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Gonzaga–Saint Mary's Men's Basketball Rivalry
The Gonzaga–Saint Mary's men's basketball rivalry is an intra-West Coast Conference college basketball rivalry between the Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team of Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California and the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada .... Many analysts and members of the media have touted the Gaels vs. Zags as one of the best, if not the best, college basketball rivalry on the West Coast, as both teams have been consistently two of the top three teams in the conference over the last 2 decades. Gonzaga and Saint Mary's have combined to win 20 out of the last 24 conference championship games, including each of the last 14. The two teams have met a total o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzaga Bulldogs Men's Basketball
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are an intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Gonzaga University. The school competes in the West Coast Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Gonzaga Bulldogs play home basketball games at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane, Washington, on the university campus. Gonzaga has had 15 of its players receive the WCC Player of the Year award, and two players, Frank Burgess in 1961 with 32.4 points per game, and Adam Morrison in 2006 with 28.1 points per game, have led the nation in scoring. Morrison was named the Co-National Player of the year for the 2005–06 season. Since the mid-1990s, Gonzaga has established itself as a major basketball power in a mid-major conference. They have been to every NCAA tournament held since 1999, a year in which they made a Cinderella run to the Elite Eight, and have appeared in every final AP poll since the 2008–09 season. They have also appeared in every we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference held March 3–7, 2017 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Regular-season champion 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Gonzaga also won the WCC tournament, and with it the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 2017 NCAA tournament with a 74-56 win over 2016–17 Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team, Saint Mary's in the finals. The WCC's eight-year tournament contract with Orleans Arena expired after the 2016 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament, 2016 WCC tournament, with the WCC looking to potentially moving the tournament to a different Las Vegas-area venue (the MGM Grand Garden Arena or the T-Mobile Arena), keep it at the Orleans Arena, or move it elsewhere. In May 2016, the WCC announced that it reached an agreement on a new three-year contract with the Orleans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference and was held March 3–8, 2016 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament. Seeds Only 9 of the 10 WCC teams participated in the Tournament due to Pacific's self-imposed postseason ban. As a result, the top 7 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Schedule Bracket Game summaries First round #8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 San Diego Broadcasters: '' Dave McCann'' and ''Blaine Fowler'' Series history: Series even 46–46 ---- Quarterfinals #3 BYU vs. #6 Santa Clara Broadcasters: ''Dave McCann'' and ''Blaine Fowler'' (BYUtv) ''Steve Quis'', ''Casey Jacobsen'', and ''Kelli Tennant'' (WCC TV) Series history: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2014 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. This was the sixth consecutive year the WCC Tournament took place in Las Vegas Valley, Vegas after the WCC and the Orleans reached a 3-year extension to keep the tournament in Vegas through 2016. Format With the addition of the Pacific Tigers men's basketball, University of the Pacific, the WCC went to a more traditional tournament format. Under the new format, the top 6 seeds earned a bye out of the first round while the 7 seed plays the 10 seed and the 8 seed plays the 9 seed. The first round, which began on a Thursday, aired on BYUtv. The 8 teams that advanced to the second round had a bye on Friday while the women's second round was completed. The men's second round became the quarterfinal round. It took place on Saturday and had the 1 seed playing the winner of the 8/9 game and the 2 seed playing the winner of the 7/10 game. The quarterfinals also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2013 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada. Gonzaga, which entered the tournament as the top-ranked team in both major polls, claimed the school's 12th tournament title overall and 10th under current head coach Mark Few. Format For the second consecutive year the tournament featured a 9-team single elimination format. The 1 and 2 seeds received a bye to the semifinals while the 3 and 4 seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 6 with an 8/9 game. The second round took place on Thursday, March 7. Both the first and second rounds were shown by BYUtv Sports. The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, March 8, and were broadcast on ESPNU. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, March 9, and aired on ESPN2. The championship game was played on Monday, March 11, 2013, and was broadcast on television by ESPN a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 29 though March 5 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, Paradise, Nevada. Format With the addition of 2011–12 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, BYU to the conference, a new format was introduced for the 2012 tournament. The tournament began on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 seed game was added. The 8/9 game was streamed live on wccsports.com on Wednesday, 29 February. The second round took place on Thursday, 1 March with #5 San Francisco playing the winner of the 8/9 game and #6 San Diego playing #7 Pepperdine. BYU Television, BYUtv Sports broadcast the second round of the tournament. The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, 2 March, and were broadcast on ESPNU. They featured #3 BYU against the 6/7 game winner and #4 Loyola Marymount against the 5/8/9 winner. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, 3 Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2011 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, Paradise, Nevada to crown a champion of the West Coast Conference. In the third consecutive final that involved Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball, Gonzaga and Saint Mary's College Gaels men's basketball, Saint Mary's, 2010–11 Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team, Gonzaga won to secure its 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 13th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, NCAA tournament. Format All eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament, with seeds based on regular season records. The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals while the 3 and 4 seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The first and second round games were broadcast by BYU Television, BYUtv Sports. The two semifinal games were televised on ESPN2, with the championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2010 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 5–8, 2010, at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament was won by Saint Mary's, who defeated Gonzaga in the championship game. Format The teams were seeded based on their record following a 14-game conference season. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Bracket Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. References External links2010 WCC Tournament {{West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament navbox West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ... West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise, NV
Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It was formed on December 8, 1950. Its population was 191,238 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth most populous CDP in the United States; if it were an incorporated city, it would be the fifth largest in Nevada. As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board. Paradise contains Harry Reid International Airport, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), most of the Las Vegas Strip, and most of the tourist attractions in the Las Vegas area (excluding downtown). History The southern part of the Las Vegas Valley was referred to as Paradise Valley as early as 1910, owing to a high water table that made the land particularly fertile for farming. County commissioners established a Paradise school district in 1914. In 1950, mayor Ernie Cragin of Las Vegas sought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 6–9, 2009, at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. This was the first WCC tournament to have been held at a neutral site; it previously rotated between various campus sites. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2, and the championship game was televised by ESPN. Gonzaga capped off a perfect season in conference play by winning the tournament. The Bulldogs' trip to the 2009 NCAA tournament was their 11th in a row. 2009 West Coast Conference tournament Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. External links2009 WCC Tournament {{2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2005 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place March 4–7, 2005. All rounds were held in Santa Clara, California at the Leavey Center. The semifinals were televised by ESPN2. The West Coast Conference Championship Game was televised by ESPN. The Gonzaga Bulldogs earned their seventh WCC Tournament title and an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament. Adam Morrison of Gonzaga was named Tournament MVP. Bracket See also *West Coast Conference References {{2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox Tournament A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses: # One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ... West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
