The 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–6 at War Memorial Gymnasium on the campus of the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.[1][2] This was the third edition of the tournament and the last as the WCAC; the conference name was shortened to "West Coast Conference" (WCC) that summer.[3]
| 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) |
West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments | |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The fourth-seed and host Dons lost in the quarterfinals and the top two seeds were defeated in the semifinals.[4] Third-seeded Loyola Marymount defeated #5 seed Santa Clara 75–70 (in overtime) in the title game to repeat as WCAC tournament champions.[5][6]
The Lions earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded twelfth in the Midwest regional. Regular-season champion Saint Mary's received an at-large bid and were the eighth seed in the West regional; both WCAC teams lost in the first round.
Bracket
edit* – 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
edit- ^ 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. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ "WCAC shortens its name to West Coast Conference". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). (staff reports). July 14, 1989. p. B5.
- ^ 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.