2021 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
2021 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2020–21 |
Teams | 10 |
Website | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Stadium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Gonzaga † | 15 | - | 0 | 1.000 | 31 | - | 1 | .969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 23 BYU | 10 | - | 3 | .769 | 20 | - | 7 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 7 | - | 5 | .583 | 13 | - | 9 | .591 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 7 | - | 6 | .538 | 15 | - | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 6 | - | 7 | .462 | 9 | - | 9 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 4 | - | 5 | .444 | 12 | - | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 4 | - | 6 | .400 | 14 | - | 10 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 4 | - | 9 | .308 | 11 | - | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 2 | - | 7 | .222 | 3 | - | 11 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 0 | - | 11 | .000 | 6 | - | 15 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2021 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.[1] The tournament will be held from March 4 through March 9, 2021 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Tournament.[2] For the third consecutive year, the Los Angeles-based University Credit Union is the title sponsor of the tournament.[3]
Venue
For the thirteenth consecutive year, the 2021 WCC Tournament will be held in the Orleans Arena. When the Orleans Arena is setup for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[4] The tournament is scheduled to be held at the Orleans Arena at least until 2022.[5] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel and Casino about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[6] The tickets for the WCC Tournament typically sell out quickly.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no fans were permitted to attend the tournament for the year 2021.[8]
Seeds
All 10 WCC schools are eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams are typically seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[9] However, due to numerous regular season game cancelations, for the 2021 tournament, the WCC announced on February 16 that the seeding will be determined using adjusted conference winning percentage. Developed in partnership with Ken Pomeroy, the adjusted conference winning percentage takes into account the strength of the opponent and the location where each game was played. The final report was released on February 28.[10]
Ken Pomeroy Adjusted Conference Winning Percentage | ||||||
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February 16[11] | February 19 | February 21 | February 23 | February 26 | February 28 | |
1 | Gonzaga (0.978) | Gonzaga (0.979) | Gonzaga (0.960) | Gonzaga (0.960) | Gonzaga (0.960) | Gonzaga (0.962) |
2 | BYU (0.789) | BYU (0.811) | BYU (0.801) | BYU (0.798) | BYU (0.796) | BYU (0.810) |
3 | Pepperdine (0.786) | Pepperdine (0.800) | Pepperdine (0.697) | Pepperdine (0.638) | Saint Mary's (0.590) | Pepperdine (0.590) |
4 | Saint Mary's (0.517) | Saint Mary's (0.490) | LMU (0.493) | Saint Mary's (0.562) | Pepperdine (0.575) | Saint Mary's (0.580) |
5 | Santa Clara (0.498) | LMU (0.485) | Saint Mary's (0.486) | Pacific (0.508) | LMU (0.559) | LMU (0.557) |
6 | Pacific (0.481) | Pacific (0.482) | Pacific (0.485) | LMU (0.502) | Pacific (0.479) | Pacific (0.504) |
7 | LMU (0.423) | Santa Clara (0.370) | Santa Clara (0.451) | Santa Clara (0.446) | Santa Clara (0.457) | Santa Clara (0.453) |
8 | San Francisco (0.384) | San Francisco (0.289) | San Francisco (0.332) | San Francisco (0.330) | San Francisco (0.328) | San Francisco (0.306) |
9 | San Diego (0.137) | San Diego (0.288) | San Diego (0.281) | San Diego (0.242) | San Diego (0.244) | San Diego (0.228) |
10 | Portland (0.008) | Portland (0.006) | Portland (0.008) | Portland (0.008) | Portland (0.008) | Portland (0.008) |
The tournament will follow a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011. The 7 through 10 seeds play in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds start play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds start in the "quarterfinals". The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals.[12]
Zeitplan
Sitzung | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
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First round – Thursday, March 4, 2021 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 San Francisco vs. No. 9 San Diego | 67–51 | Stadium | |
2 | 9:00 pm | No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Portland | 95–86 | |||
Second round – Friday, March 5, 2021 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 8 San Francisco | 70–66 | Stadium | |
4 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 7 Santa Clara | 76–81 | |||
Third round – Saturday, March 6, 2021 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Saint Mary's vs. No. 5 Loyola Marymount | ESPNU | ||
6 | 9:00 pm | No. 3 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 Santa Clara | ESPN2 | |||
Semifinals – Monday, March 8, 2021 | ||||||
4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Gonzaga vs. Game 5 Winner | ESPN | ||
8 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 BYU vs. Game 6 Winner | ESPN2 | |||
Championship – Tuesday, March 9, 2021[13] | ||||||
5 | 9 | 6:00 pm | Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner | ESPN | ||
*Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
First round Thursday, March 4 Stadium | Second round Friday, March 5 Stadium | Third round Saturday, March 6 ESPNU & ESPN2 | Semifinals Monday, March 8 ESPN & ESPN2 | Championship Tuesday, March 9 ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | San Francisco | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | San Diego | 51 | 5 | Loyola Marymount | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | San Francisco | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Saint Mary's | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Loyola Marymount | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Gonzaga | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Saint Mary's | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | BYU | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Pepperdine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Santa Clara | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Pacific | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Santa Clara | 95 | 7 | Santa Clara | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Portland | 86 |
See Also
- 2021 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
- West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
References
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- ^ "What is March Madness: The NCAA tournament explained | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "West Coast Conference". www.ucu.org. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Location Spotlight: Orleans Arena | Nevada Film Office". nevadafilm.com. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "West Coast Conference agrees to three-year extension to hold tournaments at Orleans Arena | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Hawks, John; Higgins, Tom (2009-02-03). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer’s Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-8515-6.
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- ^ "Gonzaga fans bummed, but understand WCC not allowing fans at tournament in Las Vegas | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings". CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Herald, The Daily. "WCC partners with Ken Pomeroy to seed conference tournament". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "2021 UCU WCC KenPom Tournament Seeding (PDF) - West Coast Conference" (PDF). wccsports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ^ "WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ 2021 secular calendar