WCC Tournament Preview
Posted by rtmsf on March 5th, 2010Michael Vernetti is the RTC correspondent for the West Coast Conference.
Final Standings (through games of 2/27/10)
- Gonzaga 12-2 (24-5)
- Saint Mary’s 11-3 (24-5)
- Portland 9-4 (18-9)
- San Francisco 7-7 (12-17)
- Loyola Marymount 7-7 (16-14)
- Santa Clara 3-11 (11-20)
- San Diego 3-11 (10-20)
- Pepperdine 3-11 (7-23)
Eyes on the Prize
Although one could reasonably forecast a WCC tournament championship game featuring no. 1 seed Gonzaga battling no. 2 seed Saint Mary’s for the automatic NCAA bid, a lot of interesting basketball will be played before that final matchup on Monday night, March 8 (ESPN, 6 p.m. Pacific) in Las Vegas. The last week of conference play settled the torrid battle for fourth place between San Francisco and Loyola Marymount (San Francisco got the nod and a first-round tournament bye because of a better conference record than LMU, including beating the Lions twice), and also set the stage for the most intriguing tournament contest. Before discussing that, however, here’s a look at the overall tournament schedule: