The 2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2018 and will end with the

2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament The 2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, held March 7–12 at the Orleans Arena in Par ...

March 2019. This is the 68th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 30th 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 February 13, 2018, Pepperdine announced that head coach Marty Wilson would not return following the end of the season. He finished at Pepperdine with a seven-year record of 88–129 (91–139 when including his 3–10 record as interim head coach in 1995–96). On March 12, the school hired

Lorenzo Romar Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, a position he held from 1996 to 1999 and resumed in 2018. Romar also served as the head me ...

as head coach. Romar returned to Pepperdine where he started his coaching career in 1996. On March 8, 2018, San Diego head coach Lamont Smith, who had been placed on administrative leave following an arrest for domestic violence 10 days earlier, resigned as head coach. Assistant coach

Sam Scholl Samuel Elden Scholl (born November 11, 1977) is an American college basketball coach who is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of San Diego. Playing career Scholl started his playing career at Tacoma Community College for ...

took over as interim head coach for the Toreros during the WCC Tournament and the CIT. On April 2, the school announced Scholl would remain the head coach.

Coaches

''Notes:'' * Year at school includes 2018–19 season. * Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2018–19 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

Source

Rankings

WCC regular season

Conference matrix

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

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

Preseason

Preseason poll

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

Rankings

WCC regular season

Conference matrix

All-WCC awards and teams

Postseason

West Coast Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

See also

References