2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 5 through March 10, 2020 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] Gonzaga, the winner of the tournament, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[2] For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles-based University Credit Union is the title sponsor of the tournament.[3]

2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2019–20
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsGonzaga (18th title)
Winning coachMark Few (16th title)
MVPJoël Ayayi (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, BYUtv
2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Gonzaga †15–1 .938  31–2  .939
No. 14 BYU13–3 .813  24–8  .750
Saint Mary's11–5 .688  26–8  .765
Pacific11–5 .688  23–10  .697
San Francisco9–7 .563  22–12  .647
Pepperdine8–8 .500  16–16  .500
Santa Clara6–10 .375  20–13  .606
Loyola Marymount4–12 .250  11–21  .344
San Diego2–14 .125  9–23  .281
Portland1–15 .063  9–23  .281
† 2020 WCC Tournament winner
As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Venue

For the twelfth consecutive year, the 2020 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When the Orleans Arena is setup for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[4] The tournament is scheduled to be held at the Orleans Arena at least until 2022.[5] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel and Casino about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[6] Tickets sold out for the 2020 WCC Tournament within one hour of the time they were made available to the public.[7] Tickets have sold out for the WCC Tournament for 11 years in a row.[7]

Seeds

All 10 WCC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[8] The tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds played in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds started play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds started in the "third round". The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[9]

Seed School Record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Gonzaga 15–1
2 BYU 13–3
3 Saint Mary's 11–5 1–1 vs. Pacific 2–0 vs. USF[10]
4 Pacific 11–5 1–1 vs. Saint Mary's 1–1 vs. USF
5 San Francisco 9–7
6 Pepperdine 8–8
7 Santa Clara 6–10
8 Loyola Marymount 4–12
9 San Diego 2–14
10 Portland 1–15
Orleans Arena, location of 2020 WCC Tournament

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday March 5, 2020
1 1 6:00 pm No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 9 San Diego 75–61 BYUtv 1,983
2 8:00 pm No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Portland 76–62
Second round – Friday March 6, 2020
2 3 6:00 pm No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 82–53 BYUtv 3,850
4 8:00 pm No. 6 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 Santa Clara 84–73
Third round – Saturday, March 7, 2020
3 5 7:00 pm No. 4 Pacific vs. No. 5 San Francisco 54–72 ESPN2 4,350
6 9:00 pm No. 3 Saint Mary's vs. No. 6 Pepperdine 89–82
Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020
4 7 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 San Francisco 81–77 ESPN 7,471
8 8:30 pm No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's 50–51 ESPN2
Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020
5 9 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's 84–66 ESPN 7,210
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket
First round
Thursday, March 5
BYUtv		 Second round
Friday, March 6
BYUtv		 Third round
Saturday, March 7
ESPN2		 Semifinals
Monday, March 9
ESPN & ESPN2		 Championship
Tuesday, March 10
ESPN
8 Loyola Marymount  75
9 San Diego 61 8 Loyola Marymount 53
5 San Francisco 82
5 San Francisco 72
4 Pacific 54
5 San Francisco 77
1 Gonzaga 81
1 Gonzaga 84
3 Saint Mary's 66
2 BYU 50
3 Saint Mary's 51
3 Saint Mary's 89**
6 Pepperdine 82
6 Pepperdine 84
7 Santa Clara  76 7 Santa Clara 73
10 Portland 62

References
  1. "West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  2. "Exploring the absurd odds of a perfect bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  3. "West Coast Conference Partners with University Credit Union as Title Sponsor of Basketball Championships". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  4. "Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Event Production | OrleansArena.com". web.archive.org. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  5. "West Coast Conference agrees to three-year extension to hold tournaments at Orleans Arena | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  6. Hawks, John; Higgins, Tom (2009-02-03). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer’s Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-8515-6.
  7. "UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  8. "Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings". CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  9. "WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
  10. "Brackets, Game Times Announced for 2020 WCC Basketball Tournament". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
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