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1989 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1988–89
Teams8
SiteWar Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA
ChampionsLoyola Marymount (2nd title)
Winning coachPaul Westhead (2nd title)
MVPHank Gathers (Loyola Marymount)
West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournaments
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1988–89 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Saint Mary's 12 – 2   .857 25 – 5   .833
Pepperdine 10 – 4   .714 20 – 13   .606
Loyola Marymount † 10 – 4   .714 20 – 11   .645
San Francisco 8 – 6   .571 16 – 12   .571
Santa Clara 7 – 7   .500 20 – 11   .645
Gonzaga 5 – 9   .357 14 – 14   .500
San Diego 2 – 12   .143 8 – 20   .286
Portland 2 – 12   .143 2 – 26   .071
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1989 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now West Coast Conference) was held March 4–6 at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.[1][2] This was the third edition of the tournament.

The top two seeds were defeated in the semifinals.[3] Third-seeded Loyola Marymount defeated #5 seed Santa Clara in the championship game, 75–70 in overtime, to repeat as WCAC tournament champions.[4][5]

The Lions received the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament as the twelfth seed in the Midwest regional. Regular-season champion Saint Mary's received an at-large bid and were seeded eighth in the West regional; both teams lost in the first round.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 5 		Championship
Monday, March 6
         
1 Saint Mary's 86
8 Portland 48
1 Saint Mary's 61
5 Santa Clara 63
5 Santa Clara 69
4 San Francisco 64
5 Santa Clara 70
3 Loyola Marymount 75*
3 Loyola Marymount 101
6 Gonzaga 98
3 Loyola Marymount 112
2 Pepperdine 98
7 San Diego 69
2 Pepperdine 72

References

  1. ^ Blanchette, John (March 4, 1989). "WCAC rivals shooting for St. Mary's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. B3.
  2. ^ "1988-89 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Blanchette, John (March 6, 1989). "St. Mary's upset by Santa Clara; Loyola advances". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  4. ^ "Lions escape OT scare". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire services. March 7, 1989. p. 4C.
  5. ^ Blanchette, John (March 7, 1989). "Loyola tops SCU, earns NCAA spot". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
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