2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

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2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
West Coast Conference logo.svg
League NCAA Division I
Sport Men's basketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season champions Gonzaga
  Runners-up Saint Mary's
Season MVP Nigel Williams-Goss
Tournament
Champions Gonzaga
  Runners-up Saint Mary's
Basketball seasons
2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 Gonzaga171 .944372  .949
No. 22 Saint Mary's 162 .889295  .853
BYU 126 .6672212  .647
San Francisco 108 .5562013  .606
Santa Clara 108 .5561716  .515
Loyola Marymount 810 .4441515  .500
San Diego 612 .3331318  .419
Pepperdine 513 .278922  .290
Pacific 414 .2221122  .333
Portland 216 .1111122  .333
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices on September 30, 2016 and ended with the 2017 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament March 2–7, 2017. [1] The regular season began on November 11, 2016, with the conference schedule starting December 29, 2016. [2] [3] This was the 66th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 28th 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.

Contents

On February 18, 2017, Gonzaga clinched a share of the regular season title with win over Pacific. The title was Gonzaga's 16th title in the prior 17 years. [4] Gonzaga clinched the outright regular season conference title on February 24 by beating San Diego. [5]

For the ninth consecutive year, the West Coast Conference tournament was held at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada from March 3 through March 7, 2017. Gonzaga, appearing in the conference final for the 20th consecutive year, [6] defeated Saint Mary's to win the conference championship. [7] As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Gonzaga's Nigel Williams-Goss was awarded Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year by the conference. [8] Gonzaga's Mark Few was named coach of the year for the 11th time. [8]

Two WCC schools received bids to the NCAA tournament: Gonzaga and Saint Mary's. Gonzaga received the No. 1 seed in the West region. [9] Gonzaga advanced to the National Championship for the first time in school history, losing to North Carolina. [10] The conference's record in the Tournament was 6–2. BYU also received a postseason bid to the National Invitation Tournament while San Francisco received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational tournament.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears
at school
Overall
record
WCC
record
WCC
Tournament
record
NCAA
Tournaments
Sweet
Sixteens
BYU Dave Rose Dixie State 12283–99 (.741)61–25 (.709)6–5 (.545)81
Gonzaga Mark Few Gonzaga
(asst.)
18466–111 (.808)226–28 (.890)36–4 (.900)176
Loyola Marymount Mike Dunlap Charlotte Bobcats 322–40 (.355)10–26 (.278)1–2 (.333)00
Pacific Damon Stoudamire Memphis Grizzlies (asst.)10–0 (–)0–0 (–)0–0 (–)00
Pepperdine Marty Wilson Pepperdine
(assoc.)
776–91 (.455)39–61 (.390)3–6 (.333)00
Portland Terry Porter N/A10–0 (–)0–0 (–)0–0 (–)00
Saint Mary's Randy Bennett Saint Louis
(asst.)
16333–131 (.718)154–68 (.694)17–13 (.567)51
San Diego Lamont Smith New Mexico
(asst.)
29–21 (.300)4–14 (.222)0–1 (.000)00
San Francisco Kyle Smith Columbia 10–0 (–)0–0 (–)0–0 (–)00
Santa Clara Herb Sendek Arizona State 10–0 (–)0–0 (–)0–0 (–)81

Notes:

Preseason

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Zach Collins at the 2016 McDonald's All-American Game

Preseason poll

Source [20]

RankTeam
1.Gonzaga (7)
2.Saint Mary's (3)
3.BYU
4.Pepperdine
5.Santa Clara
6.Loyola Marymount
7.Pacific
8.Portland
9.San Francisco
10.San Diego
(first place votes)

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

RecipientSchool
Jared BrownridgeSanta Clara
Nick EmeryBYU
Przemek KarnowskiGonzaga
Eric MikaBYU
Lamond Murray Jr.Pepperdine
Emmett NaarSaint Mary’s
Josh PerkinsGonzaga
Dane PineauSaint Mary’s
Joe RahonSaint Mary’s
Alec WinteringPortland

Source [20]

