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2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportMen's basketball
Number of teams10
Regular season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
2021–22 →
2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Gonzaga † 15 – 0   1.000 31 – 1   .969
No. 23 BYU 10 – 3   .769 20 – 7   .741
Loyola Marymount 7 – 5   .583 13 – 9   .591
Pepperdine 7 – 6   .538 15 – 12   .556
Pacific 6 – 7   .462 9 – 9   .500
Santa Clara 4 – 5   .444 12 – 8   .600
Saint Mary's 4 – 6   .400 14 – 10   .583
San Francisco 4 – 9   .308 11 – 14   .440
San Diego 2 – 7   .222 3 – 11   .214
Portland 0 – 11   .000 6 – 15   .286
† 2021 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2020 and will end with the 2021 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament in March 2021. This is the 70th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 32nd 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 March 8, 2020, it was announced that Mike Dunlap would end his tenure as head coach at Loyola Marymount. He spent six seasons as their head coach and posted a record of 81–108.[1] During the 2018–19 season, LMU began the season with eight straight wins and reached the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational.[2] However, in the 2019–20 season their record was 11-21 and they only reached the second round of the WCC tournament.[3] Soon thereafter, on March 20, Loyola Marymount announced that Stan Johnson, the associate head coach at Marquette, would become their new head coach.[4] Johnson played college basketball at Southern Utah University and has coached at various universities in the West and Midwest.[5]

Coaches

Team Head Coach Previous job Years

at school

Overall

record

WCC

record

WCC

Tournament record

NCAA

Tournaments

Sweet

Sixteens

BYU Mark Pope Utah Valley 2 24–8 (.750) 13–3 (.813) 0–1 (.000) 0 0
Gonzaga Mark Few Gonzaga

(asst.)

22 599–124 (.828) 291–31 (.904) 43–5 (.896) 20 9
Loyola Marymount Stan Johnson Marquette (asst.) 1 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0
Pacific Damon Stoudamire Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) 5 62–68 (.477) 28–40 (.412) 1–4 (.200) 0 0
Pepperdine Lorenzo Romar Arizona (asst.) 3 32–34 (.485) 14–18 (.438) 4–2 (.667) 7 3
Portland Terry Porter Minnesota Timberwolves (asst.) 5 37–92 (.287) 7–61 (.103) 1–4 (.200) 0 0
Saint Mary's Randy Bennett Saint Louis(asst.) 20 440–182 (.707) 219–92 (.704) 24–16 (.600) 7 1
San Diego Sam Scholl San Diego

(asst.)

3 32–40 (.444) 9–23 (0.281) 3–2 (0.600) 0 0
San Francisco Todd Golden San Francisco (asst.) 2 22–12 (.647) 9–7 (.563) 2–1 (.667) 0 0
Santa Clara Herb Sendek Arizona State 5 64–64 (.500) 32–35 (.478) 2–4 (.333) 8 1

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
  • Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2020–21 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

2020-21 WCC Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll[6]
Rank Team (First Place Votes) Points
1. Gonzaga (9) 81
2. BYU (1) 69
3. Saint Mary's 63
4. Pepperdine 57
5. San Francisco 52
6. Santa Clara 38
7. Loyola Marymount 33
8. Pacific 31
8. San Diego 16
10. Portland 10

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

Honor Recipient
Preseason All-WCC Team Joel Ayayi, Gonzaga
Alex Barcello, BYU
Jamaree Bouyea, San Francisco
Kessler Edwards, Pepperdine
Corey Kispert, Gonzaga
Colbey Ross, Pepperdine
Eli Scott, LMU
Matthias Tass, Saint Mary's
Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Josip Vrankic, Santa Clara

Rankings

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball 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[7]

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4[10]

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5[11]

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6[12]

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7[13]

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8[14]

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9[15]

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10[16]

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11[17]

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12[18]

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13[19]

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14[20]

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15[21]

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16[22]

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17[23]

Post
BYU AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23T
C RV -- RV RV RV RV RV
Gonzaga AP 1 (28) 1 (57) 1 (54) 1 (54) 1 (61) 1 (62) 1 (63) 1 (63) 1 (62) 1 (62) 1 (61) 1 (55) 1 (59) 1 (60) 1 (59) 1 (61) 1 (60)
C 2 (10) -- 1 (23) 1 (24) 1 (25) 1 (29) 1 (29) 1 (29) 1 (28) 1 (29) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (28) 1 (27) 1 (31) 1 (31) 1 (32)
Loyola

Marymount

AP
C
Pacific AP
C
Pepperdine AP
C
Portland AP
C
Saint

Mary's

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C RV -- RV RV
San

Diego

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C
San

Francisco

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C
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Clara

