1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now West Coast Conference) was held March 4–6 at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.[1][2] This was the third edition of the tournament.
| 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1988–89 |
| 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) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 2 | – | 26 | .071 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1989 WCAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The top two seeds were defeated in the semifinals.[3] Third-seeded Loyola Marymount defeated #5 seed Santa Clara in the championship game, 75–70 in overtime, to repeat as WCAC tournament champions.[4][5]
The Lions received the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament as the twelfth seed in the Midwest regional. Regular-season champion Saint Mary's received an at-large bid and were seeded eighth in the West regional; both teams lost in the first round.
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
- Blanchette, John (March 4, 1989). "WCAC rivals shooting for St. Mary's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B3.
- "1988-89 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- Blanchette, John (March 6, 1989). "St. Mary's upset by Santa Clara; Loyola advances". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
- "Lions escape OT scare". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 7, 1989. p. 4C.
- Blanchette, John (March 7, 1989). "Loyola tops SCU, earns NCAA spot". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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