2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
	2013 WCC Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	9
Site	Orleans Arena; Paradise, NV
Finals site	Orleans Arena; Paradise, NV
Champions	Gonzaga (12th title)
Winning coach	Mark Few (10th title)
MVP	Elias Harris (Gonzaga)
Television	ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/BYUtv
	West Coast Conference men's basketball tournaments ← 2012 2014 →

2012–13 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Gonzaga†	16	–	0	1.000	32	–	3	.914
Saint Mary's	14	–	2	.875	28	–	7	.800
BYU	10	–	6	.625	24	–	12	.667
Santa Clara	9	–	7	.563	26	–	12	.684
San Francisco	7	–	9	.438	15	–	16	.484
San Diego	7	–	9	.438	16	–	18	.471
Pepperdine	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
Portland	4	–	12	.250	11	–	21	.344
Loyola Marymount	1	–	15	.063	11	–	23	.324


† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2013 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada. Gonzaga, which entered the tournament as the top-ranked team in both major polls, claimed the school's 12th tournament title overall and 10th under current head coach Mark Few.

Format

For the second consecutive year the tournament featured a 9-team single elimination format. The 1 and 2 seeds received a bye to the semifinals while the 3 and 4 seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 6 with an 8/9 game. The second round took place on Thursday, March 7. Both the first and second rounds were shown by BYUtv Sports. The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, March 8, and were broadcast on ESPNU. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, March 9, and aired on ESPN2. The championship game was played on Monday, March 11, 2013, and was broadcast on television by ESPN and on national radio by Dial Global Sports.

Seeds

WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:
1) Head-to-head
2) Better record against a higher seed
3) Higher RPI
In the case of USF and USD, they split the regular season series 1-1. Both were swept by Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, and Santa Clara, and went 1-1 against BYU and 5-1 against seeds lower than them, leading to the rare RPI tiebreaker.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Overall Record (End of Regular Season)	Tiebreaker
2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament seeds
1.	Gonzaga	16-0	29-2
2.	Saint Mary's	14-2	26-5
3.	BYU	10-6	21-10
4.	Santa Clara	9-7	21-10
5.	San Francisco	7-9	x- 14-15	RPI as of 3/3- 154
6.	San Diego	7-9	14-17	RPI as of 3/3- 174
7.	Pepperdine	4-12	12-17	Pepperdine 2-0 vs. Portland
8.	Portland	4-12	11-20	Portland 0-2 vs. Pepperdine
9.	Loyola Marymount	1-15	8-22

x- USF's record is the record before the WCC tournament begins. USF has one more non-conference regular season game after the WCC Tournament.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#
First Round – Wednesday, March 6- BYUtv
1	1	6:00 PM	#8 Portland vs. #9 Loyola Marymount
Second Round – Thursday, March 7- BYUtv
2	2	6:00 PM	#5 San Francisco vs. #9 Loyola Marymount
2	3	8:30 PM	#6 San Diego vs. #7 Pepperdine
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8- ESPNU
3	4	6:00 PM	#4 Santa Clara vs. #9 Loyola Marymount
3	5	8:30 PM	#3 BYU vs. #6 San Diego
Semifinals – Saturday, March 9- ESPN2
4	6	6:00 PM	#1 Gonzaga vs. #9 Loyola Marymount
4	7	8:30 PM	#2 Saint Mary's vs. #6 San Diego
Championship Game – Monday, March 11- ESPN
5	8	6:00 PM	#1 Gonzaga vs. #2 Saint Mary's
*Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round Wednesday, March 6 BYUtv			Second round Thursday, March 7 BYUtv			Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 ESPNU			Semifinals Saturday, March 9 ESPN2			Championship Monday, March 11 ESPN

8	Portland	54
9	Loyola Marymount	65	5	San Francisco	60
			9	Loyola Marymount	61^OT
						4	Santa Clara	58
						9	Loyola Marymount	60


									1	#1 Gonzaga	66
									9	Loyola Marymount	48






												1	#1 Gonzaga	65
												2	Saint Mary's	51
			6	San Diego	62
			7	Pepperdine	59
						3	BYU	69
						6	San Diego	72


									2	Saint Mary's	69
									6	San Diego	66^OT

All times listed are Pacific

Game summaries

1st Round: Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: LMU leads series 45-43
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Steve Cleveland, and Jarom Jordan

BYUtv

Mar 6
6:00 pm PST

Recap

Loyola Marymount Lions 65, Portland Pilots 54
Scoring by half: 34-30, 31-24
Pts: Ashley Hamilton 21 Rebs: Ashley Hamilton 8 Asts: Anthony Ireland 4		Pts: Kevin Bailey 21 Rebs: Ryan Nicholas 9 Asts: Derrick Rodgers 4

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[2]
Referees: Mike Greenstein, Michael Irving, Claus Endrissat

2nd Round: San Francisco vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: USF leads series 107-38
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (Play-by-Play) Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan (Halftime and Bridge Show)

BYUtv

Mar 7
6:00 pm PST

Recap

Loyola Marymount Lions 61, San Francisco Dons 60 (OT)
Scoring by half: 29-26, 27-30 Overtime: 5-4
Pts: Anthony Ireland 16 Rebs: Ashley Hamilton 14 Asts: Ashley Hamilton & Nick Stover 2		Pts: Cole Dickerson 23 Rebs: Cole Dickerson 18 Asts: Cody Doolin 4

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[3]
Referees: Tommy Nunez, Kevin Brill, Greg Nixon

2nd Round: San Diego vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Pepperdine leads series 56-39
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (Play-by-Play) Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan (Halftime)

