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 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 currently serves as an assistant coach for the Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball, Loyola Marymount Lions, a position he has held since 2024. He pre ...
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
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Rankings
WCC regular season
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
All-WCC awards and teams
Source
Postseason
West Coast Conference tournament
NCAA tournament
See also
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2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2018. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded with the Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 8, 2019. Pract ...
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West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
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2018–19 West Coast Conference women's basketball season
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West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
The West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference. The winner receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The ch ...
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2019 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
References
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