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2020-21 MEN’S #WCCHOOPS WEEK THREE | 12.8.20

@WCChoops | #WCChoops Contact: Ryan McCrary | @RyMac_26 WCCsports.com Asst. Commissioner Communications | [email protected] WCC BY THE NUMBERS 1955-56 102 1st 601 Last time a #WCChoops team Non-Conference Wins for #WCChoops in 2019-20 D-I Career Wins for Gonzaga entered the year ranked No. 1 #WCChoops in 2019-20 FG% - 45.93 & 3FG% - 35.61 Head Coach 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS SEASON STANDINGS WCC OVERALL W L Pct. GB Home Away W L Pct. Home Away Neut. Strk. Santa Clara 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 4 0 1.000 4-0 0-0 0-0 W4 Gonzaga 1/1 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 3 0 1.000 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 Brigham Young 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 5 1 .833 3-0 1-0 0-0 W2 Saint Mary’s 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 5 1 .833 3-0 0-0 2-1 W5 Portland 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 3 1 .750 3-1 0-0 0-0 W3 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 4 2 .667 0-0 2-0 2-2 W2 Pacific 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 2 1 .667 2-0 0-1 0-0 W1 Pepperdine 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 2 2 .500 1-0 0-1 1-1 L1 LMU 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 2 3 .400 2-0 0-3 0-0 L1 0 0 .000 -- 0-0 0-0 0 0 .000 0-0 0-0 0-0 --

WCC BASKETBALL QUICK HITS 2020-21 WCC WEEK THREE SCHEDULE H Gonzaga enters week three ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll and WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 in the USA Today Coaches polls. Last year, the Zags spent four Santa Clara at Cal Poly 6:00 p.m. straight weeks at No. 1 and occupied either No. 1 or No. 2 in the Cal at Pepperdine CBS Sports Net 6:00 p.m. rankings for 11 weeks and were in the top-5 for 12 straight weeks. San Diego at UCLA PAC 12 6:00 p.m. Boise State at BYU BYUtv 6:00 p.m. H Both, BYU and Saint Mary’s earned votes in the preseason poll. The Cougars picked up votes in the AP & USA Today Coaches THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10 polls, while the Gaels earned votes in the coaches poll. Portland at State PAC 12 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State at San Francisco WCC Network 7:00 p.m. H Gonzaga enters the year owning the longest active Division I home winning streak at 39 games. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 CSU Fullerton at San Diego WCC Network 6:00 p.m. H No. 1/1 Gonzaga is a No. 1 seed (Region 1) in the latest Joe Lunardi 2021 Bracketology report (12/8) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Sacramento State at Santa Clara WCC Network TBD H Three WCC teams were in Joe Lunardi’s final 2020 Bracketology UCSB at LMU WCC Network 2:00 p.m. report: BYU (No. 6 West), Zags (No. 1 West) & Gaels (No. 8 South) at BYU BYUtv 3:00 p.m. H UC Davis at Pacific WCC Network 3:00 p.m. Five WCC teams rate in the top-100 in the KenPom 2020-21 CSUN at Pepperdine WCC Network 6:00 p.m. week three ratings: Gonzaga (No. 1), Saint Mary’s (No. 69), San Francisco (No. 74), BYU (No. 87) & Pepperdine (No. 94) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 San Francisco at Cal PAC 12 12:00 p.m. H Six WCC student-athletes were named to 2020-21 preseason watch lists for major national awards MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 H Joel Ayayi, GON: Naismith PoY, Jerry West at San Diego WCC Network TBD H Matt Haarms, BYU: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Pepperdine at UNLV The MW TBD H , GON: Naismith PoY, Wooden PoY, NABC PoY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 Julius Erving, AP All-American (1st), Blue Ribbon All-American (1st) Santa Clara at Boise State The MW TBD H , PEP: Naismith PoY, Wooden PoY, Bob Cousy Eastern at Saint Mary’s WCC Network TBD H , GON: Naismith PoY, Bob Cousy ALL TIMES PACIFIC (PT) | **All dates/times subject to change H Drew Timme, GON: Naismith PoY, Wooden PoY, Karl Malone H Gonzaga’s Mark Few enters week three of the 2020-21 season opener with 602 career wins- all coming at GU. Few owns the UCU WCC PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK top active career winning percentage in Division I (602-124/.829). December 8: Andrew Nembhard, GON; Leemet Böckler, SMC December 1: Drew Timme, GON; Jalen Suggs, GON H The University Credit Union WCC Men’s Basketball returns to the March 4-9, 2021.

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2020-21 West Coast Conference Basketball 1 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS INFORMATION #WCChoops Among Nationally Elite Coaches Two WCC Coaches appear on this HOME AWAY HOME/AWAY list of most consecutive years of recording at least 20 victories in a Division I season.

