1988 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

Basketball tournament held in March 1988 August 2023 1988 West Coast Athletic Conference I Men's 200px 8 Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, CA Loyola Marymount 1st Paul Westhead 1st Hank Gathers Loyola Marymount The 1988 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at the Toso Pavilion (now Leavey Center) on the campus of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.1987-88 West Coast Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wcac/1988.html February 19, 2018 This was the second edition of the tournament; it included all eight teams and all seven games were held at the same site.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TqgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jO8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6388%2C2827060 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Blanchette John Zags draw Waves in opener March 5, 1988 D7https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=d_JVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6993%2C1270645 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Loyola Marymount nearly trips over lowly Pilots March 6, 1988 6B Regular season champion Loyola Marymount defeated tournament host and #3 seed 1987 men Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara 104–96 in the final to win their first WCAC (now WCC) tournament championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=efJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6935%2C1778494 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Loyola claims WCAC crown March 8, 1988 2D The Lions earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded tenth in the West regional. Sent to Salt Lake City, they outscored Wyoming 119–115, but were stopped 123–97 by second-seeded North Carolina. Bracket QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 5 SemifinalsSunday, March 6 ChampionshipMonday, March 7 1 #18 Loyola Marymount 110 8 1987 men San Diego Toreros San Diego 104 5 Gonzaga 70 4 1987 men Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine 81 3 1987 men Santa Clara Broncos Santa Clara 90 6 1987 men San Francisco Dons San Francisco 88 7 1987 men Portland Pilots Portland 48 2 1987 men Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's 68 1 #18 Loyola Marymount 109 4 Pepperdine 106 3 Santa Clara 69 2 Saint Mary's 62 1 #18 Loyola Marymount 104 3 Santa Clara 96 Notes The tournament champion, Loyola Marymount, scored over 100 points in all three games (San Diego: 110–104, Pepperdine: 109–106, Santa Clara: 104–96) for a total of 323 points. References Category:West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament Tournament West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Category:College basketball tournaments in California Category:Sports competitions in Santa Clara, California