2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2017 and ended with the 2018 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament March 2018. This was the 67th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 29th 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.

2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Men's basketball
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Season champions	Gonzaga
Season MVP	Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Tournament
Champions	Gonzaga
Runners-up	BYU
Finals MVP	Killian Tillie - Gonzaga

2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Gonzaga †	17	–	1		.944			32	–	5		.865
No. 25 Saint Mary's	16	–	2		.889			30	–	6		.833
BYU	11	–	7		.611			24	–	11		.686
San Diego	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
San Francisco	9	–	9		.500			22	–	17		.564
Pacific	9	–	9		.500			14	–	18		.438
Santa Clara	8	–	10		.444			11	–	20		.355
Loyola Marymount	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
Portland	4	–	14		.222			10	–	22		.313
Pepperdine	2	–	16		.111			6	–	26		.188
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Head coaches

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	WCC record	WCC Tournament record	NCAA Tournaments	Sweet Sixteens
BYU	Dave Rose	Dixie State	13	283–99 (.741)	61–25 (.709)	6–5 (.545)	8	1
Gonzaga	Mark Few	Gonzaga (asst.)	19	466–111 (.808)	226–28 (.890)	36–4 (.900)	17	6
Loyola Marymount	Mike Dunlap	Charlotte Bobcats	4	22–40 (.355)	10–26 (.278)	1–2 (.333)	0	0
Pacific	Damon Stoudamire	Memphis Grizzlies (asst.)	2	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0
Pepperdine	Marty Wilson	Pepperdine (assoc.)	8	76–91 (.455)	39–61 (.390)	3–6 (.333)	0	0
Portland	Terry Porter	N/A	2	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0
Saint Mary's	Randy Bennett	Saint Louis (asst.)	17	333–131 (.718)	154–68 (.694)	17–13 (.567)	5	1
San Diego	Lamont Smith	New Mexico (asst.)	3	9–21 (.300)	4–14 (.222)	0–1 (.000)	0	0
San Francisco	Kyle Smith	Columbia	2	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0
Santa Clara	Herb Sendek	Arizona State	2	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	8	1

Notes:

• Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
• Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2017–18 season.

Preseason

Rankings

Main article: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Legend

		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	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	Wk 18	Wk 19	Post
BYU	AP
	C
Gonzaga	AP
	C
Loyola Marymount	AP
	C
Pacific	AP
	C
Pepperdine	AP
	C
Portland	AP
	C
Saint Mary's	AP
	C
San Diego	AP
	C
San Francisco	AP
	C
Santa Clara	AP
	C

WCC regular season

All-WCC awards and teams

On February 27, the conference announced conference awards.

Honor	Recipient
Player of the Year	Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
Coach of the Year	Mark Few, Gonzaga
Newcomer of the Year	Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
Defensive Player of the Year	Namdi Okonkwo, Pacific
All-WCC First Team	Elijah Bryant, BYU
	Yoeli Childs, BYU
	K. J. Feagin, Santa Clara
	Frankie Ferrari, San Francisco
	Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga
	Jock Landale, Saint Mary's
	Emmett Naar, Saint Mary's
	Josh Perkins, Gonzaga
	Isaiah Pineiro, San Diego
	Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga
All-WCC Second Team	James Batemon, Loyola Marymount
	Calvin Hermanson, Saint Mary's
	Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
	Jahlil Tripp, Pacific
	Isaiah Wright, San Diego
All-WCC Freshman Team	Souley Boum, San Francisco
	Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
	Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
	Eli Scott, Loyola Marymount
	Marcus Shaver, Portland
All-WCC Honorable Mention	Olin Carter III, San Diego
	Roberto Gallinat, Pacific
	T. J. Haws, BYU
	Silas Melson, Gonzaga
	Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga
	Miles Reynolds, Pacific
	Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
	Marcus Shaver, Portland

Postseason

West Coast Conference tournament

Main article: 2018 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

See also

• 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2017–18 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
• West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2018 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament