1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198889
Teams 8
Site War Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA
Champions Loyola Marymount (2nd title)
Winning coach Paul Westhead (2nd title)
MVP Hank Gathers (Loyola Marymount)
West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
1988–89 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Saint Mary's122 .857  255  .833
Pepperdine104 .714  2013  .606
Loyola Marymount104 .714  2011  .645
San Francisco86 .571  1612  .571
Santa Clara77 .500  2011  .645
Gonzaga59 .357  1414  .500
San Diego212 .143  820  .286
Portland212 .143  226  .071
1989 West Coast Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 4–6 at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.[1] This was the third edition of the tournament.

Third-seeded Loyola Marymount defeated #5 seed Santa Clara in the championship game, 75–70 in overtime, to win back-to-back WCAC/WCC tournament championships.

The Lions received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament. Regular-season champion Saint Mary's also received an at-large bid.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Championship
Monday, March 6
         
1 Saint Mary's 86
8 Portland 48
1 Saint Mary's 61
5 Santa Clara 63
5 Santa Clara 69
4 San Francisco 64
5 Santa Clara 70
3 Loyola Marymount 75*
3 Loyola Marymount 101
6 Gonzaga 98
3 Loyola Marymount 112
2 Pepperdine 98
7 San Diego 69
2 Pepperdine 72

References

  1. "1988-89 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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