2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams8
SiteToso Pavilion
Santa Clara, California
ChampionsGonzaga (3rd title)
Winning coachMark Few (1st title)
MVPCasey Calvary (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN2, ESPN
← 1999
2001 →
1999–2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Pepperdine 12 – 2   .857 25 – 9   .735
Gonzaga † 11 – 3   .786 26 – 9   .743
San Diego 10 – 4   .714 20 – 9   .690
Santa Clara 9 – 5   .643 19 – 12   .613
San Francisco 7 – 7   .500 19 – 9   .679
Portland 4 – 10   .286 10 – 18   .357
Saint Mary's 3 – 11   .214 8 – 20   .286
Loyola Marymount 0 – 14   .000 2 – 26   .071
† 2000 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2000 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–6, 2000. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California at the Toso Pavilion. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN.

The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their second straight WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament.[1] Casey Calvary of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP.

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

* – Denotes overtime period

Quarter finals
Saturday, March 4 		Semi-finals
Sunday, March 5 		Finals
Monday, March 6
         
1 Pepperdine 83
8 Loyola Marymount 49
1 Pepperdine 58
6 Santa Clara 55
4 Santa Clara 63
5 San Francisco 48
1 Pepperdine 65
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Gonzaga 69*
3 San Diego 56
6 Portland 52
2 Gonzaga 80
5 San Diego 70
2 Gonzaga 76
7 Saint Mary's 49

See also

References

  1. ^ "Zags down Pepperdine in overtime". ESPN.com. March 6, 2000. Retrieved June 9, 2019.