1. Mike Krzyzewski Duke 24 2. Bill Self Kansas 22 3. Mark Few Gonzaga 21 4. Saint Mary’s 13

WCC vs. the Conferences (Through 12/9/20) American Athletic Conference...... 0-1 America East...... 0-1 Atlantic Coast...... 1-0 Atlantic 10 ...... 0-1 Atlantic Sun...... 0-0 Big East ...... 1-0 Big Sky ...... 3-0 Big South ...... 0-0 Big Ten ...... 0-2 Big 12 ...... 2-0 Big West ...... 5-1 Colonial ...... 1-0 Conference USA ...... 1-0 Horizon ...... 0-0 Independent ...... 0-0 Ivy ...... 0-0 Metro Atlantic Athletic...... 0-0 Mid-American ...... 0-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic...... 0-0 Missouri Valley ...... 1-0 Mountain West ...... 2-2 Non-Division I ...... 4-0 Northeast ...... 0-0 Ohio Valley ...... 0-0 Pac-12...... 0-2 Patriot ...... 0-0 Southeastern ...... 1-0 Southern ...... 0-0 Southland ...... 3-0 Southwestern Athletic...... 1-0 Summit ...... 1-0

Sun Belt ...... 0-0 MATCHUPS CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL COAST WEST 2020-21 Western Athletic ...... 3-1 TOTAL ...... 30-11 (.732) #WCCHOOPS ENTERS YEAR TWO OF 16-GAME CONFERENCE SLATE The West Coast Conference announced a move to a 16-game conference schedule WCC Strong in Non-Conference for each of its 10 men’s basketball teams prior to the 2018-19 season. The 16-game schedule The WCC continues a league trend of suc- is a central component of changes adopted by the WCC Presidents’ Council as cess during out of conference contests. part of the Conference’s Men’s Basketball Enhancement Plan. 2020-21: 30-11 (73.2) H Moving from an 18-game schedule to 16 was to accomplish the following: 2019-20: 102-47 (68.5) 1. Protect the NET (formerly RPI) of programs challenging for NCAA at-large berths 2018-19: 100-49 (67.1) 2. Give programs additional opportunities in non-conference to schedule 2017-18: 86-61 (58.5) quality opponents to boost NET ratings 2016-17: 85-48 (63.9) H The matchups detailed in the chart above designate the 16-game home and 2015-16: 72-54 (57.1) away opponents for the 2020-21 season based on a formula including multi-year 2014-15: 79-48 (62.2) team NET, 2020 WCC tournament seeds, and a spring survey of the league’s 10 head coaches. 2013-14: 89-45 (66.4) 2012-13: 81-44 (64.8) REVISED WCC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULING 2011-12: 68-43 (61.3) H The WCC re-established the double-bye for the top two seeds in the conference 2010-11: 65-55 (54.2) championship to protect the RPI of programs challenging for NCAA at-large berths. 2009-10: 66-57 (53.7) H The WCC utilized a double bye for its top two tournament seeds from 2003-2013. Rating the WCC in 2020-21 KenPom 2018 & 2019 NON-CONFERENCE RETURNS: PROMISING H The WCC compiled a record during 2020 non-conference play. The 102 victories The WCC (+6.35) is No. 9 in conference 102-47 (.685) rankings entering the year according to are the most in Conference history, surpassing last year’s tally (100). The WCC finished91-47 KenPom.com. The WCC is sandwiched (.659) against Division I opponents. H between the No. 10 Mountain West (+1.97) The WCC concluded 2018 non-conference play with an overall record of 100-49 (.671); 87- and the No. 8 Atlantic 10 (7.34). 49 (.640) vs. Division I opponents. For comparison… MWC: 76-64; A10: 100-83; P12: 99-58. (As of 12/8/20) H Since adopting the changes, the WCC is a combined 202-96 in OOC contests (.678)