Rankings

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)Number of first place votes
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18
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19
Post
BYUAP
C
GonzagaAP1414118887755431 (46)1 (59)1 (60)1 (60)4 (2)4 (1)2 (6)
C13141188876454 (3)3 (3)1 (24)1 (28)1 (29)1 (29)4 (1)4 (1)2 (1)2
Loyola
Marymount
AP
C
PacificAP
C
PepperdineAP
C
PortlandAP
C
Saint
Mary's
AP17171512122019191921232118202220201922
C19171513112019191921232119202118181921NR
San
Diego
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Francisco
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C
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Clara
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WCC regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

 BYUGonzagaLMUPacificPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Clara
vs. Brigham Young1–10–00–21–10–22–01–10–21–1
vs. Gonzaga1–10–00–20–20–20–20–20–20–2
vs. Loyola Marymount2–02–00–21–10–22–01–11–11–1
vs. Pacific2–02–00–01–11–12–00–22–02–0
vs. Pepperdine1–12–00–01–11–12–01–12–02–0
vs. Portland2–02–00–01–11–12–02–02–02–0
vs. Saint Mary's0–22–00–00–20–20–20–20–20–2
vs. San Diego1–12–00–02–01–10–22–02–01–1
vs. San Francisco2–02–00–00–20–20–22–00–21–1
vs. Santa Clara1–12–00–00–20–20–22–01–11–1
Total12–617–18–104–145–132–1616–26–1210–810–8

All-WCC awards and teams

On February 28, the conference announced conference awards. [21] [22]

HonorRecipient
Player of the Year Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
Coach of the Year Mark Few, Gonzaga
Newcomer of the YearJoe Rahon, Saint Mary’s
Defensive Player of the Year Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
All-WCC First Team Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara
T. J. Haws, BYU
Calvin Hermanson, Saint Mary's
Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga
Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Eric Mika, BYU
Lamond Murray Jr., Pepperdine
Joe Rahon, Saint Mary's
Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga
Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
All-WCC Second TeamBrett Bailey, San Diego
Ronnie Boyce III, San Francisco
Brandon Brown, Loyola Marymount
Zach Collins, Gonzaga
K. J. Feagin, Santa Clara
All-WCC Freshman Team Yoeli Childs, BYU
Zach Collins, Gonzaga
T. J. Haws, BYU
Charles Minlend, San Francisco
Jordan Ratinho, San Francisco
All-WCC Honorable MentionOlin Carter III, San Diego
Jazz Johnson, Portland
Nate Kratch, Santa Clara
Jordan Mathews, Gonzaga
Emmett Naar, Saint Mary’s
Josh Perkins, Gonzaga
Chris Reyes, Pepperdine
Buay Tuach, Loyola Marymount
T. J. Wallace, Pacific
Alec Wintering, Portland

Postseason

West Coast Conference tournament

SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Friday, March 3
116:00 PMNo. 8 Pepperdine vs. No. 9 Pacific84–89 BYUtv
28:00 PMNo. 7 San Diego vs. No. 10 Portland55–60BYUtv
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
231:00 PMNo. 3 BYU vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount89–81BYUtv/RTRM/CSNBA
43:00 PMNo. 4 Santa Clara vs. No. 5 San Francisco76–69BYUtv/RTRM/CSNBA
357:00 PMNo. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Pacific82–50 ESPN2
69:00 PMNo. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Portland81–58ESPN2
Semifinals – Monday, March 6
476:00 PMNo. 1 Gonzaga vs No. 4 Santa Clara77–68 ESPN
88:30 PMNo. 2 Saint Mary's vs No. 3 BYU81–50ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 7
596:00 PMNo. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Saint Mary's74–56ESPN
*Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

NCAA tournament

The winner of the WCC tournament, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Saint Mary's received an at-large bid to the Tournament.

SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourFirst roundSecond roundSweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship
1WestGonzagaN/Adefeated (16) South Dakota State 66–46defeated (8) Northwestern 79–73defeated (4) West Virginia 61–58defeated (11) Xavier 83–59defeated (7 E) South Carolina 77–73eliminated by (1 S) North Carolina 65–71
7WestSaint Mary'sN/Adefeated (10) VCU 85–77eliminated by (2) Arizona 60–69
W–L (%):0–0 ()2–0 (1.000)1–1 (.500)1–0 (1.000)1–0 (1.000)1–0 (1.000)0–1 (.000) Total: 6–2 (.750)

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