1987 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

1987 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986–87
Teams	8
Site	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
Champions	Santa Clara (1st title)
Winning coach	Carroll Williams (1st title)
MVP	Jens Gordon (Santa Clara)
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1986–87 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
San Diego	13	–	1		.929			24	–	6		.800
Gonzaga	9	–	5		.643			18	–	10		.643
Saint Mary's	7	–	7		.500			17	–	13		.567
Portland	6	–	8		.429			14	–	14		.500
Santa Clara †	6	–	8		.429			18	–	14		.563
San Francisco	6	–	8		.429			16	–	12		.571
Pepperdine	5	–	9		.357			12	–	18		.400
Loyola Marymount	4	–	10		.286			12	–	16		.429
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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.

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
											7	Pepperdine	65
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											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. Archived from the original on March 8, 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.