2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
The 2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2020 and will end with the 2021 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2021. This is the 70th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 32nd 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.
| 2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Men's basketball |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Regular season | |
| Tournament | |
| 2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Gonzaga | 9 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 6 | – | 2 | .750 | 15 | – | 4 | .789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 4 | – | 4 | .500 | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | 5 | – | 5 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | 2 | – | 7 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 0 | – | 8 | .000 | 6 | – | 11 | .353 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 WCC Tournament winner As of February 4, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coaches
Coaching changes
On March 8, 2020, it was announced that Mike Dunlap would end his tenure as head coach at Loyola Marymount. He spent six seasons as their head coach and posted a record of 81–108.[1] During the 2018–19 season, LMU began the season with eight straight wins and reached the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational.[2] However, in the 2019–20 season their record was 11-21 and they only reached the second round of the WCC tournament.[3] Soon thereafter, on March 20, Loyola Marymount announced that Stan Johnson, the associate head coach at Marquette, would become their new head coach.[4] Johnson played college basketball at Southern Utah University and has coached at various universities in the West and Midwest.[5]
Coaches
| Team | Head Coach | Previous job | Years
at school |
Overall
record |
WCC
record |
WCC
Tournament record |
NCAA
Tournaments |
Sweet
Sixteens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU | Mark Pope | Utah Valley | 2 | 24–8 (.750) | 13–3 (.813) | 0–1 (.000) | 0 | 0 |
| Gonzaga | Mark Few | Gonzaga
(asst.) |
22 | 599–124 (.828) | 291–31 (.904) | 43–5 (.896) | 20 | 9 |
| Loyola Marymount | Stan Johnson | Marquette (asst.) | 1 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | Damon Stoudamire | Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) | 5 | 62–68 (.477) | 28–40 (.412) | 1–4 (.200) | 0 | 0 |
| Pepperdine | Lorenzo Romar | Arizona (asst.) | 3 | 32–34 (.485) | 14–18 (.438) | 4–2 (.667) | 7 | 3 |
| Portland | Terry Porter | Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) | 5 | 37–92 (.287) | 7–61 (.103) | 1–4 (.200) | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Mary's | Randy Bennett | Saint Louis(asst.) | 20 | 440–182 (.707) | 219–92 (.704) | 24–16 (.600) | 7 | 1 |
| San Diego | Sam Scholl | San Diego
(asst.) |
3 | 32–40 (.444) | 9–23 (0.281) | 3–2 (0.600) | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Todd Golden | San Francisco (asst.) | 2 | 22–12 (.647) | 9–7 (.563) | 2–1 (.667) | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Clara | Herb Sendek | Arizona State | 5 | 64–64 (.500) | 32–35 (.478) | 2–4 (.333) | 8 | 1 |
Notes:
- Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
- Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2020–21 season.
Preseason
Preseason poll
| 2020-21 WCC Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll[6] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. | Gonzaga (9) | 81 |
| 2. | BYU (1) | 69 |
| 3. | Saint Mary's | 63 |
| 4. | Pepperdine | 57 |
| 5. | San Francisco | 52 |
| 6. | Santa Clara | 38 |
| 7. | Loyola Marymount | 33 |
| 8. | Pacific | 31 |
| 8. | San Diego | 16 |
| 10. | Portland | 10 |
All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team
| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Preseason All-WCC Team | Joel Ayayi, Gonzaga |
| Alex Barcello, BYU | |
| Jamaree Bouyea, San Francisco | |
| Kessler Edwards, Pepperdine | |
| Corey Kispert, Gonzaga | |
| Colbey Ross, Pepperdine | |
| Eli Scott, LMU | |
| Matthias Tass, Saint Mary's | |
| Drew Timme, Gonzaga | |
| Josip Vrankic, Santa Clara |
Rankings
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| Pre/
Wk 1[7] |
Wk
2[8] |
Wk
3[9] |
Wk
4 |
Wk
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Wk
6 |
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Wk
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| BYU | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||||
| C | RV | -- | RV | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga | AP | 1 (28) | 1 (57) | 1 (54) | 1 (54) | 1 (61) | 1 (62) | 1 (63) | 1 (63) | 1 (62) | 1 (62) | ||||||||||
