2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Men's basketball
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Tournament

2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Gonzaga	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Loyola Marymount	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pacific	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pepperdine	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Portland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Saint Mary's	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
San Diego	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
San Francisco	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Santa Clara	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–


† 2017 West Coast Conference Tournament winner As of November 10, 2016;

The 2016–17 West Coast Conference men's basketball season begins with practices on September 30, 2016 and ends with the 2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament March 2–7, 2017.^[1] The regular season begins on November 11, 2016, with the conference schedule starting December 29, 2016.^[2]^[3] After an eight-year contract with Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, the WCC is still looking to keep its conference tournament in Las Vegas, but will potentially change its venue to the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the T-Mobile Arena, keep it at the Orleans Arena, or move it elsewhere.^[4]

This is the 66th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 28th under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.

Pre-season

After the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, the WCC placed four head coaches. Former Memphis assistant coach Damon Stoudamire replaced Ron Verlin as the head coach at Pacific.^[5] Santa Clara released Kerry Keating and hired former Arizona State head coach Herb Sendek.^[6] After guiding Columbia to win the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, Kyle Smith took over as head coach at San Francisco, replacing Rex Walters.^[7] Portland hired former NBA coach and player Terry Porter as head coach after parting ways with Eric Reveno.^[8]

2016–17 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. BYU

1. Gonzaga

1. Loyola Marymount

1. Pacific

1. Pepperdine

1. Portland

1. Saint Mary's

1. San Diego

1. San Francisco

1. Santa Clara

2016–17 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team

Coach of the Year-
Player of the Year-
Freshman of the Year-

First Team

Second Team

Third Team

Fourth Team

Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches' Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Post
BYU	AP
BYU	C
Gonzaga	AP
Gonzaga	C
Loyola Marymount	AP
Loyola Marymount	C
Pacific	AP
Pacific	C
Pepperdine	AP
Pepperdine	C
Portland	AP
Portland	C
Saint Mary's	AP
Saint Mary's	C
San Diego	AP
San Diego	C
San Francisco	AP
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	AP
Santa Clara	C

WCC Regular Season

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	BYU	Gonzaga	LMU	Pacific	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Gonzaga	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Loyola Marymount	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Pacific	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Pepperdine	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Portland	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Saint Mary's	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. San Diego	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. San Francisco	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Santa Clara	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Head coaches

Dave Rose, BYU

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Mike Dunlap, Loyola Marymount

Damon Stoudamire, Pacific

Marty Wilson, Pepperdine

Terry Porter, Portland

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's

Lamont Smith, San Diego

Kyle Smith, San Francisco

Herb Sendek, Santa Clara

References

↑ "2016-17 Championship Schedule". Retrieved April 8, 2015.
↑ "WCC’s scheduling experiment will end". January 26, 2016.
↑ "Calendar moves forward for Midnight Madness". May 3, 2013.
↑ "WCC exploring options for tournament sites in Las Vegas". March 6, 2016.
↑ "Pacific Hires Damon Stoudamire As Men's Basketball Head Coach". March 16, 2016.
↑ "Sendek Hired as Men’s Basketball Coach". March 29, 2016.
↑ "Kyle Smith Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". March 30, 2016.
↑ "Kyle Smith Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". April 1, 2016.

West Coast Conference men's basketball

Teams	BYU Cougars Gonzaga Bulldogs Loyola Marymount Lions Pacific Tigers Pepperdine Waves Portland Pilots Saint Mary's Gaels San Diego Toreros San Francisco Dons Santa Clara Broncos

Championships & awards	WCC Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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