1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 5–7 at the Leavey Center at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.[1] This was the second edition of the tournament; it included all eight teams and all seven games were held at the same site.
1988 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1987–88 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA |
Champions | Loyola Marymount (1st title) |
Winning coach | Paul Westhead (1st title) |
MVP | Hank Gathers (Loyola Marymount) |
1987–88 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Loyola Marymount † | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1988 WCAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Regular season champion Loyola Marymount defeated tournament host and #3 seed Santa Clara 104–96 in the final to win their first WCAC/WCC tournament championship.[2]
The Lions received the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament and were the tenth seed in the West regional. They advanced to the second round, but were stopped 123–97 by second-seeded North Carolina.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 | Championship Monday, March 7 | ||||||||||||
1 | #18 Loyola Marymount | 110 | ||||||||||||
8 | San Diego | 104 | ||||||||||||
1 | #18 Loyola Marymount | 109 | ||||||||||||
4 | Pepperdine | 106 | ||||||||||||
5 | Gonzaga | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | Pepperdine | 81 | ||||||||||||
1 | #18 Loyola Marymount | 104 | ||||||||||||
3 | Santa Clara | 96 | ||||||||||||
3 | Santa Clara | 90 | ||||||||||||
6 | San Francisco | 88 | ||||||||||||
3 | Santa Clara | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Saint Mary's | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | Portland | 48 | ||||||||||||
2 | Saint Mary's | 68 | ||||||||||||
Notes
- The tournament champion, Loyola Marymount, scored over 100 points in all three games (San Diego: 110-104, Pepperdine: 109-106, Santa Clara: 104-96) for a total of 323 points.
References
- "1987-88 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
- "Loyola claims WCAC crown". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 8, 1988. p. 2D.
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