2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	National: ESPN2, ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv; Regional: FSSD, CSNNW, CSNBA, CSNCA, ROOT NW, ROOT RM, TWCSN
Regular season
Season champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	BYU
Season MVP	Tyler Haws, BYU
Top scorer	Tyler Haws, BYU
Tournament
Champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	BYU
Finals MVP	Sam Dower, Jr., Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
	← 12–13 14–15 →

The 2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2014 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Gonzaga †	15	–	3	.833	29	–	7	.806
BYU	13	–	5	.722	23	–	12	.657
San Francisco	13	–	5	.722	21	–	12	.636
Saint Mary's	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
Pepperdine	8	–	10	.444	15	–	16	.484
San Diego	7	–	11	.389	18	–	17	.514
Portland	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Pacific	6	–	12	.333	18	–	16	.529
Santa Clara	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
Loyola Marymount	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406

† Conference tournament winner

This was the 63rd season for the conference, and the 25th under its current name as "West Coast Conference". The conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989. The conference went through significant changes this season, adding a new member for the second time in three seasons and bringing the WCC to 10 members. Original conference founder, and a fellow faith-based, private school Pacific, rejoined the conference^[1] from the Big West.

Pre-season

Pre-season media day took place on Thursday, October 24 at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were hosted on the WCC's streaming video outler, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live also interviewed each coach and get a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Preseason All-Conference team, and the pre-season coaches' rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2013–14 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

Rank, School (first-place votes), Points

1. Gonzaga (8), 80

2. BYU (1), 72

3. St. Mary's (1), 66

4. San Francisco, 51

5. San Diego, 50

6. Loyola Marymount, 44

7. Pacific, 28

8. Santa Clara, 25

9. Portland, 24

10. Pepperdine, 10

2013–14 WCC Men's Preseason All-Conference Team

Player, School, Yr., Pos.

Gary Bell, Gonzaga, Jr., G

Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, So., F

Johnny Dee, San Diego, Jr., G

Cole Dickerson, San Francisco, Sr., F

Cody Doolin, San Francisco, Sr., G

Tyler Haws, BYU, Jr., G

Stephen Holt, Saint Mary's, Sr., G

Anthony Ireland, Loyola Marymount, Sr., G

Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga, Jr., G

Brad Waldow, Saint Mary's, Jr., F

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
BYU	AP		RV	RV
BYU	C		RV	RV
Gonzaga	AP	15	15	13	11	19	20	21	24	24	22	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	25	RV
Gonzaga	C	14	15	12	10	15	16	15	21	21	18	24	21	24	20	24	22	RV
Loyola Marymount	AP
Loyola Marymount	C
Pacific	AP
Pacific	C
Pepperdine	AP
Pepperdine	C
Portland	AP
Portland	C
Saint Mary's	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV
Saint Mary's	C		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
San Diego	AP
San Diego	C
San Francisco	AP
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	AP
Santa Clara	C

Non-Conference games

BYU defeated Texas in the semifinals of the CBE Classic. In the month of January, Texas would go on to defeat 4 consecutive top-25 opponents, giving BYU a win over a Top 25 RPI school.
BYU defeated Stanford as part of the ESPN College Tip-Off. Stanford would finish the year as a Top 50 RPI school, giving BYU a 2nd win over a power conference Top 50 RPI school.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	BYU	Gonzaga	LMU	Pacific	Pepperdine	Portland	Saint Mary's	San Diego	San Francisco	Santa Clara
vs. Brigham Young	-	1-1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0-2	0-2
vs. Gonzaga	1–1	-	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0-2
vs. Loyola Marymount	1–1	2–0	-	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1-1
vs. Pacific	1–1	2–0	1–1	-	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1-1
vs. Pepperdine	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	-	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1-1
vs. Portland	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	-	2–0	2–0	2–0	1-1
vs. Saint Mary's	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	-	1–1	1–1	1-1
vs. San Diego	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	-	2–0	1-1
vs. San Francisco	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	-	0-2
vs. Santa Clara	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2-0	-
Total	13–5	15–3	4–14	6–12	8–10	7–11	11–7	7–11	13–5	6-12

Conference tournament

March 6–11, 2014– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.

