1987 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament

August 2023 1987 West Coast Athletic Conference I Men's 200px 8 War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA Santa Clara 1st Carroll Williams 1st Jens Gordon Santa Clara Yes The 1987 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament (now West Coast Conference) was held from February 28 to March 7, with the semifinals and finals at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.1986-87 West Coast Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wcc/1987.html March 19, 2016 March 8, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160308071151/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/wcc/1987.html dead This was the first edition of the conference tournament and included all eight teams. The first round quarterfinals were held on the home courts of the top four seeds, and two of the hosts were defeated.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aKgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6781%2C178282 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Blanchette John GU postseason a post-mortem March 1, 1987 D1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ju5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2037%2C421848 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press UP Pilots blown out in playoff March 2, 1987 5C In the semifinals on a neutral court in San Francisco, the lower seeds won both semifinals;https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bqgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6022%2C3802681 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Pepperdine shocks USD in tourney March 7, 1987 B2 both had losing conference records. Fifth-seeded Santa Clara defeated #7 1986 men Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine in the championship game 77–65 to gain the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b6gpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6189%2C4234972 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Santa Clara wins berth in tourney March 8, 1987 D5 and were seeded fifteenth in the West regional. Regular season champion San Diego, upset by a point in the conference semifinals, received an at-large bid and were the ninth seed in the Midwest regional; both WCAC teams lost in the first round. Bracket QuarterfinalsSaturday, February 28Sunday, March 1(four sites) SemifinalsFriday, March 6San Francisco ChampionshipSaturday, March 7San Francisco 1 San Diego * 99 8 1986 men Loyola Marymount Lions Loyola Marymount 84 5 Santa Clara 91 4 1986 men Portland Pilots Portland * 60 3 1986 men Saint Mary's Gaels Saint Mary's * 62 6 1986 men San Francisco Dons San Francisco 57 7 1986 men Pepperdine Waves Pepperdine 76 2 Gonzaga * 73 1 San Diego 63 7 Pepperdine 64 3 Saint Mary's 50 5 Santa Clara 55 7 Pepperdine 65 5 Santa Clara 77 * denotes host team 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 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament Category:Basketball competitions in San Francisco Category:College basketball tournaments in California