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 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, BYUtv |
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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]
Seeds
All 10 WCC schools participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[8] The tournament will follow a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. 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 "third round". The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[9]
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Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| First round – Thursday March 4, 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 vs. No. 9 | WCC Network | ||
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 vs. No. 10 | ||||
| Second round – Friday March 5, 2020 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 vs. Game 1 Winner | WCC Network | ||
| 4 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 vs. Game 2 Winner | ||||
| Third round – Saturday, March 6, 2020 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 4 vs. Game 3 Winner | ESPN2 | ||
| 6 | 9:00 pm | No. 3 vs. Game 4 Winner | ||||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 8, 2020 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 vs. Game 5 Winner | ESPN | ||
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 vs. Game 6 Winner | ESPN2 | |||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 9, 2020 | ||||||
| 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 WCC Network | Second round Friday, March 5 WCC Network | Third round Saturday, March 6 ESPN2 | Semifinals Monday, March 8 ESPN & ESPN2 | Championship Tuesday, March 9 ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ^ "2021 UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Central - West Coast Conference". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings". CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.