First round Thursday, March 6			Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8			Semifinals Monday, March 10			Championship Tuesday, March 11

			1	Gonzaga	77
8	Pacific	64	9	Santa Clara	75
9	Santa Clara	81				1	Gonzaga	70
						4	Saint Mary's	54
			4	Saint Mary's	80
			5	Pepperdine	69
									1	Gonzaga	75
									2	BYU	64
			3	San Francisco	69
7	Portland	64	6	San Diego	60
10	Loyola Marymount	67				2	BYU	79^OT
						3	San Francisco	77
			2	BYU	85
			10	Loyola Marymount	74

Head coaches

Dave Rose, BYU

Mark Few, Gonzaga

Max Good, Loyola Marymount

Ron Verlin, Pacific

Marty Wilson, Pepperdine

Eric Reveno, Portland

Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's

Bill Grier, San Diego

Rex Walters, San Francisco

Kerry Keating, Santa Clara

Post season

NCAA tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Third round	Sweet 16	Elite 8	Final Four	Championship

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

Highlights and notes

The Highlights and notes will be posted as the season progresses.

Awards and honors

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

WCC Player-of-the-Week

Nov. 11- Tony Gill, F, Pacific
Nov. 25 – Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga
Dec. 9 – Thomas van der Mars, C, Portland
Dec. 23 – Bryce Pressley, G, Portland
Jan. 6 – Skyler Halford, G, BYU
Jan. 20 – Sam Dower, Jr., C, Gonzaga
Feb. 3 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU
Feb. 17 – Kruize Pinkins, F, San Francisco
Mar. 3 –
Nov. 18 – Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine
Dec. 2 – Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga
Dec. 16 – Stephen Holt, G, Saint Mary's
Dec. 30 – Malcolm Brooks, G, Pepperdine
Jan. 13 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU
Jan. 27 – Johnny Dee, G, San Diego
Feb. 10 – Stephen Holt, G, Saint Mary's
Feb. 24 - Matt Carlino, G, BYU

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

^[2]

Nov. 10 - Tony Gill, F, Pacific^[3]
Nov. 24 – Kevin Pangos, G, Gonzaga^[4]
Dec. 8 – T. J. Wallace, G, Pacific^[5]
Dec. 22 – Bryce Pressley, G, Portland^[6]
Jan. 5 – Brendan Lane, F, Pepperdine^[7]
Jan. 19 – Sam Dower, Jr., C, Gonzaga^[8]
Feb. 2 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU (also High-Major Madness Player of the Week)^[9]
Feb. 16 – Kruize Pinkins, F, San Francisco^[10]
Mar. 2 –
Nov. 17 – Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU^[11]
Dec. 1 – Kevin Bailey, G, Portland^[12]
Dec. 15 – Stephen Holt, G, Saint Mary's^[13]
Dec. 29 – Evan Payne, G, Loyola Marymount^[14]
Jan. 12 – Bryce Pressley, G, Portland^[15]
Jan. 26 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU^[16]
Feb. 9 – Beau Levesque, F, Saint Mary's^[17]
Feb. 23 - Matt Carlino, G, BYU^[18]

All-Americans

All West Coast Conference teams

The voting body for all conference awards consisted of league coaches.

Player of the Year: Tyler Haws, BYU
Defensive Player of the Year: Brendan Lane, Pepperdine
Newcomer of the Year: Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara
Coach of the Year: Rex Walters, San Francisco

All-Conference

Player	School	Year	Position
Kyle Collinsworth	BYU	Sophomore	G
Stacy Davis	Pepperdine	Sophomore	F
Johnny Dee	San Diego	Junior	G
Cole Dickerson	San Francisco	Senior	F
Sam Dower	Gonzaga	Senior	F
Tyler Haws	BYU	Junior	G
Stephen Holt	Saint May's	Senior	G
Anthony Ireland	Loyola Marymount	Senior	G
Kevin Pangos	Gonzaga	Junior	G
Brad Waldow	Saint Mary's	Junior	C

Honorable Mention

Name	School

All-Freshman

Player	School	Position

All-Academic

Player	School	Year	GPA	Major

References

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