2 WCCsports.com | @WCChoops | #WCChoops 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS POLLS AND NOTES #WCCHOOPS AT NO. 1 WCC Teams in Weekly 2020-21 Polls - made the program’s fifth -ap AP Poll / USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll WCC In The Postseason Gonzaga MULTIPLE POST-SEASON PARTICIPANTS pearance as the No. 1 team in the nation, BYU GON SMC moving up from No. 2 in the AP and USA Preseason RV/RV 1/2 --/RV NCAA 11/30 RV/RV /2 --/RV 2020 BYU*, Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s! Today Coaches polls Dec. 23. 1 12/7 --/-- 1/1 --/-- 2019 Gonzaga*, Saint Mary’s - Entering the 2019-20 season, Gonzaga 2017 Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s* had been ranked No. 1 a total of 16 weeks 2015 BYU*, Gonzaga (3, 2012-13; 4 2016-17; 5, 2018-19 & 4, 2019-20) WCC Teams in 2020-21 Ratings (12/8/20) 2014 BYU*, Gonzaga - GU spent three weeks atop the national A weekly eye on hoops metrics... 2013 Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s* polls in 2013 and returned to No. 1 1/30/17. BYU GON PEP SMC USF 2012 BYU*, Gonzaga*, Saint Mary’s NET ------2010 Gonzaga*, Saint Mary’s - The Bulldogs earned the No. 1 Overall Na- ESPN BPI 29 5 63 93 112 2008 Gonzaga*, Saint Mary’s*, San Diego tional Seed in the 2013 NCAA Tournament KenPom 87 1 94 69 74 2005 Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s* and earned a No. 1 seeds in 2017 & 2019. 2003 San Diego, Gonzaga* - San Francisco ranks T-11 (UConn) in most WCC Teams in FINAL 2020 Ratings (4/1/20) 2002 Gonzaga, Pepperdine* weeks ranked No. 1 in the national polls at A weekly eye on hoops metrics... 2000 Gonzaga, Pepperdine* 28 weeks (last 1977). BYU GON UOP SMC USF 1996 Portland, Santa Clara* 1995 Gonzaga, Santa Clara* NET 9 1 110 31 83 1989 LMU, Saint Mary’s* #WCChoops National Poll Notes ESPN BPI 17 3 130 40 72 1987 Santa Clara, San Diego* POLL NOTES KenPom 13 2 120 38 74 1982 Pepperdine, San Francisco* * Indicates at-large selection !Projected single-digit tournament seeds - Gonzaga has been ranked in 77 straight WCC TOURNAMENT POLL NOTES AP top-25 polls and have never dipped below NIT For the second time in WCC history two 2018 BYU, Saint Mary’s No. 20 in that span. teams - No. 15/16 BYU & No. 2 Gonzaga - - For the second time in WCC history and the 2017 BYU, Saint Mary’s entered the WCC Tournament ranked in the 2016 BYU, Saint Mary’s second straight year, two teams were ranked top-25 for the 2020 event. Gonzaga and 2014 Saint Mary’s, San Francisco in the 2017-18 AP/USA Today Preseason Polls: Saint Mary’s were both in the top-25 in the 1989 Santa Clara, Pepperdine Gonzaga (18/19) & Saint Mary’s (22/22). 2018 tournament. 1988 Santa Clara, Pepperdine - Both GON & SMC made every 2016-17 AP CIT & USA Today Coaches top-25 polls - also a 2014 Pacific, San Diego WCC first. 2011 Portland, San Francisco, Santa Clara - Gonzaga & Saint Mary’s have been ranked 2010 LMU, Portland in the final polls three times since 2013. *2018: No. 8 GON & No. 25 SMC WCC Tournament Champions (AP final regular season only) Year Champion Runner-Up Site 2017: No. 4/4 GON & No. 19/18 SMC 2020 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s LV 2013: No. 1/1 GON & No. RV/25 SMC 2019 Saint Mary’s Gonzaga LV 2018 Gonzaga BYU LV - Gonzaga (2/2) & BYU (18/16) were ranked 2017 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s LV in the final polls 2019-20 for the first time. 2016 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s LV 2015 Gonzaga BYU LV WCC 2019-20 RECAP GONZAGA STREAKING 2014 Gonzaga BYU LV H Three WCC teams were in Joe Lunardi’s • Gonzaga’s 39 consecutive home 2013 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s LV final 2020 Bracketology report: BYU (No. 2012 Saint Mary’s Gonzaga LV wins is the longest active Division 2011 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s LV 6 West), Zags (No. 1 West) & Gaels (No. 8 I streak. The Zags have gone un- 2010 Saint Mary’s Gonzaga LV South) beaten at home the last two years. 2009 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s LV H In the NCAA NET report, three WCC • A pair of record-setting streaks 2008 San Diego Gonzaga USD teams rate in the top-35: (No. for Gonzaga were snapped in a 2007 Gonzaga Santa Clara POR Gonzaga 2006 Gonzaga LMU GON 2), BYU (No. 9), Saint Mary’s (No. 31), while 91-78 road loss at No. 23 BYU: Its 2005 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s SCU seven are in the top-140: San Francisco streak of 40 regular season wins 2004 Gonzaga Saint Mary’s SCU (No. 97), Pacific (105), Pepperdine (134) & was halted along with its string 2003 San Diego Gonzaga USD Santa Clara (No. 140) As of 3/3/20 of 39 consecutive regular season 2002 Gonzaga Pepperdine USD 2001 Gonzaga Santa Clara USD H Three WCC teams rated in the top-40 in conference wins. • The Bulldogs were perfect in the 2000 Gonzaga Pepperdine SCU the KenPom final ratings:Gonzaga (No. 2), 1999 Gonzaga Santa Clara SCU BYU (No. 13) & Saint Mary’s (No. 38) 2019 WCC league slate (16-0) 1998 San Francisco Gonzaga SCU • The last team to go unbeaten in H 1997 Saint Mary’s San Francisco LMU Three WCC teams ranked in the top-15 WCC play: Gonzaga at 16-0 (2013) 1996 Portland Gonzaga SCU nationally in accuracy:Gonzaga • The Bulldogs posted a 308-54 slate 1995 Gonzaga Portland SCU (2nd/51.5), BYU (3rd/50.0) & Saint Mary’s in the 2010s decade - the nation’s 1994 Pepperdine San Diego SCU (13th/47.9) 1993 Santa Clara Pepperdine USF highest win tally 1992 Pepperdine Gonzaga POR H No. 2/2 Gonzaga led Division I in scoring LONGEST WCC WINNING STREAKS 1991 Pepperdine Saint Mary’s SCU offense (87.4 ppg) & scoring margin (19.6) 1990 None LMU and was second in field goal percentage • Gonzaga – 40 (ended 2/22/20) 1989 LMU Santa Clara USF • Pepperdine – 32 games (1/12/91 – H 1988 LMU Santa Clara SCU BYU (42.2) led Division I in 3-point field 1/29/93). Waves won 38 straight 1987 Santa Clara Pepperdine USF goal percentage. Saint Mary’s (4th/39.6) games vs. WCC foes & Gonzaga (8th/38.6) rate in the top-10. • Pepperdine went unbeaten in H Saint Mary’s head coach Randy Bennett back-to-back WCC Tournament 2020 WCC All-Tournament Team became the second coach (Mark Few, title runs in 1991 (3-0) & 1992 (3-0). *Joel Ayayi, So., G – Gonzaga - MOP Gonzaga) in WCC history to reach 200 • San Francisco 31 games – (1955-57) Jordan Ford, Jr., G – Saint Mary’s league wins in a 78-69 triumph at Pepper- • USF owns the WCC record for the Filip Petrusev, So., F – Gonzaga dine (1/18/20) longest overall winning streak Colbey Ross, Jr., G – Pepperdine H The WCC compiled a 102-47 (.685) (second in Division I history) with 60 Drew Timme, Fr., F - Gonzaga record during non-conference play. straight, including back-to-back NCAA titles in 1955 & 1956.

