2015 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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The 2015 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–10, 2015 at the
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. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA tournament.


Seeds

WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows: #Head-to-head #Better record against a higher seed #Higher RPI ''* Overall record at end of regular season.''


Schedule


Bracket

*All non-ESPN games will be shown online on TheW.tv.


Game summaries


San Francisco vs. Pacific

Series History: San Francisco leads 54-27
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and
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Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Santa Clara leads 84-59
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and
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Saint Mary's vs. Portland

Series History: Saint Mary's leads 60-29
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and
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(BYUtv)
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Casey Jacobsen Casey Gardner Jacobsen (born March 19, 1981) is an American retired professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also had an extensive European basketball career, mostly while playing wit ...
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Pepperdine vs. San Diego

Series History: Pepperdine leads 59-41
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and
Blaine Fowler Blaine Fowler is a college football and men's college basketball sports analyst in the Mountain West Conference for NBC Sports Network basketball broadcasts. He also provides analysis for the BYU Cougars football team and men's basketball West C ...
(BYUtv)
Barry Tompkins Barry David Tompkins (born May 2, 1940) is an American sportscaster. He is better known for his work as a boxing commentator, but he has covered football and other sports. Early life Tompkins was born and raised in San Francisco. Career KCBS, K ...
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Casey Jacobsen Casey Gardner Jacobsen (born March 19, 1981) is an American retired professional basketball player who played four seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also had an extensive European basketball career, mostly while playing wit ...
, and Kelli Tennant (WCC TV) ----


Gonzaga vs. San Francisco

Series History: Gonzaga leads 50-22
Broadcasters:
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BYU vs. Santa Clara

Series History: BYU leads 23-5
Broadcasters:
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Gonzaga vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Gonzaga leads 48-31
Broadcasters:
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BYU vs. Portland

Series History: BYU leads 12-1
Broadcasters:
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Stan Heath Stanley Heath III (born December 17, 1964) is an American basketball coach currently serving as the head coach for Eastern Michigan Eagles men's basketball, Eastern Michigan. Heath formerly served as head coach at the South Florida Bulls men's b ...
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WCC Championship: Gonzaga vs. BYU

Series History: Gonzaga leads 8–4
Broadcasters:
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Sean Farnham Sean Travis Farnham (born September 16, 1977) is an American sports analyst who covers college basketball for ESPN, Inc., ESPN. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball, UCLA Bruins. Farnham typically calls games featurin ...
, and Jeff Goodman (ESPN)
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Bill Frieder William Samuel Frieder (born March 3, 1942) is a former basketball coach at Michigan Wolverines men's basketball, Michigan (1981–1989) and Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball, Arizona State (1989–1997). Frieder's 1985–86 Michigan Wo ...
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See also

* 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season * West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament * 2014–15 West Coast Conference men's basketball season * 2015 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament


References

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