BYUtv

Mar 7
8:48 pm PST

Recap

Pepperdine Waves 59, San Diego Toreros 62
Scoring by half: 29-32, 30-30
Pts: Stacy Davis 19 Rebs: Stacy Davis 11 Asts: Lorne Jackson, Jordan Baker, Stacy Davis, & Atif Russell 2		Pts: Johnny Dee 16 Rebs: Chris Manresa 11 Asts: Chrs Anderson 5

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[4]
Referees: Ken Ditty, Deron White, Horace Shields

Quarterfinals: Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Santa Clara leads series 84-55
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPNU

Mar 8
6:00 pm PST

Recap

Loyola Marymount Lions 60, Santa Clara Broncos 58
Scoring by half: 34-34, 26-24
Pts: Anthony Ireland 23 Rebs: Alex Osborne 11 Asts: Anthoyn Ireland 3		Pts: Kevin Foster 23 Rebs: Marc Trasolini & John McArthur 6 Asts: Brandon Clark 3

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[5]
Referees: Michael Reed, Daryl Gelinas, Mike Scyphers

Quarterfinals: BYU vs. San Diego

BYU leads series 5-1
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPNU

Mar 8
9:40 pm MST

Recap

San Diego Toreros 72, BYU Cougars 69
Scoring by half: 35-28, 37-41
Pts: Johnny Dee 25 Rebs: Chris Manresa 10 Asts: Chris Anderson 6		Pts: Brandon Davies & Tyler Haws 20 Rebs: Brandon Davies 9 Asts: Brandon Davies 8

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[6]
Referees: Tony Padilla, Richard Batsell, James Giron

Semifinal: #1 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-23
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPN2

Mar 9
6:00 pm PST

Recap

Loyola Marymount Lions 48, #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs 66
Scoring by half: 26-27, 22-39
Pts: Anthony Ireland 19 Rebs: Nick Stover 7 Asts: Anthony Ireland & Bruce English 2		Pts: Elias Harris 21 Rebs: Kelly Olynyk & Elias Harris 8 Asts: Kelly Olynyk & David Stockton 4

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[7]
Referees: Ken Ditty, Deron White, Horace Shields

Semifinal: Saint Mary's vs. San Diego

Series History: Saint Mary's leads series 40-35
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham

ESPN2

Mar 9
9:30 pm PST

Recap

San Diego Toreros 66, Saint Mary's Gaels 69 (OT)
Scoring by half: 29-26, 33-36 Overtime: 4-7
Pts: Johnny Dee 18 Rebs: Chris Manresa 13 Asts: Chris Anderson 9		Pts: Brad Waldow 23 Rebs: Brad Waldow 16 Asts: Matthew Dellavedova 12

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[8]
Referees: Frank Harvey, Kevin Brill, Glen Mayberry

Championship: Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-27
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham (ESPN)/ Ted Robinson and Steve Lappas (Dial Global)

ESPN

Mar 11
6:00 pm PST

#1 Gonzaga Bulldogs 65, Saint Mary's Gaels 51
Scoring by half: 38-29, 27-22
Pts: Kelly Olynyk 21 Rebs: Kelly Olynyk 12 Asts: Kevin Pangos, Elias Harris, & David Stockton 3		Pts: Stephen Holt 19 Rebs: Stephen Holt 7 Asts: Matthew Dellavedova 7

Orleans Arena
Las Vegas, NV
Attendance: 7,896 ^[9]
Referees: Mike Greenstein, Mike Reed, Michael Irving

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.^[1]

Name	School	Pos.	Year	Ht.	Hometown
Elias Harris	Gonzaga	F	Senior	6-8	Speyer, Germany
Johnny Dee	San Diego	SG	Sophomore	6-0	Vista, California
Anthony Ireland	Loyola Marymount	PG	Junior	5-10	Waterbury, Connecticut
Kelly Olynyk	Gonzaga	F/C	Junior	7-0	Kamloops, British Columbia
Brad Waldow	Saint Mary's	F	Sophomore	6-9	Shingle Springs, California

References

^ ^a ^b "2013 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships Post-Game Notes: Men, Game 8, Saturday (sic), March 11, 2013" (PDF) (Press release). West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
^ "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Portland Pilots (March 6, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
^ "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. San Francisco Dons (March 7, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
^ "Peppedine Waves vs. San Diego Toreros (March 7, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
^ "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Santa Clara Broncos (March 8, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
^ "San Diego Toreros vs. BYU Cougars (March 8, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
^ "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs (March 9, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
^ "San Diego Toreros vs. Saint Mary's Gaels (March 9, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 9, 2013.
^ "#1 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. Saint Mary's Gaels (March 11, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

[All-tournament-1] "2013 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships Post-Game Notes: Men, Game 8, Saturday (sic), March 11, 2013" (PDF) (Press release). West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

[2] "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Portland Pilots (March 6, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 6, 2013.

[3] "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. San Francisco Dons (March 7, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 7, 2013.

[4] "Peppedine Waves vs. San Diego Toreros (March 7, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 7, 2013.

[5] "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. Santa Clara Broncos (March 8, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 8, 2013.

[6] "San Diego Toreros vs. BYU Cougars (March 8, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 8, 2013.

[7] "Loyola Marymount Lions vs. #1 Gonzaga Bulldogs (March 9, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

[8] "San Diego Toreros vs. Saint Mary's Gaels (March 9, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 9, 2013.

[9] "#1 Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. Saint Mary's Gaels (March 11, 2013)". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved March 11, 2013.

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v t e 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Great West Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Sun Belt The Summit League WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT CBI CIT

Format

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Game summaries

1st Round: Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

2nd Round: San Francisco vs. Loyola Marymount

2nd Round: San Diego vs. Pepperdine

Quarterfinals: Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount

Quarterfinals: BYU vs. San Diego

Semifinal: #1 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Semifinal: Saint Mary's vs. San Diego

Championship: Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

All-tournament team

See also

References