1991 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

1991 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1990–91
Teams8
SiteToso Pavilion
Santa Clara, California
ChampionsPepperdine (1st title)
Winning coachTom Asbury (1st title)
MVPGeoff Lear (Pepperdine)
← 1990
1992 →
1990–91 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Pepperdine † 13 – 1   .929 22 – 9   .710
Loyola Marymount 9 – 5   .643 16 – 15   .516
San Diego 8 – 6   .571 17 – 12   .586
Saint Mary's 7 – 7   .500 13 – 17   .433
Santa Clara 7 – 7   .500 16 – 13   .552
Gonzaga 5 – 9   .357 14 – 14   .500
San Francisco 4 – 10   .286 12 – 17   .414
Portland 3 – 11   .214 5 – 23   .179
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 1991 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the fifth edition of the tournament, held March 2–4 at the Toso Pavilion at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.[1]

Top seed Pepperdine entered the tournament on a thirteen-game winning streak and defeated #4 seed Saint Mary's in the championship game, 71–68 in overtime, to win the Waves' first WCC tournament title.[2]

Pepperdine's Doug Christie, the WCC player of the year, sprained his right knee in the quarterfinal opener against Portland, which ended his season.[3]

The Waves received the conference's automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament as the fourteenth seed in the West regional.[4]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 2 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 3 		Championship
Monday, March 4
         
1 Pepperdine 97
8 Portland 62
1 Pepperdine 65
7 San Francisco 56
5 Santa Clara 74
4 Saint Mary's 79
1 Pepperdine 71*
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4 Saint Mary's 68
3 San Diego 72
6 Gonzaga 62
3 San Diego 72
4 Saint Mary's 75
7 San Francisco 101
2 Loyola Marymount 93

References

  1. ^ "1990-91 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Shorthanded Waves sink Gaels". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 5, 1991. p. C5.
  3. ^ "Waves win game, lose best player". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 3, 1991. p. 4E.
  4. ^ Hamilton, Linda (March 15, 1991). "Seton Hall's second-half defense stops Pepperdine". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. D3.