The 2015–16 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015 and ended with the

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at the

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March 4–8, 2016 in

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. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December. This was the 65th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 27th 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.

Pre-season

* Pre-season media day took place in October at the

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Studios. Video interviews were to be hosted on the WCC's streaming video outlet, ''TheW.tv'', beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live interviewed each coach and got 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.

2015–16 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

The Pre-season poll was announced at the conferences media day in October 2016. :''Rank, School (first-place votes), Points'' :1. Gonzaga (9), 81 :2.

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

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Pepperdine Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and th ...

, 62 :4. St. Mary's, 58 :5.

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

, 43 :6. Santa Clara, 37 :7.

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Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

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2015–16 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team

:''Player, School, Yr., Pos.'' :

Kyle Collinsworth Kyle Collinsworth (born October 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the San-en NeoPhoenix of the B.League. He played college basketball for Brigham Young University (BYU). During the 2014–15 season, Collinsworth broke th ...

, BYU, Sr., G :Chase Fischer, BYU, Sr., G :

Przemek Karnowski Przemysław Marcin "Przemek" Karnowski (; born 8 November 1993) is a Polish basketball player for Stelmet Zielona Góra of the PLK and the VTB United League. He completed his college career at Gonzaga University in the United States in 2017. He ...

, Gonzaga, Sr., C :

Domantas Sabonis Domantas Sabonis (; born May 3, 1996) is a Lithuanian-American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a two-time NBA All-Star. Sabonis started his career in Spain with Unicaj ...

, Gonzaga, So., F :

Kyle Wiltjer Kyle Gregory Wiltjer (born October 20, 1992) is a Canadian-American professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He spent two seasons of college basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats before tr ...

, Gonzaga, Sr., F :T. J. Wallace, Pacific, Jr., G :Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, Sr., F :Alec Wintering, Portland, Sr., G :Tim Derksen, San Francisco, Sr., G :

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College Sports Madness Preseason All-West Conference Team

*Coach of the Year- Mark Few, Gonzaga *Player of the Year- Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga *Freshman of the Year- Josh Perkins, Gonzaga First Team *Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara *Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU *Stacy Davis, G/F, Pepperdine *Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga *Domantas Sabonis, F/C, Gonzaga Second Team *Alec Wintering, G, Portland *T.J. Wallace, G, Pacific *Tim Derksen, G/F, San Francisco *Jett Raines, F, Pepperdine *Przemek Karnowski, F/C, Gonzaga Third Team *Chase Fischer, G, BYU *Joe Rahon, G, Saint Mary's *Shawn Olden, G, Pepperdine *Bryce Pressley, G/F, Portland *Kyle Davis, F/C, BYU Fourth Team *Eric McClellan, G, Gonzaga *Josh Perkins, G, Gonzaga *Duda Sanadze, G, San Diego *Brandon Brown, G/F, Loyola Marymount *Matt Hubbard, F/C, Santa Clara

Rankings

The AP Poll does not do a post-season rankings. As a result, their last rankings are Week 19. The Coaches Poll does a post-season poll and the end of the NCAA Tournament.

Non-Conference games

*To be posted shortly.

Conference games

Composite Matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Conference tournament

* March 4–8, 2016– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament,

Bracket

*Pacific has placed themselves on a post-season probation and will not participate in the 2016 WCC Tournament.

Head coaches

: Dave Rose, BYU :

Mark Few Mark Norman Few (born December 27, 1962) is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach at Gonzaga University since 1999. He has served on Gonzaga's coaching staff since 1989, and has been a constant on the sidelines through ...

, Gonzaga :

Mike Dunlap Michael Gregory Dunlap (born May 27, 1957) is an American professional basketball coach who serves as assistant coach for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. Dunlap is the former head coach of the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats. ...

, Loyola Marymount :

Ron Verlin Ronald Dean Verlin (born June 15, 1965) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of the Pacific. He is also the twin brother of former Idaho Vandals men's basketball coach D ...

, Pacific : Marty Wilson, Pepperdine :

Eric Reveno Eric Wendell Reveno (born March 12, 1966) is an American assistant college basketball coach at Oregon State and the former head men's basketball coach at Portland Pilots men's basketball, Portland. He was named the West Coast Conference coach of th ...

, Portland :

Randy Bennett Randall William Bennett (born June 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. He led the team to several second-place finishes and seven NCAA tournament ap ...

, Saint Mary's : Lamont Smith, San Diego :

Rex Walters Rex Andrew Walters (born March 12, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Previously, he was the Associate Hea ...

, San Francisco :

Kerry Keating Kerry Keating (born July 15, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University. Early life and college education Keating was born in Stoughton, Massachusetts and grew up in Rockvi ...

, Santa Clara

Postseason

NCAA tournament

NIT

CBI

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Awards and honors

WCC Player-of-the-Week

The WCC player of the week awards are given each Monday. * Nov. 16- Kyle Davis, F, BYU * Nov. 30-

, G, BYU &

, F, Gonzaga * Dec. 14- Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine * Dec. 28- Alec Wintering, G, Portland * Jan. 11- Kyle Collinsworth, G, BYU (2) * Jan. 25- Adom Jacko, F, Loyola Marymount * Feb. 8- Alec Wintering, G, Portland * Feb. 22- * Nov. 23-

, F, Gonzaga * Dec. 7- Nate Kratch, F, Santa Clara * Dec. 21- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga (2) * Jan. 4-

, G, Santa Clara * Jan. 18-

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, C, Saint Mary's * Feb. 1- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga (2) * Feb. 15- Nick Emery, G, BYU * Feb. 29-

College Madnesss West Coast Player of the Week

College Madness WCC player of the Week Awards are given every Sunday. * Nov. 15- Kyle Davis, F, BYU * Nov. 29- Jared Brownridge, G, Santa Clara * Dec. 13- Stacy Davis, F, Pepperdine * Dec. 27- Chase Fischer, G, BYU * Jan. 10- Nick Emery, G, BYU * Jan. 24- Evan Fitzner, C, Saint Mary's * Feb. 7- Alec Wintering, G, Portland (Also High Major player of the Week) * Feb. 21- * Nov. 22- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga * Dec. 6- Nate Kratch, F, Santa Clara * Dec. 20- Domantas Sabonis, F, Gonzaga * Jan. 3- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga * Jan. 17- David Humphries, G, Loyola Marymount * Jan. 31- Kyle Wiltjer, F, Gonzaga * Feb. 14- Nick Emery, G, BYU (Also High Major player of the week) * Feb. 28-

National Player of the Week Awards

To Be Determined after the season begins.

All-Americans

Conference Awards

The voting body for all conference awards is league coaches, with voting taking place at the end of the regular season.

Individual Honors

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, BYU * Coach of the Year:

, Saint Mary's * Defensive Player of the Year: Eric McClellan, Gonzaga * Newcomer of the Year: Joe Rahon, Saint Mary's