2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Men's basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	National: ESPN, BYUtv, WCC TV
Regular season
Season champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	BYU
Season MVP	Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga
Top scorer	Tyler Haws, BYU
Tournament
Champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	BYU
Finals MVP	Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
	← 13–14 15–16 →

2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Gonzaga †	17	–	1	.944	35	–	3	.921
BYU	13	–	5	.722	25	–	10	.714
Saint Mary's	13	–	5	.722	21	–	10	.677
Pepperdine	10	–	8	.556	18	–	14	.563
San Diego	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
Portland	7	–	11	.389	17	–	16	.515
Santa Clara	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
San Francisco	7	–	11	.389	14	–	18	.438
Pacific	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2014 and end with the 2015 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–10, 2015 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season will begin in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This will be the 30th season for WCC men's basketball, which began in the 1985–86 season when the league was known as the West Coast Athletic Conference (WCAC). It will also be the 26th season under the West Coast Conference name (the conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the WCAC in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989).

Pre-season

Pre-season media day will take place in September or October at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews will 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.

2014–15 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

The Pre-season poll will be announced at the conferences media day in September or October 2014.

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. Gonzaga (9), 81

2. BYU (1), 69

3. St. Mary's, 62

4. San Francisco, 59

5. San Diego, 47

6. Portland, 45

7. Pepperdine, 29

7. Santa Clara, 29

9. Loyola Marymount, 19

10. Pacific, 10

2014–15 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara, So., G

Kyle Collinsworth, BYU, Jr., G

Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, Jr., F

Johnny Dee, San Diego, Sr., G

Tyler Haws, BYU, Sr., G

Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga, Jr., C

Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga, Sr., G

Kruize Pinkins, San Francisco, Sr., F

Thomas van der Mars, Portland, Sr., C

Brad Waldow, Saint Mary's, Sr., C

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.

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19
BYU	AP	RV	RV	RV						RV								RV	RV	RV
BYU	C									RV								RV	RV	RV
Gonzaga	AP	13	13	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	7	7	7
Gonzaga	C	13	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	7	7	7
Loyola Marymount	AP
Loyola Marymount	C
Pacific	AP
Pacific	C
Pepperdine	AP
Pepperdine	C
Portland	AP
Portland	C
Saint Mary's	AP				RV							RV	RV
Saint Mary's	C	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV
San Diego	AP
San Diego	C
San Francisco	AP
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	AP
Santa Clara	C

Non-Conference games

Gonzaga defeated #22 SMU 72—56.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	BYU	Gonzaga	LMU	Pacific	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young	-	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Gonzaga	1–1	–	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount	2–0	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
vs. Pacific	2–0	2–0	1–1	-	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Pepperdine	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–2	-	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Portland	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	-	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Saint Mary's	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	-	0–2	0–2	1–1
vs. San Diego	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	-	0–2	1–1
vs. San Francisco	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	-	1–1
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	-
Total	13–5	17–1	4–14	4–14	10–8	7–11	13–5	8–10	7–11	7-11

Conference tournament

March 5–10, 2015– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

First round Friday, March 6 BYUtv			Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 WCC TV & BYUtv (afternoon) ESPN2 (evening)			Semifinals Monday, March 9 ESPN (early) ESPN2 (late)			Championship Game Tuesday, March 10 ESPN (tv) Westwood One (radio)

			1	Gonzaga	81

			8	San Francisco	72
8	San Francisco	62

9	Pacific	58
						1	Gonzaga	79

						4	Pepperdine	61



			4	Pepperdine	50

			5	San Diego	47



									1	Gonzaga	91

									2	BYU	75



			2	Brigham Young	78

			7	Santa Clara	76
7	Santa Clara	85

10	Loyola Marymount	54
						2	BYU	84

						6	Portland	70



			3	Saint Mary's	52

			6	Portland	69

Head coaches

Dave Rose, BYU

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Max Good, Loyola Marymount

Ron Verlin, Pacific

Marty Wilson, Pepperdine

Eric Reveno, Portland

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's

Bill Grier, 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

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

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

Nov. 17- Brandon Clark, G, Santa Clara
Dec. 1- Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga
Dec. 15- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Dec. 30- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Jan. 12- Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine
Jan. 26- Brandon Clark, G, Santa Clara
Feb. 9- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Feb. 23- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Nov. 24- Brad Waldow, F, Saint Mary's
Dec. 8- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Dec. 22- Dulani Robinson, G, Pacific
Jan. 5- Przemek Karnowski, C, Gonzaga
Jan. 19- Brad Waldow, F, Saint Mary's
Feb. 2- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga
Feb. 16- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Mar. 2- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

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College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards will be given every Sunday once the season begins.

Nov. 16- Brandon Clark, G, Santa Clara
Nov. 30- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Dec. 14- Aaron Bright, G, Saint Mary's
Dec. 28- Brad Waldow, F, Saint Mary's
Jan. 11- Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine
Jan. 25- Brandon Clark, G, Santa Clara
Feb. 8- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Feb. 22- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Nov. 23- Brad Waldow, F, Saint Mary's
Dec. 7- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Dec. 21- T.J. Wallace, G, Pacific
Jan. 4- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Jan. 18- Brad Waldow, F, Saint Mary's
Feb. 1- Johnny Dee, G, San Diego
Feb. 15- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
Mar. 1- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU

National Player of the Week Awards

To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans

First-Team All-Conference

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches and will take place at the end of the season.

Player	School	Year	Position
Jared Brownridge	Santa Clara	Sophomore	G
Kerry Carter	Saint Mary's	Senior	G
Kyle Collinsworth	BYU	Junior	G
Stacy Davis	Pepperdine	Junior	F
Johnny Dee	San Diego	Senior	G
Tyler Haws	BYU	Senior	G
Przemek Karnowski	Gonzaga	Junior	C
Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga	Senior	G
Brad Waldow	Saint Mary's	Senior	C
Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	Junior	F

Second-Team All-Conference

Player	School	Year	Position
Gary Bell	Gonzaga	Senior	G
Domantas Sabonis	Gonzaga	Freshman	F
Mark Tollefsen	San Francisco	Junior	F
Byron Wesley	Gonzaga	Senior	G
Alec Wintering	Portland	Sophomore	G

Honorable Mention

Name	School
Christopher Anderson	San Diego
Kevin Bailey	Portland
Aaron Bright	Saint Mary's
Brandon Clark	Santa Clara
Jett Raines	Pepperdine
Thomas van der Mars	Portland
T.J. Wallace	Pacific
Anson Winder	BYU

All-Freshman

Player	School	Position
Matt Hubbard	Santa Clara	F
Emmett Naar	Saint Mary's	G
Shawn Olden	Pepperdine	G
Domantas Sabonis	Gonzaga	F
Devin Watson	San Francisco	G

References

^ "Men's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved November 10, 2013.

[1] "Men's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved November 10, 2013.

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