2020-21 West Coast Conference Basketball 3 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS INFORMATION

2020 UCU WCC TOURNAMENT RESULTS #WCCHOOPS POLL/ALL-WCC TEAM THURSDAY, MARCH 5 2020-21 WCC PRESEASON No. 8 LMU def. No. 9 San Diego 75-61 NBC SN CA, Root NW, AT&T SN RM, BYUtv, WCC Network MEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES POLL No. 7 Santa Clara def. No. 10 Portland 76-62 Team (First Place Vote) Pts. NBC SN CA, Root NW, AT&T SN RM, BYUtv, WCC Network 1. Gonzaga (9) 81 FRIDAY, MARCH 6 2. BYU (1) 69 No. 5 San Francisco def. No. 8 LMU 82-53 3. Saint Mary’s 63 NBC SN CA, Root NW, AT&T SN RM, BYUtv, WCC Network 4. Pepperdine 57 No. 6 Pepperdine def. No. 7 Santa Clara 84-73 5. San Francisco 52 NBC SN CA, Root NW, AT&T SN RM, BYUtv, WCC Network 6. Santa Clara 38 SATURDAY, MARCH 7 7. Loyola Marymount 33 No. 5 San Francisco def. No. 4 Pacific (ESPN2) 72-54 8. Pacific 31 No. 3 Saint Mary’s def. No. 6 Pepperdine (ESPN2) 89-82 OT2 9. San Diego 16 10. Portland 10 MONDAY, MARCH 9 No. 1 Gonzaga def. No. 5 San Francisco (ESPN) 81-77 No. 3 Saint Mary’s def. No. 2 BYU (ESPN2) 51-50 2020-21 WCC PRESEASON TUESDAY, MARCH 10 MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-WCC TEAM No. 1 Gonzaga def. No. 3 Saint Mary’s (ESPN) 84-66 Name Yr. Pos. Institution Joel Ayayi Jr. G Gonzaga No. 2 Zags Win 2020 UCU WCC Tournament Alex Barcello Sr. G BYU No. 2 Gonzaga won its eighth WCC Tournament title in 10 years, Jamaree Bouyea Sr. G San Francisco downing rival Saint Mary’s 84-66. Playing in the title game for the 23rd consecutive year, the Zags all but wrapped up another Kessler Edwards* Jr. F Pepperdine No. 1 national seed in the NCAA Tournament. Corey Kispert Sr. F Gonzaga Colbey Ross* Sr. G Pepperdine Familiar Foes Battle for the Title in the Desert Eli Scott Sr. G LMU No. 2 Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s met in the WCC Tournament ti- Matthias Tass Jr. C Saint Mary’s tle game for the 11th time in 2020. The Bulldogs own an 8-3 edge vs. the Gaels with the hardware on the line. Drew Timme So. F Gonzaga Josip Vrankic Sr. F Santa Clara Gonzaga Wins Another #WCChoops Title With a 94-59 victory vs. San Diego on February 27, No. 3/4 Gonzaga **REMINDER: The #WCChoops preseason poll and All- captured its eighth straight West Coast Conference men’s basket- WCC teams voted on solely by the 10 head coaches. Fresh- ball regular season championship, having now earned at least a share of 20 of the last 21 titles. Of those 20, 17 have been outright. men and first-year transfers are ineligible for consideration.

