2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2018 and will end with the 2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament March 2019. This is the 68th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 30th 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.

Head coaches

Coaching changes On February 13, 2018, Pepperdine announced that head coach Marty Wilson would not return following the end of the season. He finished at Pepperdine with a seven-year record of 88–129 (91–139 when including his 3–10 record as interim head coach in 1995–96). On March 12, the school hired Lorenzo Romar as head coach. Romar returned to Pepperdine where he started his coaching career in 1996.

On March 8, 2018, San Diego head coach Lamont Smith, who had been placed on administrative leave following an arrest for domestic violence 10 days earlier, resigned as head coach. Assistant coach Sam Scholl took over as interim head coach for the Toreros during the WCC Tournament and the CIT. On April 2, the school announced Scholl would remain the head coach.

Coaches Team Head coach Previous job Yearsat school Overallrecord WCCrecord WCCTournamentrecord NCAATournaments SweetSixteens BYU Dave Rose Dixie State 14 8 1 Gonzaga Mark Few Gonzaga(asst.) 20 19 8 Loyola Marymount Mike Dunlap Charlotte Bobcats 5 0 0 Pacific Damon Stoudamire Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) 3 0 0 Pepperdine Lorenzo Romar Arizona (asst.) 1 7 3 Portland Terry Porter Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) 3 0 0 Saint Mary's Randy Bennett Saint Louis(asst.) 18 6 1 San Diego Sam Scholl San Diego(asst.) 1 0 0 San Francisco Kyle Smith Columbia 3 0 0 Santa Clara Herb Sendek Arizona State 3 8 1 Notes: Year at school includes 2018–19 season. Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2018–19 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll Source RankTeam 1.Gonzaga (9) 2.Saint Mary's 3.BYU (1)4.San Francisco5.San Diego 6.Pacific 7.Loyola Marymount 8.Pepperdine 9.Santa Clara 10.Portland(first place votes)

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team Honor Recipient Preseason All-WCC TeamJames Batemon, Loyola MarymountYoeli Childs, BYUKJ Feagin, Santa ClaraFrankie Ferrari, San FranciscoJordan Ford, Saint Mary'sRui Hachimura, GonzagaZach Norvell Jr., GonzagaJosh Perkins, GonzagaIsaiah Piñeiro, San DiegoKillian Tillie, Gonzaga Source

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 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 Post BYU AP C Gonzaga AP3 (1)331 (32)1 (43)4 (1)8775544432 (6) 1 (44) 1 (42) 1 (41) 4 (1) C4 (1)4 (1)31 (17)1 (21)6 (1)9886544432 (4) 1 (26)1 (27) 1 (28) 3 (3) LoyolaMarymount APRV C Pacific AP C Pepperdine AP C Portland AP C SaintMary's AP CRV SanDiego AP C SanFrancisco APRVRVRVRV CRV SantaClara AP C

WCC regular season

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.   BYUGonzagaLMUPacificPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Claravs. Brigham Young–2–0 0–2 0–20–10–21–10–22–00–1vs. Gonzaga0–2– 0–2 0–20–10–10–20–20–20–2vs. Loyola Marymount2–02–0–0–21–10–21–02–00–10–2vs. Pacific2–02–0 2–0 –0–20–22–01–01–02–0vs. Pepperdine1–01–0 1–1 2–0–0–21–10–22–02–0vs. Portland2–01–0 2–0 2–02–0–1–02–02–02–0vs. Saint Mary's1–12–0 0–1 0–21–10–1–0–21–10–2vs. San Diego2–02–0 0–2 0–12–00–22–0–0–21–0vs. San Francisco0–22–0 1–0 0–10–20–21–12–0–1–1vs. Santa Clara1–02–0 2–0 0–20–20–22–00–11–1–Total 11–5 16–08–84–126–100–1611–57–99–78–8

All-WCC awards and teams Honor Recipient All-WCC First TeamJames Batemon, Loyola MarymountYoeli Childs, BYUBrandon Clarke, GonzagaFrankie Ferrari, San FranciscoJordan Ford, Saint Mary'sRui Hachimura, GonzagaZach Norvell Jr., GonzagaJosh Perkins, GonzagaIsaiah Piñeiro, San DiegoColbey Ross, Pepperdine

Honor Recipient All-WCC Second TeamTahj Eaddy, Santa ClaraMalik Fitts, Saint Mary'sT.J. Haws, BYUCharles Minlend, San FranciscoOlin Carter III, San Diego

Honor Recipient All-WCC Freshman TeamGavin Baxter, BYUDameane Douglas, Loyola MarymountKessler Edwards, PepperdineFilip Petrušev, GonzagaTrey Wertz, Santa Clara Source

Postseason

West Coast Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

See also 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2018–19 West Coast Conference women's basketball season West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament 2019 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

References