2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 4–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportMen's basketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)National: ESPN, BYUtv, WCC TV
Regular season
Season championsSaint Mary's & Gonzaga
Season MVPKyle Collinsworth, BYU
Tournament
ChampionsGonzaga
  Runners-upSaint Mary's
Finals MVPKyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Saint Mary's15–3 .833  29–6  .829
Gonzaga †15–3 .833  28–8  .778
BYU13–5 .722  26–11  .703
Pepperdine10–8 .556  18–14  .563
San Francisco8–10 .444  15–15  .500
Santa Clara7–11 .389  11–20  .355
Portland6–12 .333  12–20  .375
Loyola Marymount6–12 .333  14–17  .452
Pacific*6–12 .333  8–20  .286
San Diego4–14 .222  9–21  .300
*ineligible for postseason due to self probation
† Conference tournament winner

This was the 65th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 27th 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.

Pre-season
  • Pre-season media day took place in October at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were to be hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2015–16 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

The Pre-season poll was announced at the conferences media day in October 2016.

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga (9), 81
2. BYU (1), 73
3. Pepperdine, 62
4. St. Mary's, 58
5. Portland, 43
6. Santa Clara, 37
7. Pacific, 32
7. San Francisco, 32
9. San Diego, 17
10. Loyola Marymount, 15

2015–16 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team
Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Kyle Collinsworth, BYU, Sr., G
Chase Fischer, BYU, Sr., G
Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga, Sr., C
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga, So., F
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga, Sr., F
T. J. Wallace, Pacific, Jr., G
Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, Sr., F
Alec Wintering, Portland, Sr., G
Tim Derksen, San Francisco, Sr., G
Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara, Jr., G

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team[1]
  • Coach of the Year- Mark Few, Gonzaga
  • Player of the Year- Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
  • Freshman of the Year- Josh Perkins, Gonzaga

First Team

  • Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara
  • Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
  • Stacy Davis, G/F, Pepperdine
  • Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
  • Domantas Sabonis, F/C, Gonzaga

Second Team

  • Alec Wintering, G, Portland
  • T.J. Wallace, G, Pacific
  • Tim Derksen, G/F, San Francisco
  • Jett Raines, F, Pepperdine
  • Przemek Karnowski, F/C, Gonzaga

Third Team

  • Chase Fischer, G, BYU
  • Joe Rahon, G, Saint Mary's
  • Shawn Olden, G, Pepperdine
  • Bryce Pressley, G/F, Portland
  • Kyle Davis, F/C, BYU

Fourth Team

  • Eric McClellan, G, Gonzaga
  • Josh Perkins, G, Gonzaga
  • Duda Sanadze, G, San Diego
  • Brandon Brown, G/F, Loyola Marymount
  • Matt Hubbard, F/C, Santa Clara

Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Non-Conference games
  • To be posted shortly.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

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

  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young -0-10-21-11–11–11-10-20–20–2
vs. Gonzaga 1-0–0–20–20–20–22–00–20–20–2
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–02–0–1-11–02-02–01-10-21–1
vs. Pacific 1–12–01-1-2–01-12–01-11–10-1
vs. Pepperdine 1–12–00–10–2-2-00-20-21–11-1
vs. Portland 1–12–00-21-10-2-2–01-02-02–0
vs. Saint Mary's 1-10–20–20–22-00–2-0–20–10-2
vs. San Diego 2-02–01-11-12-00-12–0-2–02-0
vs. San Francisco 2–02–02-00–21–10-21–00–2-0-2
vs. Santa Clara 2–02–01–11-01-10–22-00-22-0-
Total 13–414–35–126–1110–76–1114–33–148–96-11

Conference tournament
Main article: 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Bracket
  First round
Friday, March 4
BYUtv, TheW.tv		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
TWC SportsNet, CSNCA, BYUtv, TheW.tv (afternoon)
ESPN2 (evening)		 Semifinals
Monday, March 7
ESPN (early)
ESPN2 (late)		 Championship
Tuesday, March 8
ESPN
                                     
       
  1 Saint Mary's 60  
    8 Loyola Marymount 48  
8 Loyola Marymount 64
9 San Diego 61  
  1 Saint Mary's  
  4 Pepperdine  
       
       
  4 Pepperdine 90
    5 San Francisco 86  
     
       
 
 
       
       
  2 Gonzaga 92
    7 Portland 67  
     
       
  2 Gonzaga
  3 BYU  
       
       
  3 BYU 72
    6 Santa Clara 60  
     
  • Pacific has placed themselves on a post-season probation and will not participate in the 2016 WCC Tournament.[2]

Head coaches
Dave Rose, BYU
Mark Few, Gonzaga
Mike Dunlap, Loyola Marymount
Ron Verlin, Pacific
Marty Wilson, Pepperdine
Eric Reveno, Portland
Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Lamont Smith, San Diego
Rex Walters, San Francisco
Kerry Keating, Santa Clara

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

NIT
Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

CBI
School First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Game 1 Finals Game 2 Finals Game 3

CiT
Main article: 2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday.

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week[3]

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday.

National Player of the Week Awards

To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans

Conference Awards

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches, with voting taking place at the end of the regular season.

Individual Honors

First-Team All-Conference
Player School Year Position
Jared Brownridge Santa Clara Junior G
Kyle Collinsworth BYU Senior G
Stacy Davis Pepperdine Senior F
Chase Fischer BYU Senior G
Emmett Naar Saint Mary's Sophomore G
Joe Rahon Saint Mary's Junior G
Domantas Sabonis Gonzaga Sophomore F
Devin Watson San Francisco Sophomore G
Kyle Wiltjer Gonzaga Senior F
Alec Winterling Portland Junior G

Second-Team All-Conference
Player School Year Position
Tim Derksen San Francisco Senior G
Nick Emery BYU Freshman G
Adom Jacko Pepperdine Junior F
Lamond Murray Jr. Pepperdine Junior G/F
Bryce Pressley Portland Senior G

Honorable Mention
Name School
Brandon Brown Loyola Marymount
Alec Kobre Pacific
Jett Raines Pepperdine
T. J. Wallace Pacific

All-Freshman
Player School Position
Kameron Edwards Pepperdine F
Nick Emery BYU G
KJ Feagin Santa Clara G
Evan Fitzner Saint Mary's C
Josh Perkins Gonzaga G

    See also

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