2009 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
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2009 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2008–09 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
Champions | Gonzaga (10th title) |
Winning coach | Mark Few (8th title) |
MVP | Micah Downs (Gonzaga) |
Television | ESPN2, ESPN |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Gonzaga† | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2009 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–9, 2009, at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. This was the first WCC tournament to have been held at a neutral site; it previously rotated between various campus sites. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2, and the championship game was televised by ESPN.
Gonzaga capped off a perfect season in conference play by winning the tournament. The Bulldogs' trip to the 2009 NCAA tournament was their 11th in a row.
2009 West Coast Conference tournament
First round Friday, March 6 | Quarter finals Saturday, March 7 | Semi-finals Sunday, March 8 | Finals Monday, March 9 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | San Diego | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Loyola Marymount | 58 | 4 | Santa Clara | 80 | ||||||||||||||
5 | San Diego | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #14 Gonzaga | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Santa Clara | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | #12 Gonzaga | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Pepperdine | 93 | 2 | Saint Mary's | 58 | ||||||||||||||
7 | San Francisco | 85 | 3 | Portland | 69 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Pepperdine | 45 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Saint Mary's | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Portland | 61 |
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
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