2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Men's basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	National: ESPN, BYUtv, WCC TV
Regular season
Season champions	Saint Mary's & Gonzaga
Season MVP	Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Tournament
Champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	Saint Mary's
Finals MVP	Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga
Basketball seasons
	← 14–15 16–17 →

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.

2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	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

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 to 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

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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.

**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
BYU	AP	RV	RV
BYU	C
Gonzaga	AP	9	10	10	13	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV			RV
Gonzaga	C	11	12	11	12	17	21	24	24	22	22	RV	RV	RV	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	RV	RV	RV
Saint Mary's	C				RV	RV			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
San Diego	AP
San Diego	C
San Francisco	AP
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	AP
Santa Clara	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

March 4–8, 2016– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada.

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

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

Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

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

Nov. 16- Kyle Davis, F, BYU
Nov. 30- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU & Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Dec. 14- Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine
Dec. 28- Alec Wintering, G, Portland
Jan. 11- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU (2)
Jan. 25- Adom Jacko, F, Loyola Marymount
Feb. 8- Alec Wintering, G, Portland
Feb. 22-
Nov. 23- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga
Dec. 7- Nate Kratch, F, Santa Clara
Dec. 21- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga (2)
Jan. 4- Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara
Jan. 18- Jock Landale, C, Saint Mary's
Feb. 1- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga (2)
Feb. 15- Nick Emery, G, BYU
Feb. 29-

College Madness West Coast Player of the Week

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

Nov. 15^[3]- Kyle Davis, F, BYU
Nov. 29^[4]- Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara
Dec. 13^[5]- Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine
Dec. 27^[6]- Chase Fischer, G, BYU
Jan. 10^[7]- Nick Emery, G, BYU
Jan. 24^[8]- Evan Fitzner, C, Saint Mary's
Feb. 7^[9]- Alec Wintering, G, Portland (Also High Major player of the Week)
Feb. 21-
Nov. 22^[10]- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga
Dec. 6^[11]- Nate Kratch, F, Santa Clara
Dec. 20^[12]- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga
Jan. 3^[13]- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Jan. 17^[14]- David Humphries, G, Loyola Marymount
Jan. 31^[15]- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga
Feb. 14^[16]- Nick Emery, G, BYU (Also High Major player of the week)
Feb. 28-

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National Player of the Week Awards

To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans

Conference Awards

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches, with voting taking place at the end of the regular season.

Individual Honors

Player of the Year: Kyle Collinsworth, BYU
Coach of the Year: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Defensive Player of the Year: Eric McClellan, Gonzaga
Newcomer of the Year: Joe Rahon, Saint Mary's

First-Team All-Conference

Player	School	Year	Position
Jared Brownridge	Santa Clara	Junior	G
Kyle Collinsworth	BYU	Senior	G
Stacy Davis	Pepperdine	Senior	F
Chase Fischer	BYU	Senior	G
Emmett Naar	Saint Mary's	Sophomore	G
Joe Rahon	Saint Mary's	Junior	G
Domantas Sabonis	Gonzaga	Sophomore	F
Devin Watson	San Francisco	Sophomore	G
Kyle Wiltjer	Gonzaga	Senior	F
Alec Winterling	Portland	Junior	G

Second-Team All-Conference

Player	School	Year	Position
Tim Derksen	San Francisco	Senior	G
Nick Emery	BYU	Freshman	G
Adom Jacko	Pepperdine	Junior	F
Lamond Murray Jr.	Pepperdine	Junior	G/F
Bryce Pressley	Portland	Senior	G

Honorable Mention

Name	School
Brandon Brown	Loyola Marymount
Alec Kobre	Pacific
Jett Raines	Pepperdine
T. J. Wallace	Pacific

All-Freshman

Player	School	Position
Kameron Edwards	Pepperdine	F
Nick Emery	BYU	G
KJ Feagin	Santa Clara	G
Evan Fitzner	Saint Mary's	C
Josh Perkins	Gonzaga	G

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