2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
College basketball tournament
The 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2014 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada . This was the sixth consecutive year the WCC Tournament took place in Vegas after the WCC and the Orleans reached a 3-year extension to keep the tournament in Vegas through 2016.[ 2]
With the addition of the University of the Pacific , the WCC went to a more traditional tournament format. Under the new format, the top 6 seeds earned a bye out of the first round while the 7 seed plays the 10 seed and the 8 seed plays the 9 seed. The first round, which began on a Thursday, aired on BYUtv .
The 8 teams that advanced to the second round had a bye on Friday while the women's second round was completed. The men's second round became the quarterfinal round. It took place on Saturday and had the 1 seed playing the winner of the 8/9 game and the 2 seed playing the winner of the 7/10 game. The quarterfinals also featured the 3 seed playing the 6 seed, and the 4 seed playing the 5 seed. The two evening quarterfinal games aired on ESPN2 while the afternoon games aired on BYUtv.
Continuing a normal procedure for WCC men's and women's tournaments, no games were played on Sunday. All conference members were founded as faith-based schools, and all but Pacific are financially supported by churches. Most significantly, BYU has a strict policy against Sunday play. Instead, the four remaining teams had an off day and prepared for the semifinals on Monday.
The semifinals took place on Monday with the winner of 1/8/9 playing the winner of 4/5 and the winner of 2/7/10 playing the winner of 3/6. One of the semifinals aired on ESPN2, and the other aired on ESPN .
The championship took place on Tuesday and featured the semifinal winners. As in recent years, the championship game was broadcast on ESPN and nationally on the radio by Westwood One .[ 3]
Seeds
WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:
Head-to-head
Better record against a higher seed
Higher RPI * Overall record at end of regular season
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
First round – Thursday, March 6
1
1
6:00 pm
#7 Portland vs. #10 Loyola Marymount
2
8:00 pm
#8 Pacific vs. #9 Santa Clara
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
2
3
12:00 pm
#3 San Francisco San Diego
4
2:00 pm
#2 BYU
3
5
6:00 pm
#1 Gonzaga
6
8:00 pm
#4 Saint Mary's Pepperdine
Semifinals – Monday, March 10
4
7
6:00 pm
#1 Gonzaga vs. #4 Saint Mary's
8
8:00 pm
#2 BYU vs. #3 San Francisco
Championship – Tuesday, March 11
5
9
6:00 pm
#1 Gonzaga vs. #2 BYU
*Game times in PT . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
First round BYUtv Quarterfinals ESPN2 (evening)
Semifinals ESPN (early)Championship 1
Gonzaga
77
9
Santa Clara
75
8
Pacific
64
9
Santa Clara
81
1
Gonzaga
70
4
Saint Mary's
54
4
Saint Mary's
80
5
Pepperdine
69
1
Gonzaga
75
2
BYU
64
2
BYU
85
10
Loyola Marymount
74
7
Portland
64
10
Loyola Marymount
67
2
BYU
79
3
San Francisco
77OT
3
San Francisco
69
6
San Diego
60
Game summaries
Portland vs. Loyola Marymount
Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 47-44Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler
Loyola Marymount Lions 67 , Portland Pilots 64
Scoring by half: 31-30, 36-34
Pts :Rebs :Gabe Levin 7Asts :Anthony Ireland 6Pts: Bobby Sharp & Thomas Van Der Mars 18Rebs: Ryan Nicholas 11Asts: David Carr 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688
[ 4] Referees: Mike Greenstein, Kevin Brill, Ken Ditty
Pacific vs. Santa Clara
Series History: Santa Clara leads 90-42Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler
Santa Clara Broncos 81 , Pacific Tigers 64
Scoring by half: 34-29, 47-35
Pts :Rebs :Asts :Pts: Sama Taku 16Rebs: T. J. Wallace 7Asts: Andrew Bock & David Taylor 2
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688
[ 5] Referees: Tommy Nunez, Greg Nixon, Deldre Carr
San Francisco vs. San Diego
Series History: San Francisco leads 39-34Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler
San Diego Toreros 60, San Francisco Dons 69
Scoring by half: 23-33, 37-36
Pts :Rebs :Asts :Pts: Avry Holmes 19Rebs: Cole Dickerson 8Asts: Matt Glover & Cole Dickerson 3
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688
[ 6] Referees: Tom Spitznagel, Dennis Flannery, Ron Brokenbrough
BYU vs. Loyola Marymount
Series History: BYU leads 5-4Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler
Loyola Marymount Lions 74, BYU Cougars 85
Scoring by half: 36-43, 38-42
Pts :Rebs :Gabe Levin 10Asts :Pts: Kyle Collinsworth 23Rebs: Kyle Collinsworth 16Asts: Anson Winder 3
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,688
[ 7] Referees: Frank Harvey, Bruce Hicks, Horace Shields
Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara
Series History: Gonzaga leads 50-32Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: N/A
[ 8] Referees: Daryl Gelinas, Marc Beasley, Rob Rorke
Series History: Pepperdine leads 68-62Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
Pepperdine Waves 69, Saint Mary's Gaels 80
Scoring by half: 28-41, 41-39
Pts :Rebs :Asts :Pts: Brad Waldow 21Rebs: Brad Waldow 8Asts: Beau Levesque 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,898
[ 9] Referees: Klaus Endrissat, James Giron, Mark Cook
Series History: Gonzaga leads 59-27Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
Saint Mary's Gaels 54, Gonzaga Bulldogs 70
Scoring by half: 20-31, 34-39
Pts :Rebs :Stephen Holt & Kerry Carter 6Asts :Pts: David Stockton 21Rebs: Sam Dower. 9Asts: David Stockton 4
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,168
[ 10] Referees: Kevin Brill, Frank Harvey, Ken Ditty
BYU vs. San Francisco
Series History: BYU leads 10-7Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
San Francisco Dons 77, BYU Cougars 79 (OT)
Scoring by half: 37-35, 27-29 Overtime :
Pts :Rebs :Asts :Pts: Tyler Haws 24Rebs: Kyle Collinsworth 12Asts: Eric Mika, Tyler Haws , & Kyle Collinsworth 2
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,168
[ 11] Referees: Tommy Nunez, Greg Nixon, Deldre Carr
WCC Championship: BYU vs. Gonzaga
Series History: Gonzaga leads 6-3Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham
BYU Cougars 64, Gonzaga Bulldogs 75
Scoring by half: 27-44, 37-31
Pts :Tyler Haws 24Rebs :Asts :Pts: Sam Dower 20Rebs: Sam Dower 13Asts: David Stockton 7
Orleans Arena
Paradise, NV
Attendance: 7,898
[ 12] Referees: Mike Greenstein, Mike Reed, Michael Irving
All-tournament team
Tournament MVP in bold .[ 1]
See also
References
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