2011–12 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

August 2023 2011–12 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Season #9B1743 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 120px 9 (national) ESPN2, ESPNU, BYUtv, (regional) 4SD, CSNNW, CSNBA, CSNCA, ROOT, FS West, Prime Ticket Regular Season Saint Mary's Gonzaga Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Tournament 2012 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Saint Mary's Gonzaga Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's Most Valuable Player Basketball 2010–11 West Coast Conference men's basketball season 10–11 2012–13 West Coast Conference men's basketball season 12–13 The 2011–12 West Coast Conference men's basketball season begins with practices in October 2011 and ends with the 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament from February 29- March 5, 2012 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The regular season begins on the weekend of November 11, with the conference schedule starting on December 29. This is the sixty-first season under the West Coast Conference name. In July 2011, a new faith based, private school joined the conference. BYU came from the Mountain West, the conferences first change since 1980. Pre-season Pre-season media day was held on October 27, 2011 at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California. 2011–12 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll Rank, School (first-place votes), Points 1. Gonzaga University (7), 63 2. Saint Mary's College (1), 56 3. Brigham Young University (1), 52 4. University of San Francisco, 42 5. Santa Clara University, 35 6. Loyola Marymount University, 27 7. University of Portland, 25 8. Pepperdine University, 13 9. University of San Diego, 11 2011–12 West Coast Men's Preseason All-West Conference Team Player, School, Yr., Pos. Brandon Davies, BYU, Jr., F Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's, Jr., G Kevin Foster, Santa Clara, Jr., G Rashad Green, San Francisco, Sr., G Elias Harris, Gonzaga, Jr., F Rob Jones, Saint Mary's, Sr., F Nemanja Mitrovic, Portland, Sr., G Robert Sacre, Gonzaga, RS-Sr., C Drew Viney, Loyola Marymount, RS-Sr., F Michael Williams, San Francisco, Jr., G Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Gonzaga was ranked in the pre-season poll at No. 23. + Legend     Improvement in ranking   Drop in ranking RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll   Pre/Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalBYU AP RV RV RV RV No PollC RV RV RV RV Gonzaga AP 23 22 19 19 23 RV RV RV 25 21 RV RV 24 RV 24 RV RV 24 RV No PollC 23 23 19 18 22 RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV 25 RV RVLoyola Marymount AP No PollC Pepperdine AP No PollC Portland AP No PollC Saint Mary's AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 18 16 21 RV RV RV 24 No PollC RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 20 16 13 16 23 21 18 16 RVSan Diego AP No PollC San Francisco AP No PollC Santa Clara AP No PollC Non-Conference games Loyola Marymount defeated #17 UCLA 69-58 on November 11, 2011. BYU would lose to #11 Wisconsin in the Championship of the Chicago Invitational Challenge 73-56 on November 26, 2011. BYU would lose to #6 Baylor at the Marriott Center 86-83 on November 26, 2011. Portland would lose at #2 Kentucky 87-63 on November 26, 2011. Loyola Marymount defeated #25 Saint Louis 75-68 on November 29, 2011. Saint Mary's would lose to #6 Baylor in the Las Vegas Classic 72-59 on December 22, 2011. Portland would lose at #23 Saint Louis 73-53 on December 3, 2011. The WCC would go 1-1 in BracketBuster games. LMU defeated Valparaiso 61-53 while Saint Mary's lost to #16 Murray State 51-65. The WCC posted an overall record of 6-7 against the Pac-12 Conference for the 2011–12 season. Conference games Composite Matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.   BYUGonzagaLMUPepperdinePortlandSaint Mary'sSan DiegoSan FranciscoSanta Claravs. Brigham Young – 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 vs. Gonzaga 1–1 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 vs. Loyola Marymount 1–1 2–0 – 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 vs. Pepperdine 2–0 2–0 2–0 – 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 vs. Portland 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 vs. Saint Mary's 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 – 0–2 0–2 0–2 vs. San Diego 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 – 2–0 0–2 vs. San Francisco 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 – 0–2 vs. Santa Clara 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 – Total 12–4 13–3 11–5 4–12 3–13 14–2 7–9 8–8 0–16 Conference tournament 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament February 29 – March 5, 2012 – West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. Head coaches Dave Rose, BYU Mark Few, Gonzaga Max Good, Loyola Marymount Marty Wilson, Pepperdine Eric Reveno, Portland Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's Bill Grier, San Diego Rex Walters, San Francisco Kerry Keating, Santa Clara Postseason NCAA tournament The WCC set a personal record with 3 teams going to the NCAA Tourney. Gonzaga was a 7-seed in the East and Saint Mary's was a 7-seed in the Midwest. BYU was a 14-seed in the West. BYU played in the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. During the game, they set a record for the largest comeback in an NCAA tournament game, as they were down by 25 points at one point and came back to beat the Iona Gaels 78–72. The largest previous deficit overcome in the tournament was 22 points by Duke against Maryland in the 2001 national semifinals.