1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 8
Site War Memorial Gymnasium
San Francisco, CA
Champions Santa Clara (1st title)
Winning coach Carroll Williams (1st title)
MVP Jens Gordon (Santa Clara)
West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments

Template:1986–87 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

The 1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 28–March 2 at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

Fifth-seeded Santa Clara defeated seventh-seeded Pepperdine in the championship game, 77–65, to win their first WCAC/WCC tournament championship.

The Broncos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament. Top-seeded San Diego, who lost in the conference semifinals, also received an at-large bid.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
Saturday, February 28		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 1		 Championship
Monday, March 2
                           
  1 San Diego 99
8 Loyola Marymount 84
1 San Diego 63  
7 Pepperdine 64  
5 Santa Clara 91
  4 Portland 60
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   7 Pepperdine 65
  5 Santa Clara 77
  3 Saint Mary's 62
6 San Francisco 57
3 Saint Mary's 50
5 Santa Clara 55  
7 Pepperdine 76
  2 Gonzaga 73

References

  1. ↑ "1986-87 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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