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