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1992 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

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1992 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1991–92
Teams8
SiteChiles Center
Portland, Oregon
ChampionsPepperdine (2nd title)
Winning coachTom Asbury (2nd title)
MVPDoug Christie (Pepperdine)
← 1991
1993 →
1991–92 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Pepperdine 14 0   1.000 24 7   .774
Santa Clara 9 5   .643 14 15   .483
Loyola Marymount 8 6   .571 15 13   .536
Gonzaga 8 6   .571 20 10   .667
San Diego 6 8   .429 14 14   .500
San Francisco 4 10   .286 13 16   .448
Saint Mary's (CA) 4 10   .286 13 17   .433
Portland 3 11   .214 10 18   .357
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1992 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 7–9 at the Chiles Center on the campus of the University of Portland in Portland, Oregon.[1] This was the sixth edition of the tournament.

Top seed Pepperdine defeated #4 seed Gonzaga 73–70 in the championship game to successfully defend their WCC tournament title. Runner-up Gonzaga had been winless in the first five editions, losing its opener (quarterfinal) each year.

The Waves earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded eleventh in the Midwest regional.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7
Semifinals
Sunday, March 8
Championship
Monday, March 9
         
1 Pepperdine 97
8 Portland 83
1 Pepperdine 67
6 San Francisco 65
5 San Diego 48
4 Gonzaga 61
1 Pepperdine 73
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4 Gonzaga 70
3 Loyola Marymount 85
6 San Francisco 100
4 Gonzaga 54
2 Santa Clara 51
7 Saint Mary's 57
2 Santa Clara 59

References

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  1. ^ "1991-92 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 16, 2020.