sold out for the WCC Tournament for 11 years in a row.[7]

Seeds

All 10 WCC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[8] The tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds played in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds started play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds started in the "third round". The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[9]

Seed School Record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Gonzaga 15–1
2 BYU 13–3
3 Saint Mary's 11–5 1–1 vs. Pacific 2–0 vs. USF[10]
4 Pacific 11–5 1–1 vs. Saint Mary's 1–1 vs. USF
5 San Francisco 9–7
6 Pepperdine 8–8
7 Santa Clara 6–10
8 Loyola Marymount 4–12
9 San Diego 2–14
10 Portland 1–15
Orleans Arena, location of 2020 WCC Tournament

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 5, 2020
1 1 6:00 pm No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 9 San Diego 75–61 BYUtv 1,983
2 8:00 pm No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Portland 76–62
Second round – Friday March 6, 2020
2 3 6:00 pm No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 82–53 BYUtv 3,850
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 84–73
Third round – Saturday, March 7, 2020
3 5 7:00 pm No. 4 Pacific vs. No. 5 San Francisco 54–72 ESPN2 4,350
6 9:00 pm No. 3 Saint Mary's vs. No. 6 Pepperdine 89–82
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020
4 7 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 San Francisco 81–77 ESPN 7,471
8 8:30 pm No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's 50–51 ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020
5 9 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's 84–66 ESPN 7,210
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 5
BYUtv
Second round
Friday, March 6
BYUtv
Third round
Saturday, March 7
ESPN2
Semifinals
Monday, March 9
ESPN & ESPN2
Championship
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN
8 Loyola Marymount  75
9 San Diego 61 8 Loyola Marymount 53
5 San Francisco 82
5 San Francisco 72
4 Pacific 54
5 San Francisco 77
1 Gonzaga 81
1 Gonzaga 84
3 Saint Mary's 66
2 BYU 50
3 Saint Mary's 51
3 Saint Mary's 89**
6 Pepperdine 82
6 Pepperdine 84
7 Santa Clara  76 7 Santa Clara 73
10 Portland 62

References

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