2019-20 WCC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Team 2019-20 WCC Men’s Basketball All-Academic Team Player of the Year: Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga Name School Yr. GPA Major Coach of the Year: , Pacific Connor Harding BYU So. 3.26 Pre-Business Defensive Player of the Year: Jahlil Tripp, Pacific TJ Haws** BYU Sr. 3.46 Finance Newcomer of the Year: , BYU Erik Johansson* LMU Sr. 3.43 Psychology Corey Kispert* GON Jr. 3.43 Business Admin. 2019-20 All-WCC Men’s Basketball First Team Tommy Kuhse SMC Jr. 4.00 Kinesiology (Grad.) Name Yr. Pos. School Jimbo Lull USF Sr. 3.55 Business Admin. Sr. F BYU Charles Minlend* USF Jr. 3.44 Finance Jr. F Saint Mary’s Remu Raitanen USF Sr. 3.87 Int. Business Jordan Ford Sr. G Saint Mary’s Jordan Ratinho** USF Sr. 3.87 Management TJ Haws Sr. G BYU Jacob Tryon POR Jr. 3.39 Business Corey Kispert Jr. G Gonzaga Filip Petrusev So. F Gonzaga Colbey Ross Jr. G Pepperdine Sr. F Gonzaga EXCLUSIVE #WCCHOOPS COVERAGE Jake Toolson Sr. G BYU YEAR THREE OF “KATZ CHATS #WCCHOOPS” Jahlil Tripp Sr. G Pacific Entering year three, longtime national col- 2019-20 All-WCC Men’s Basketball Second Team umnist Andy Katz will produce weekly interviews throughout Name Yr. Pos. School the 2020-21 WCC basketball season. Each episode of “Katz Kameron Edwards Sr. F Pepperdine Chats #WCChoops will feature a student-athlete or coach rep- Kessler Edwards So. F Pepperdine resenting a member institution. Katz can be followed on Twitter Charles Minlend Jr. G San Francisco at @TheAndyKatz Eli Scott Jr. G/F LMU Josip Vrankic Jr. F Santa Clara MEET #WCCHOOPS COLUMNIST JEFF FARAUDO A veteran sports reporter/columnist, Jeff Faraudo spent nearly 2019-20 All-WCC Men’s Basketball Freshman Team 25 years working for the Oakland Tribune, with an emphasis on Name Pos. School college sports. During his career he has covered the full gamut Sedrick Altman G Pepperdine Jaden Bediako F Santa Clara of sports from prep to professional. A longtime beat writer for Daniss Jenkins G Pacific Cal, Faraudo has covered multiple Final Fours, Rose Bowls and Keli Leaupepe F LMU four Olympics. No stranger to WCC Basketball, Faraudo has Drew Timme F Gonzaga covered 100s of WCC games from USF’s return to the sport in the 1980s to Santa Clara’s rise in the mid-1990s to the current 2019-20 WCC Men’s Basketball Honorable Mention Selections battles between BYU, Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s for league su- Gonzaga: Joel Ayayi, Ryan Woolridge; San Diego: Braun Hartfield premacy today. San Francisco: Jamaree Bouyea, Jimbo Lull; Santa Clara: Trey Wertz

4 WCCsports.com | @WCChoops | #WCChoops 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS BY THE NUMBERS // RUSSELL RULE #WCCHOOPS BY THE NUMBERS... Last time San Francisco defeated a top-5 program 1982 before upsetting No. 4 Virginia 61-60 (11/27/20) in Bubbleville

Number of games it took for Gonzaga’s Mark Few to 724 achieve 600 wins - third fastest in Division I history - Adolph Rupp (704) & (720)

Career assists by Pepperdine’s Colbey Ross - most 674 in program history and most among NCAA Division I active leaders

Career WCC victories for Saint Mary’s Randy Bennett SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference is proud 207 - second to record 200 (Mark Few) to announce the adoption of the “Russell Rule” as the first conference-wide diversity hiring commitment in Division I. Number of points scored by No. 1/2 Gonzaga in a The “Russell Rule” is named in honor of WCC and NBA legend 102 season-opening victory vs. Kansas. It was the highest and is the main part of a groundbreaking series point tally allowed by the Jayhawks in a non-overtime of initiatives implemented under the “We are Committed to game since 1990. Change” platform.

