1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
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1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1997–98 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, California |
Champions | San Francisco (1st title) |
Winning coach | Phil Mathews (1st title) |
MVP | Hakeem Ward (San Francisco) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1998 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place on February 28–March 2, 1998. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California, at the Toso Pavilion.
The San Francisco Dons won the WCC Tournament title[1] and an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament. Hakeem Ward of San Francisco was named Tournament MVP.[2]
Format
[edit]With eight teams participating, all eight teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.
Bracket
[edit]Quarter finals Saturday, February 28 | Semi-finals Sunday, March 1 | Finals Monday, March 2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gonzaga | 79* | ||||||||||||
8 | Loyola Marymount | 78 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gonzaga | 74 | ||||||||||||
7 | San Diego | 59 | ||||||||||||
4 | Saint Mary's | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Francisco | 83 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gonzaga | 67 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
5 | San Francisco | 80 | ||||||||||||
3 | Santa Clara | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Portland | 53 | ||||||||||||
3 | Santa Clara | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | San Francisco | 85 | ||||||||||||
2 | Pepperdine | 54 | ||||||||||||
7 | San Diego | 56 |
* – denotes overtime period
References
[edit]- ^ "1997–98 West Coast Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ "2021–22 Men's Basketball Almanac" (PDF). WCCSports.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
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