| 2002 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2001–02 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, California |
| Champions | Gonzaga (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Mark Few (3rd title) |
| MVP | Dan Dickau (Gonzaga) |
| Television | ESPN2, ESPN |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Gonzaga † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 29 | – | 4 | .879 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2002 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 2–4, 2002. All rounds were held in San Diego, California at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.
The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their fourth straight WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA tournament.[2] Dan Dickau of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP for the second straight year.
Format
With eight teams participating, all eight teams were placed into the first round, with teams seeded and paired based on regular-season records. After the first round, teams were re-seeded so the highest-remaining team was paired with the lowest-remaining time in one semifinal with the other two teams slotted into the other semifinal.
Bracket
| Quarter finals Saturday, March 2 | Semi-finals Sunday, March 3 | Finals Monday, March 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Pepperdine | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Portland | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Pepperdine | 68 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's | 47 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | San Diego | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Pepperdine | 90 | ||||||||||||
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | #7 Gonzaga | 96 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Santa Clara | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | #7 Gonzaga | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | San Diego | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | #7 Gonzaga | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Loyola Marymount | 64 | ||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "2000-01 West Coast Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ "The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their fourth straight automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by defeating the Pepperdine Waves, 96-90, in the 2002 West Coast Conference championship game". West Coast Conference. March 5, 2002. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
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