Assists over two games for Saint Mary’s Tommy Kuhse The “Russell Rule” requires each member institution to include 23 vs. Nicholls State (10) and Texas Southern (13) a member of a traditionally underrepresented community in the pool of final candidates for every athletic director, senior Consecutive home victories for Santa Clara after a administrator, head coach and full-time assistant coach posi- 21 53-47 win vs. CSU Bakersfield (12/2/20) tion in the athletic department. As of 12/8/20 The WCC has partnered with human rights activist and pioneer for racial equality, Dr. Richard Lapchick, the founder WCC RECORD BOOK WATCH - AS OF 12/8/20 and Director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport CAREER - ALL GAMES (TIDES), to develop an annual race and gender report card on SCORING YEARS G TP AVG for each WCC institution and the Conference office. 1. , LMU 1987-90 89 2490 28.0 2. Kevin Foster, SCU 2008-13 133 2423 18.2 Russell, an 11-time NBA Champion, a two-time NCAA Champi- 3. , BYU 2012-15 104 2323 22.3 on and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient as a life- 4. Jared Brownridge, SCU 2013-17 129 2313 17.9 long advocate for social justice, embraced the opportunity to 5. Terrell Lowery, LMU 1988-92 119 2201 18.5 promote equitable opportunities in college athletics. 6. Anthony Ireland, LMU 2010-14 132 2169 16.4 7. , USF 1975-79 111 2116 19.1 “It is my hope the West Coast Conference initiative will 8. Forrest McKenzie, LMU 1981-86 110 2060 18.7 encourage other leagues and schools to make similar com- 9. Johnny Dee, USD 2011-15 131 2046 15.6 mitments,” Russell stated. “We need to be intentional if we’re 10. Yoeli Childs, BYU 2016-20 117 2015 17.2 going to make real change for people of color in leadership === positions in college athletics. I’m proud to the WCC 20. Daniel Kickert, SMC 2002-06 123 1874 15.2 and Commissioner Nevarez by endorsing this most important 21. , GON 2003-06 95 1867 19.7 initiative.” 22. , SMC 2006-10 131 1846 14.1 23. Colbey Ross, PEP 2017- 102 1845 18.1 “The Russell Rule is the result of the groundbreaking work of 24. Quintin Dailey, USF 1979-82 90 1841 20.5 the WCC Presidents’ Council and Equity, Diversity and Inclu- sion Committee,” Nevarez said. “Bill Russell is the greatest bas- ASSISTS YEARS G AST AVG ketball player and social justice advocate the nation has seen. 1. Orlando Smart, USF 1990-94 116 902 7.78 He is a champion for change. It is our belief the WCC ‘Russell 2. Emmett Naar, SMC 2014-18 135 816 6.04 Rule’ will live up to his legacy. Our goal is that the diversity of 3. , SMC 2009-13 135 768 5.69 4. Christopher Anderson, USD 2011-15 129 757 5.87 our student-athletes is reflected in those that lead and mentor 5. , GON 2015-19 153 712 4.65 them and provides a holistic and inclusive education during their time at WCC institutions. 6. Terrell Lowery, LMU 1988-92 119 689 5.79 7. Colbey Ross, PEP 2017- 102 674 6.61 The “Russell Rule” is part of several significant initiatives 8. Matt Santangelo, GON 1997-00 131 668 5.09 associated with the “We are Committed to Change” platform that received unanimous support from the WCC Presidents’ ASSISTS - WCC GAMES ONLY YEARS G AST AVG Council. The initiatives were implemented in August, 2020. 1. Orlando Smart, USF 1991-94 56 424 7.6 2. Emmett Naar, SMC 2015-18 72 389 5.4 WE ARE COMMITED TO CHANGE PLAN PLATFORM 3. Christopher Anderson, USD 2011-15 67 372 5.6 DIVERSITY HIRING COMMITMENT: The “Russell Rule” is the 4. Matthew Dellavedova, SMC 2009-13 60 349 5.8 first conference-wide diversity hiring commitment in Division I. 5. Colbey Ross, PEP 2017- 50 335 6.7 EDUCATION: Conference-wide series of antiracism education- SINGLE-SEASON - WCC GAMES ONLY al webinars for coaches, administrators and student-athletes ASSISTS YEAR G AST AVG on June 29, 2020. Participants included more than 500 stu- 1. , BYU 2016 18 136 7.6 dent-athletes and more than 400 coaches and administrators. 2. Emmett Naar, SMC 2018 18 133 7.4 POLICY MAKING: The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commit- 3. Orlando Smart, USF 1991 14 129 9.2 tee (EDI), formed in 2019, will be expanded with representation 7. Colbey Ross, PEP 2019 16 117 7.3 from all 10 institutions. This group will feature a student-athlete 8. Colbey Ross, PEP 2020 16 112 7.0 subcommittee with representatives from each member. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: A Civic Engagement Pledge to facilitate annual voter education and registration for student-athletes.