| C | 2 (10) | -- | 1 (23) | 1 (24) | 1 (25) | 1 (29) | 1 (29) | 1 (29) | 1 (28) | 1 (29) | |||||||||||
| Loyola
Marymount |
AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pacific | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pepperdine | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portland | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint
Mary's |
AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | -- | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
| San
Diego |
AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San
Francisco |
AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa
Clara |
AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||||||
Regular season
Conference matrix
| BYU | Gonzaga | Loyola Marymount | Pacific | Pepperdine | Portland | Saint Mary's | San Diego | San Francisco | Santa Clara | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. BYU | – | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−1 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0–0 |
| vs. Gonzaga | 0−1 | – | 0−0 | 0−2 | 0−2 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 0–0 |
| vs. Loyola Marymount | 0−0 | 0−0 | – | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 1−0 |
| vs. Pacific | 1–0 | 2−0 | 0−1 | – | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 |
| vs. Pepperdine | 1−1 | 2−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | – | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 |
| vs. Portland | 2−0 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 1−0 | – | 0−0 | 1−0 | 2−0 | 0−0 |
| vs. Saint Mary's | 1−0 | 1−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | – | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 |
| vs. San Diego | 0−0 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−0 | – | 1−0 | 1−0 |
| vs. San Francisco | 1−0 | 1−0 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−2 | 1−0 | 0−1 | – | 0–1 |
| vs. Santa Clara | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 1−0 | 0−0 | 0−0 | 0−1 | 0−1 | 1−0 | – |
| Total | 6−2 | 9−0 | 3−3 | 2−4 | 3−3 | 0−8 | 2−3 | 1−4 | 4−4 | 3−2 |
Early season tournaments
The following table summarizes the multiple-team events (MTE) or early season tournaments in which teams from the West Coast Conference participated.
| Team | Tournament | Dates | Arena | Arena Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BYU | Roman Legends Classic[10] | December 1–3, 2020 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Gonzaga | Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off[11] | November 26–27, 2020 | Suncoast Credit Union Arena | Fort Myers, Florida |
| Loyola Marymount | Minnesota MTE[12] | November 29–30, 2020 | Williams Arena | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Pepperdine | San Diego State MTE[13] | November 25 & 27, 2020 | Viejas Arena | San Diego, California |
| Portland | U.S. Bank Portland Invitational[14] | November 25–29, 2020 | Chiles Center | Portland, Oregon |
| Saint Mary's | Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic[15] | November 25–27, 2020 | Sanford Pentagon | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| San Francisco | Bubbleville | November 25–29, 2020 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville, Connecticut |
| Santa Clara | Bronco Invitational[16] | November 25–28, 2020 | Leavey Center | Santa Clara, California |
Player/Freshman of the Week
Throughout the year, the West Coast Conference named a player of the week and a freshman of the week as follows:
| Week | Date | Player of the Week | Freshman of the Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1[17] | November 30, 2020 | Drew Timme (Gonzaga) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
| 2[18] | December 7, 2020 | Andrew Nembhard (Gonzaga) | Leemet Bockler (St. Mary's) |
| 3[19] | December 14, 2020 | Ahmed Ali (Portland) | Caleb Lohner (BYU) |
| 4[20] | December 21, 2020 | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
| 5[21] | December 28, 2020 | Corey Kispert (Gonzaga) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
| 6[22] | January 4, 2021 | Joel Ayayi (Gonzaga) | Oumar Ballo (Gonzaga) |
| 7[23] | January 11, 2021 | Joel Ayayi (Gonzaga) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
| 8[24] | January 18, 2021 | Corey Kispert (Gonzaga) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
| 9[25] | January 25, 2021 | Kessler Edwards (Pepperdine) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
| 10[26] | February 1, 2021 | Drew Timme (Gonzaga) | Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) |
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- "Loyola Marymount hires Marquette asst. Johnson". ESPN.com. 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
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