The 2012–13 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012 and ended with the

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, ...

at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2013 in

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. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December. This was the 62nd season for the conference, and the 24th under its current name as "West Coast Conference". The conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989. After having no changes from 1980 until 2011, the conference will have its second change in three years in 2013. Original conference founder, and a fellow faith-based, private school Pacific will rejoin the conference. Pacific will come from the Big West.

Pre-season

* Pre-season media day was scheduled Monday, October 29, and took place at the

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Studios. Barry Tompkins hosted video interviews through WCCSports.com and Youtube.com beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live will also interviewed each coach and get a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Pre-season Conference team, and the pre-season coaches rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

2012–13 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

:''Rank, School (first-place votes), Points'' :1. Gonzaga (7), 63 :2.

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(1), 55 :3. St. Mary's (1), 52 :4.

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, 36 :6. Santa Clara, 35 :7.

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2012–13 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

:''Player, School, Yr., Pos.'' :Gary Bell, Jr., Gonzaga, So., G :

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, BYU, Sr., F :Johnny Dee, San Diego, So, G :

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, Saint Mary's, Sr., G :

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, Gonzaga, R-Jr., C : Kevin Foster, Santa Clara, Sr., G : Elias Harris, Gonzaga, Sr., F : Stephen Holt, Saint Mary's, Jr., G :

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, Loyola Marymount, Jr., G : Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga, So., G

Rankings

Non-Conference games

*Gonzaga won the 2012

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. *Saint Mary's finished 3rd at the

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Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

Conference tournament

* March 6–11, 2013– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena,

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Bracket

''All times listed are Pacific''

Head coaches

: Dave Rose, BYU : Mark Few, Gonzaga :

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, Loyola Marymount : Marty Wilson, Pepperdine :

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, Portland : Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's :

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, San Diego :

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, San Francisco :

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, Santa Clara

Post season

NCAA tournament

NIT

CBI

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Highlights and notes

*The Santa Clara Broncos won the 2013 College Basketball Invitational Tournament

Awards and honors

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

WCC Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 12 – Kevin Foster, G, Santa Clara * Nov. 26 – Elias Harris, F, Gonzaga * Dec. 10 – Johnny Dee, G, San Diego * Dec. 24 – Marc Trasolini, F, Santa Clara * Jan. 7 –

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, F, Gonzaga * Jan. 21 – Kevin Foster, G, Santa Clara * Feb. 4 – Matt Carlino, G, BYU * Feb. 18 –

, F, Gonzaga * Mar. 4 -

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, F, San Francisco * Nov. 19 – Johnny Dee, G, San Diego * Dec. 3 – Cole Dickerson, F, San Francisco * Dec. 17 –

, F, BYU * Dec. 31 –

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, G, BYU * Jan. 14 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU * Jan. 28 – Beau Levesque, F, Saint Mary's * Feb. 11 –De'End Parker, G, San Francisco * Feb. 25 –

, G, Saint Mary's

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

* Nov. 12 – Przemek Karnowski, C, Gonzaga * Nov. 26 – Elias Harris, F, Gonzaga * Dec. 10 – Jordan Baker, G, Pepperdine * Dec. 24 – Marc Trasolini, F, Santa Clara * Jan. 7 – Kelly Olynyk, F, Gonzaga (Also High Major Player of the Week) * Jan. 21 –

, G, Saint Mary's * Feb. 4 – Matt Carlino, G, BYU * Feb. 18 – Kelly Olynyk, F, Gonzaga * Mar. 4 - * Nov. 19 – Kevin Foster, G, Santa Clara * Dec. 3 –

, F, San Francisco * Dec. 17 –

, F, Gonzaga * Dec. 31 –

, G, BYU (Also High Major Player of the Week) * Jan. 14 – Tyler Haws, G, BYU * Jan. 28 – Beau Levesque, F, Saint Mary's * Feb. 11 – De'End Parker, G, San Francisco * Feb. 25 – Matthew Dellavedova, G, Saint Mary's

Player-of-the-Month

* November – Kevin Foster, G, Santa Clara * December –

, F, Gonzaga * January – Kelly Olynyk, F, Gonzaga * February –

All-Americans

All West Coast Conference teams

Voting was by conference coaches: *Player of The Year:

, Gonzaga *Newcomer of The Year: Stacy Davis,

*Defensive Player of The Year: Mike Hart, Gonzaga *Coach of The Year: Mark Few, Gonzaga