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320730252 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314220327/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320730252 dead March 14, 2012 BYU rallies from 25-point deficit to shock Iona Associated Press ESPN.com March 13, 2012 March 14, 2012 BYU advanced to Louisville where they would lose in the second round to the Marquette Eagles 88-68. Gonzaga received a bye to the second round, where they were sent to Pittsburgh. They managed to overwhelm current Big East and future Big 12 member West Virginia with their outside passing 77-54 to advance to the third round. The Big Ten's #7 ranked nationally Ohio State Buckeyes proved to be too much for Gonzaga as they squeaked by 73-66. Ohio State would advance to the Final Four. Saint Mary's received a bye to the second round and was sent to Omaha. They faced Big Ten Conference member Purdue and were upset 72-69. NIT No WCC teams were selected for the 2012 NIT. CBI San Francisco played at Pac-12 Conference member Washington State in the first round of the CiT. After keeping it within 5 points in the first half, Washington State used speed to pull away in the second half and advance 89-75. Washington State would go on to advance to the CBI championship. CiT Loyola Marymount participated in their second consecutive CiT tournament. They would host first and second-round games. In the first round they beat Big West member Cal State Fullerton 88-79. In the second round it took overtime, but they managed to get by the Big Sky's Weber State Wildcats 84-78. In the third round they would visit the WAC's Utah State Aggies, and despite a fast-paced game, Utah State would use foul shots to pull away in the last 5 minutes 77-69. Utah State would go on to advance to the CiT championship game. Highlights and notes Awards and honors Primetime Performers Honor Roll by Collegesports360.com Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's, Week of Jan 9-15 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Player-of-the-Week 35em Nov. 14 – Ashley Hamilton, Loyola Marymount Nov. 28 – Evan Roquemore, Santa Clara Dec. 12 – Angelo Caloiaro, San Francisco Dec. 26 – Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga Jan. 9 – Rob Jones, Saint Mary's Jan. 23 – Anthony Ireland, Loyola Marymount Feb. 6 – Brandon Davies, BYU Feb. 20 – Anthony Ireland, Loyola Marymount Nov. 21 – Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga Dec. 5 – Noah Hartsock, BYU Dec. 19 – Elias Harris, Gonzaga Jan. 2 – Brandon Davies, BYU Jan. 16 – Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's Jan. 30 – Perris Blackwell, San Francisco Feb. 13 – Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga Feb. 27 – Elias Harris, Gonzaga Player-of-the-Month November – Rob Jones, Saint Mary's December – Noah Hartsock, BYU January – Matthew Dellavedova- Saint Mary's February – Rob Jones, Saint Mary's All-Americans All West Coast Conference teams http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022812aaa.html WCC announces 2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Team WCCSports.com February 28, 2012 February 28, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120310044901/http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022812aaa.html March 10, 2012 dead mdy-all Voting was by conference coaches: Player of The Year: Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's Newcomer of The Year: Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga Defensive Player of The Year: Robert Sacre, Gonzaga Coach of The Year: Max Good, Loyola Marymount ALL CONFERENCE: NameSchool Pos. Year Angelo Caloiaro San Francisco F Senior Brandon Davies BYU F Junior Matthew Dellavedova Saint Mary's G Junior Elias Harris Gonzaga F Junior Noah Hartsock BYU F Senior Anthony Ireland Loyola Marymount G Sophomore Rob Jones Saint Mary's F Senior Kevin Pangos Gonzaga G Freshman Robert Sacre Gonzaga C Senior Drew Viney Loyola Marymount F Senior HONORABLE MENTION: NameSchool Perris Blackwell San Francisco Matt Carlino BYU Johnny Dee San Diego Rashad Green San Francisco Stephen Holt Saint Mary's Corbin Moore Pepperdine ALL-FRESHMAN NameSchool Position Gary Bell, Jr. Gonzaga G Matt Carlino BYU G Johnny Dee San Diego G Kevin Pangos Gonzaga G Brad Waldow Saint Mary's F ALL-ACADEMIC http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022712aac.html WCC announces 2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Academic Team WCCSports.com February 27, 2012 February 27, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120310044921/http://www.wccsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022712aac.html March 10, 2012 dead Player, School Year GPA Major Craig Cusick, BYU Junior 3.59 Accounting Taylor Darby, Pepperdine Senior 3.37 Integrated Marketing Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's Junior 3.61 Psychology Cody Doolin, San Francisco Sophomore 3.61 Finance Michael Hart, Gonzaga Junior 3.63 Business Administration Beau Levesque, Saint Mary's Sophomore 3.70 Sport Management Corbin Moore, Pepperdine Senior 3.24 Economics Ryan Nicholas, Portland Sophomore 3.44 Psychology Justin Raffington, San Francisco Sophomore 3.50 Advertising Jay Wey, San Francisco Senior 3.73 Business Administration See also 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2011–12 West Coast Conference women's basketball season West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament References