Jump to content

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rikster2 (talk | contribs) at 15:06, 16 March 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportMen's basketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)National: ESPN, BYUtv, WCC TV
Regular season
Season championsSaint Mary's & Gonzaga
Season MVPKyle Collinsworth, BYU
Tournament
ChampionsGonzaga
  Runners-upSaint Mary's
Finals MVPKyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Saint Mary's 15 – 3   .833 29 – 6   .829
Gonzaga † 15 – 3   .833 28 – 8   .778
BYU 13 – 5   .722 26 – 11   .703
Pepperdine 10 – 8   .556 18 – 14   .563
San Francisco 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Santa Clara 7 – 11   .389 11 – 20   .355
Portland 6 – 12   .333 12 – 20   .375
Loyola Marymount 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
Pacific* 6 – 12   .333 8 – 20   .286
San Diego 4 – 14   .222 9 – 21   .300
*ineligible for postseason due to self probation
† Conference tournament winner

The 2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 4–8, 2016 in Paradise, Nevada. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

This was the 65th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 27th 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

  • Pre-season media day took place in October at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were be hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2015–16 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

The Pre-season poll was announced at the conferences media day in October 2016.

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points
1. Gonzaga (9), 81
2. BYU (1), 73
3. Pepperdine, 62
4. St. Mary's, 58
5. Portland, 43
6. Santa Clara, 37
7. Pacific, 32
7. San Francisco, 32
9. San Diego, 17
10. Loyola Marymount, 15

2015–16 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.
Kyle Collinsworth, BYU, Sr., G
Chase Fischer, BYU, Sr., G
Przemek Karnowski, Gonzaga, Sr., C
Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga, So., F
Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga, Sr., F
T. J. Wallace, Pacific, Jr., G
Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, Sr., F
Alec Wintering, Portland, Sr., G
Tim Derksen, San Francisco, Sr., G
Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara, Jr., G

College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team[1]

  • Coach of the Year- Mark Few, Gonzaga
  • Player of the Year- Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
  • Freshman of the Year- Josh Perkins, Gonzaga

First Team

  • Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara
  • Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU
  • Stacy Davis, G/F, Pepperdine
  • Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
  • Domantas Sabonis, F/C, Gonzaga

Second Team

  • Alec Wintering, G, Portland
  • T.J. Wallace, G, Pacific
  • Tim Derksen, G/F, San Francisco
  • Jett Raines, F, Pepperdine
  • Przemek Karnowski, F/C, Gonzaga

Third Team

  • Chase Fischer, G, BYU
  • Joe Rahon, G, Saint Mary's
  • Shawn Olden, G, Pepperdine
  • Bryce Pressley, G/F, Portland
  • Kyle Davis, F/C, BYU

Fourth Team

  • Eric McClellan, G, Gonzaga
  • Josh Perkins, G, Gonzaga
  • Duda Sanadze, G, San Diego
  • Brandon Brown, G/F, Loyola Marymount
  • Matt Hubbard, F/C, Santa Clara

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.

Main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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 RV RV
C
Gonzaga AP 9 10 10 13 20 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV
C 11 12 11 12 17 21 24 24 22 22 RV RV RV RV
Loyola Marymount AP
C
Pacific AP
C
Pepperdine AP
C
Portland AP
C
Saint Mary's AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV
San Diego AP
C
San Francisco AP
C
Santa Clara AP
C

Non-Conference games

  • To be posted shortly.

Conference games

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 - 0-1 0-2 1-1 1–1 1–1 1-1 0-2 0–2 0–2
vs. Gonzaga 1-0 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Loyola Marymount 2–0 2–0 – 1-1 1–0 2-0 2–0 1-1 0-2 1–1
vs. Pacific 1–1 2–0 1-1 - 2–0 1-1 2–0 1-1 1–1 0-1
vs. Pepperdine 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 - 2-0 0-2 0-2 1–1 1-1
vs. Portland 1–1 2–0 0-2 1-1 0-2 - 2–0 1-0 2-0 2–0
vs. Saint Mary's 1-1 0–2 0–2 0–2 2-0 0–2 - 0–2 0–1 0-2
vs. San Diego 2-0 2–0 1-1 1-1 2-0 0-1 2–0 - 2–0 2-0
vs. San Francisco 2–0 2–0 2-0 0–2 1–1 0-2 1–0 0–2 - 0-2
vs. Santa Clara 2–0 2–0 1–1 1-0 1-1 0–2 2-0 0-2 2-0 -
Total 13–4 14–3 5–12 6–11 10–7 6–11 14–3 3–14 8–9 6-11

Conference tournament

Main article: 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 4
BYUtv, TheW.tv 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5
TWC SportsNet, CSNCA, BYUtv, TheW.tv (afternoon)
ESPN2 (evening) 		Semifinals
Monday, March 7
ESPN (early)
ESPN2 (late) 		Championship
Tuesday, March 8
ESPN
            
1 Saint Mary's 60
8 Loyola Marymount 48
8 Loyola Marymount 64
9 San Diego 61
1 Saint Mary's
4 Pepperdine
4 Pepperdine 90
5 San Francisco 86
 
 
2 Gonzaga 92
7 Portland 67
2 Gonzaga
3 BYU
3 BYU 72
6 Santa Clara 60
  • Pacific has placed themselves on a post-season probation and will not participate in the 2016 WCC Tournament.[2]

Head coaches

Dave Rose, BYU
Mark Few, Gonzaga
Mike Dunlap, Loyola Marymount
Ron Verlin, Pacific
Marty Wilson, Pepperdine
Eric Reveno, Portland
Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Lamont Smith, San Diego
Rex Walters, San Francisco
Kerry Keating, Santa Clara

Postseason

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

NIT

Seed Bracket School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals

CBI

School First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Game 1 Finals Game 2 Finals Game 3

CiT

Main article: 2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament


Vegas 16

Main article: 2016 Vegas 16 Tournament

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday.

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week[3]

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday.

National Player of the Week Awards

To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans

First-Team All-Conference

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches and will take place at the end of the season.

Player School Year Position

Second-Team All-Conference

To be announced after the WCC Tournament.

Player School Year Position

Honorable Mention

To be announced after the WCC Tournament.

Name School

All-Freshman

To be announced after the WCC Tournament.

Player School Position

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball 2015-16 Preseason All Conference Teams". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. ^ "Pacific's Ron Verlin, assistant suspended amid NCAA investigation". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball Players of the Week". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
  4. ^ "11/15 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
  5. ^ "11/29 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
  6. ^ "12/13 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  7. ^ "12/27 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  8. ^ "1/10 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  9. ^ "1/24 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
  10. ^ "2/7 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  11. ^ "11/22 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  12. ^ "12/6 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  13. ^ "12/20 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2015-12-20.
  14. ^ "1/3 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  15. ^ "1/17 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-17.
  16. ^ "1/31 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  17. ^ "2/14 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". College Sports Madness. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015–16_West_Coast_Conference_men%27s_basketball_season&oldid=710366640"