2020-21 West Coast Conference Basketball 5 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS TEAM PRESEASON CAPSULES BYU COUGARS 2019-20: 13-3/2nd in WCC, 24-8 overall 2019-20: 11-5/tied 3rd in WCC; 23-10 overall Coach: Coach: Damon Stoudamire (62-68 in 5th season) (24-8 in 2nd season at BYU; 101-64 in 6th season overall) Top returning players: Senior guard Justin Moore (8.1 points, 2.7 Top returning players: Senior guard Alex Barcello (9.3 points, assists), sophomore guard Daniss Jenkins (6.2 points), sopho- 3.1 rebounds), junior forward Kolby Lee (7.0 points, 3.2 rebounds) more guard Pierre Cockrell II (6.0 points), junior guard Jahbril Top newcomers: Senior center Matt Haarms (7.5 points, 4.4 Price-Noel (5.7 points) rebounds, 2.1 blocks in three seasons at Purdue), senior guard Top newcomers: Senior forward Jordan Bell arrives from WCC Brandon Averette (12.8 points, 3.0 assists at Utah Valley), soph- rival Loyola Marymount, where he produced 7.1 points and 4.6 omore forward Wyatt Lowell (2019 WAC Freshman of the Year rebounds last year. A pair of transfer guards, senior Jervay at Utah Valley) Green (8.2 points, 4.2 rebounds at Nebraska) and Jalen Brown Key non-conference games: BYU will be tested at the Roman (Eastern Arizona CC) will be in the mix, along with 6-11 sopho- Legends Classic in Uncasville, Connecticut, where it faces more forward Marial Mading, who began his career at Rhode USC on Dec. 1, then either UConn or Vanderbilt on Dec. 3. The Island before a year at junior college. Cougars host in-state rival Utah on Dec. 12 and will hit the road Key non-conference games: The Tigers visit Nevada next to face San Diego State on Dec. 18. Monday but otherwise will stay at home until a trip to southern Quote: “I think we have a chance to be good. We’ve just got a to face Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton lot of things we’ve got to figure out . . . how to win games, how on Dec. 16 and 19, respectively. to put guys together in the right combinations, what kind of Quote: “I think we’re talented. But I’m always careful to anoint games we can play with different lineups on the floor. We have somebody to the throne. That to be has to be earned. No- a lot of possibilities.” — Coach Mark Pope body on this team I’ve had to count on on a consistent basis.” — Coach Damon Stoudamire on having depth but no clear standout players 2019-20: 15-1/1st in WCC; 31-2 overall; won WCC tournament Coach: Mark Few (599-124 in 22nd season) Top returning players: Senior forward Corey Kispert (13.9 2019-20: 8-8/6th in WCC; 16-16 overall points, 4.0 rebounds, 43.8% 3-point), junior guard Joel Ayayi Coach: (74-78 in 6th season at Pepperdine; 23- (10.6 points, 6. rebounds, 3.2 assists), sophomore forward Drew 318 in 24 years overall) Timme (13.6 points, 5.0 rebounds). Top returning players: Senior point guard Colbey Ross (20.5 Top newcomers: Freshman guard Jalen Suggs, a 6-foot-4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.2 assists, 85.4% FT), junior forward freshman point guard from West St. Paul, Minnesota, is the Kessler Edwards (13.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, WCC-leading 1.9 highest-rated recruit ever to sign with Gonzaga. He was blocks, 41.7% 3-point) ranked fifth in ESPN’s Top-100 after averaging 23.5 points, 7.3 Top newcomers: rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.8 steals as a high school senior. Key non-conference games: The Waves get home games Aaron Cook, a senior transfer from Southern Illinois, will provide against two strong southern California programs with a support and experience at the point. Freshman guard Julian Wednesday matchup vs. Big West perennial contender UC Strawther, one of two more top-100 signees on the roster, Irvine, followed Friday by a visit from Pac-12 favorite UCLA. should find a spot on the rotation. Then there is , a Quote: “That’s our whole season. It doesn’t matter what we 7-foot, 260-pound center from Mali and former top internation- do if we can’t guard. That’s not something we’ve done well the al recruit, who figures very much in the mix this season after last three years.” — Coach Lorenzo Romar on the importance sitting out the 2019-20 campaign. of improving defensively The Bulldogs have arranged Key non-conference games: a high-level non-conference slate, starting with matchups 2019-20: 1-15/last in WCC; 9-23 overall against preseason No. 6 Kansas and Auburn at the Fort Myers Coach: (37-92 in 5th season) Tip-Off on Thursday and Friday. Gonzaga plays No. 2 Baylor on Top returning players: Junior guard Takiula Fahrensohn (7.8 Dec. 5 at Indianapolis and No. 5 Iowa on Dec. 19 in Sioux Falls, points, 3.0 rebounds), sophomore guard Chase Adams (7.1 S.D. “After everything that was taken away from us last year points, 3.7 assists) and looking at all the limitations currently and that are project- Top newcomers: Nine new faces give coach Terry Porter lots of ed for our season, I was hellbent on trying to make this special options. Among the more promising are senior guard Ahmed and fun and exciting for our guys,” Few said of the schedule. Ali, who has played at Washington State and Hawaii, com- Quote: “He’s getting better, day by day. People just assume bo forward Eddie Davis, a junior college transfer, JC guards if you’re a high-level recruit you’re going to walk in and start Latrell Jones and Isaiah Dasher and grad transfer forward dominating. The veteran college guys are not bad. There’s an Michael Henn from Cal Baptist. adjustment period. He definitely went through that. The last Key non-conference games: The Pilots announced they will 10 days to two weeks he’s making significant jumps.” — Coach host a four-team event beginning Wednesday at the Chiles Mark Few on freshman Jalen Suggs Center. Portland will open Friday against Idaho. Also on tap: A LMU LIONS Dec. 10 game vs. Oregon State. 2019-20: 4-12/8th in WCC; 11-21 overall Quote: “Our strength right now is we have more depth. Last Coach: Stan Johnson (1st season) year we had good stretches then we started losing some of our Top returning players: Senior forward Eli Scott (15.5 points, 6.7 top scorers for a few games here and there, and we struggled rebounds, 4.3 assists), sophomore forward Keli Leaupepe (9.1 to score. Now not only do we have depth but also guys who points, 4.9 rebounds), senior center Mattias Markusson (10.2 can score multiple ways.” — Coach Terry Porter points, 6.3 rebounds , 58.6% FG in 2018-19) Key non-conference games: The Lions’ two most challenging matchups will be a trip to Minnesota next Monday and a Dec. 9 road game against Stanford. #WCCHOOPS PRESEASON CAPSULE CREDITS Quote: “No. 1, I’m walking into a place where they know how to All 2020-21 preseason capsules compiled by WCC Basketball work, they’re not afraid of work. Coach Dunlap did a great job Columnist Jeff Faraudo. Check out WCCSports.com and on of creating high-character kids. That being said, everything’s Twitter@WCChoops for comprehensive team-by-team cover- new, everybody’s starting from scratch.” — First-year coach age by Faraudo and WCC Correspondent Andy Katz. Stan Johnson