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C

Regular season

Conference matrix

  BYU Gonzaga Loyola Marymount Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. BYU – 2−0 0−1 0−2 1−1 0−2 0−2 0−0 0−2 0–0
vs. Gonzaga 0−2 – 0−1 0−2 0−2 0−1 0−2 0−2 0−2 0–1
vs. Loyola Marymount 1−0 1−0 – 1−1 0−1 0−1 1−0 0−1 0−2 1−1
vs. Pacific 2–0 2−0 1−1 – 1−0 0−2 1−0 0−1 0−1 0−1
vs. Pepperdine 1−1 2−0 1−0 0−1 – 0−2 1–1 0−1 0−1 1−0
vs. Portland 2−0 1−0 1−0 2−0 2−0 – 0−0 1−0 2−0 0−0
vs. Saint Mary's 2−0 2−0 0−1 0−1 1−1 0−0 – 0−0 0−1 1−0
vs. San Diego 0−0 2−0 1−0 1−0 1−0 0−1 0−0 – 1−0 1−1
vs. San Francisco 2−0 2−0 2−0 1−0 1−0 0−2 1−0 0−1 – 0–1
vs. Santa Clara 0−0 1−0 1−1 1−0 0−1 0−0 0−1 1−1 1−0 –
Total 10−3 15−0 7−5 6−7 7−6 0−11 4−6 2−7 4−9 4−5

Early season tournaments

The following table summarizes the multiple-team events (MTE) or early season tournaments in which teams from the West Coast Conference participated.

Team Tournament Dates Arena Arena Location
BYU Roman Legends Classic[24] December 1–3, 2020 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Gonzaga Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off[25] November 26–27, 2020 Suncoast Credit Union Arena Fort Myers, Florida
Loyola Marymount Minnesota MTE[26] November 29–30, 2020 Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pepperdine San Diego State MTE[27] November 25 & 27, 2020 Viejas Arena San Diego, California
Portland U.S. Bank Portland Invitational[28] November 25–29, 2020 Chiles Center Portland, Oregon
Saint Mary's Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic[29] November 25–27, 2020 Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, South Dakota
San Francisco Bubbleville November 25–29, 2020 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut
Santa Clara Bronco Invitational[30] November 25–28, 2020 Leavey Center Santa Clara, California

Player/Freshman of the Week

Throughout the year, the West Coast Conference named a player of the week and a freshman of the week as follows:

Week Date Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
1[31] November 30, 2020 Drew Timme (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
2[32] December 7, 2020 Andrew Nembhard (Gonzaga) Leemet Bockler (St. Mary's)
3[33] December 14, 2020 Ahmed Ali (Portland) Caleb Lohner (BYU)
4[34] December 21, 2020 Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
5[35] December 28, 2020 Corey Kispert (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
6[36] January 4, 2021 Joel Ayayi (Gonzaga) Oumar Ballo (Gonzaga)
7[37] January 11, 2021 Joel Ayayi (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
8[38] January 18, 2021 Corey Kispert (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
9[39] January 25, 2021 Kessler Edwards (Pepperdine) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
10[40] February 1, 2021 Drew Timme (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
11[41] February 8, 2021 Colbey Ross (Pepperdine) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
12[42] February 15, 2021 Drew Timme (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)
13[43] February 22, 2021 Eli Scott (Loyola Marymount) Caleb Lohner (BYU)
14[44] March 1, 2021 Corey Kispert (Gonzaga) Jalen Suggs (Gonzaga)

All-WCC Awards and Teams

On March 2, 2021, the West Coast Conference announced the following awards:[45]

Honor Recipient School
Player of the Year Corey Kispert Gonzaga
Coach of the Year Mark Few Gonzaga
Defensive Player of the Year Matt Haarms BYU
Newcomer of the Year Jalen Suggs Gonzaga
All-WCC First Team Joel Ayayi Gonzaga
Alex Barcello BYU
Jamaree Bouyea San Francisco
Kessler Edwards Pepperdine
Corey Kispert Gonzaga
Colbey Ross Pepperdine
Eli Scott LMU
Jalen Suggs Gonzaga
Drew Timme Gonzaga
Josip Vrankic Santa Clara
All-WCC Second Team Brandon Averette BYU
Matt Haarms BYU
Logan Johnson Saint Mary's
Andrew Nembhard Gonzaga
Khalil Shabazz San Francisco
All-WCC Freshman Team Jalin Anderson LMU
Oumar Balllo Gonzaga
Caleb Lohner BYU
Mitchell Saxen Saint Mary's
Jalen Suggs Gonzaga
WCC Honorable Mention Ahmed Ali Portland
Jeremiah Bailey Pacific
Joey Calcaterra San Diego
Dameane Douglas LMU
Daniss Jenkins Pacific
Keli Leaupepe LMU
Dzmitry Ryuny San Francisco
Jalen Williams Santa Clara

Postseason

West Coast Conference Tournament

Main article: 2021 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

NIT Tournament

Main article: 2021 National Invitation Tournament

CBI Tournament

Main article: 2021 College Basketball Invitational

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