2024 West Coast Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Television | ESPN+ ESPNU |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego †‡y | 20 | – | 4 | .833 | 40 | – | 13 | .755 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 19 | – | 5 | .792 | 37 | – | 19 | .661 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 34 | – | 22 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 21 | – | 32 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 26 | – | 26 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 24 | – | 30 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 15 | – | 38 | .283 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 5 | – | 19 | .208 | 11 | – | 44 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 4 | – | 20 | .167 | 21 | – | 34 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25 at Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin South, Nevada. It was the second of four baseball tournaments the WCC has scheduled for the venue.[2] The six team tournament winner, the San Diego Toreros, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The tournament used the 6-team format adapted in 2022 where 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5 in first day elimination games.[3]
Seeding
[edit]The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage. Teams 1 and 2 had a bye into the double elimination bracket while 3 played 6 and 4 played 5 in a single elimination first round.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego | 20 | 4 | .833 | - | 1 |
| Portland | 19 | 5 | .792 | 1 | 2 |
| Saint Mary's | 17 | 8 | .680 | 3 | 3 |
| Gonzaga | 14 | 10 | .583 | 6 | 4 |
| Santa Clara | 12 | 12 | .500 | 8 | 5 |
| Pepperdine | 9 | 15 | .375 | 11 | 6 |
| Loyola Marymount | 9 | 15 | .375 | 11 | - |
| San Francisco | 4 | 20 | .167 | 16 | — |
| Pacific | 5 | 19 | .208 | 15 | — |
Tiebreakers:
- Pepperdine is the #6 position because they went 2-1 vs. Loyola Marymount.
Results
[edit]Play-in round
[edit]| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #6 Pepperdine | 10 |
| #3 Saint Mary's | 14 |
| Team | R |
|---|---|
| #5 Santa Clara | 4 |
| #4 Gonzaga | 9 |
Double-elimination round
[edit]| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Gonzaga | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego | 8 | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Portland | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Gonzaga | 11 | 4 | Gonzaga | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 5 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
[edit]All matches except the championship game were broadcast on ESPN+. The championship game was televised on ESPNU.
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 22 | ||||||
| 1 | 3:00 p.m. | #3 Saint Mary's 14, #6 Pepperdine 10 | ESPN+ | |||
| 2 | 7:40 p.m. | #4 Gonzaga 9, #5 Santa Clara 4 | 812 | |||
| Thursday, May 23 | ||||||
| 3 | 3:00 p.m. | #1 San Diego 10, #4 Gonzaga 7 | ESPN+ | |||
| 4 | 7:30 p.m. | #2 Portland 16, #3 Saint Mary's 7 | 1225 | |||
| Friday, May 24 | ||||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. | #4 Gonzaga 11, #3 Saint Mary's 5 | ESPN+ | |||
| 6 | 4:25 p.m. | #1 San Diego 7, #2 Portland 5 | ||||
| 7 | 8:40 p.m. | #2 Portland 21, #4 Gonzaga 3 | 430 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, May 25 | ||||||
| 8 | 1:00 p.m. | #1 San Diego 8, #2 Portland 6 | ESPNU | 803 | ||
| *Game times in Pacific Time. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "West Coast Conference Signs Multiyear Agreement with Las Vegas Ballpark to Host WCC Baseball Tournament". West Coast Conference. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Toreros baseball: USD has eye on returning to top of WCC standings". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 17, 2022.