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SAINT MARY’S GAELS SANTA CLARA BRNOCOS 2019-20: 11-5/tied 3rd in WCC, 26-8 overall; lost in WCC tour- 2019-20: 6-10/7th in WCC; 20-13 overall nament title game Coach: (64-64 in 5th season at Santa Clara; 477- Coach: Randy Bennett (440-182 in 20th season) 359 in 27th season overall) Top returning players: Junior center Matthias Tass (6.6 points, Top returning players: Senior forward Josip Vrankic (12.5 3.6 rebounds), junior forward Dan Fotu (6.4 points, 3.4 re- points, 5.4 rebounds), senior forward D.J. Mitchell (10.7 points, bounds, 64.7% FG), senior point guard Tommy Kuhse (5.9 5.9 rebounds), junior forward Guglielmo “Willie” Caruso (9.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists). points, 4.4 rebounds, 19 games), junior forward Keyshawn Jus- Top newcomers: The Gaels have four scholarship freshmen, tice (9.0 points, 3.3 rebounds) headlined by guard Jabe Mullins, the Washington high school Top newcomers: Guard Trent Hudgins Jr. was rated by Max- 4A Player of the Year. “He’s a good offensive player, a good Preps as the No. 4 recruit in the state of Arizona after leading talent,” Bennett said. “He will play for us, be somewhere in our his Ironwood High team to its first state title. The Broncos’ oth- rotation.” Also on board is 7-foot-4 center Matt Van Komen, a er newcomers include a pair of grad transfers, guard Christian transfer from Utah. Carlyle (8.1 points in 2018-19 at Florida Gulf Coast) and forward Key non-conference games: The Gaels waste no time find- Vittoria Reynosa-Avila (Princeton) ing high-end competition on Wednesday vs. Memphis in the Key non-conference games: The Broncos are still trying to firm opener of the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic at Sioux up non-conference matchups. Falls, S.D. Texas A&M or No. 15 West Virginia awaits in the Quote: “We only have one freshman, which is unusual. We’re second round and the other side of the bracket includes 11th- a team that has some veteran players, some guys that have ranked Creighton. been through it before. We’re excited about that aspect of our Quote: “He’s doing well. He’s in shape. He’s strong. I think team.” — Coach Herb Sendek. he’s more athletic. It’s crazy. It’s only been 10 1/2 months and he’s been doing great. We’ve been careful but I’ve been impressed.” — Coach Randy Bennett on the progress of center Matthias Tass, who suffered an ACL tear last December 2019-20: 2-14/9th in WCC; 9-23 overall Coach: (30-38 in 3rd season) Top returning players: Junior guard Joey Calcaterra (11.3 points, 2.8 rebounds), senior forward Yauhen Massalski (8.4 points, 7.0 rebounds), junior guard Finn Sullivan (7.6 points, 2.4 rebounds), sophomore point guard Marion Humphrey (6.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists) Top newcomers: The incoming group is headlined by three transfers — junior guard Frankie Hughes (8.9 points in 2018-19 at Duquesne), senior forward Josh Parrish (7.5 points, 3.6 re- bounds in 2019-20 at Rice), junior forward Ben Pyle (12.3 points, 5.3 rebounds in 2019-20 at Western Illinois). Pyle is a former Mr. Basketball in the state of Kansas. Key non-conference games: USD anticipates opening its schedule at UCLA on Dec. 9. Two games previously scheduled for before that contest will be moved to new dates after an interruption by the coronavirus. Quote: “They want to win. A lot of it has to do with the lessons learned by the guys who are back from last year’s team. They certainly don’t want to experience that again.” — Coach Sam Scholl 2019-20: 9-7/5th in WCC; 22-12 overall Coach: (22-12 in 2nd season) Top returning players: Junior guard Jamaree Bouyea (12.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.5 steals), Khalil Shabazz (10.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.6 steals) Top newcomers: Five fresh faces include two freshmen, a junior college recruit and two four-year transfers. Guard Dam- ari Milstead, a Bay Area native, played 60 games for Grand Canyon, averaging 10.3 points last season. Sophomore Julian Rishwain, a 6-5 wing, played in 30 games last season for Boston College. Golden likes the defensive potential of 7-foot junior center Samba Kane, a native of Senegal who played one JC season after playing at Illinois as a freshman. Key non-conference games: The Dons will twice venture into Pac-12 territory with mid-December games against Cal and USC. Quote: “I’m cautiously optimistic. It’s so hard to tell this year because you don’t get the two scrimmages we normally get. We lost a lot of guys but I think our guard play has a chance to be pretty good and we have experience up front.” — Coach Todd Golden 2020-21 West Coast Conference Basketball 7 2020-21 #WCCHOOPS COACHES CHART ACTIVE WCC COACHES - OVERALL DIVISION I RECORDS (As of 12/8/20) COACH First Year Seasons Won Lost Win % Average 1. Mark Few, GON 1999-00 22nd 602 124 .829 28.52 2. Herb Sendek, SCU 1993-94 27th 481 359 .573 18.34 3. Randy Bennett, SMC 2001-02 20th 444 183 .708 23.16 4. Lorenzo Romar, PEP 1996-97 24th 425 320 .571 19.23 5. Mark Pope, BYU 2015-16 6th 106 65 .620 20.20 6. Damon Stoudamire, UOP 2016-17 5th 64 69 .481 15.50 7. Terry Porter, POR 2016-17 5th 40 93 .301 9.25 8. *Sam Scholl, USD 2017-18 4th 32 40 .444 10.67 9. Todd Golden, USF 2019-20 2nd 26 14 .650 22.00 10. Stan Johnson, LMU 2020-21 1st 2 3 .400 --- *Took over as interim coach in final four games of 2017-18 season Mark Few, Gonzaga 2016-17 AP National Coach of the Year WCC COACHING NOTABLES WCC COACHES IN THE LEAGUE WCC AMONG NCAA LEADERS H Two WCC coaches surpassed the H Entering 2020-21 four WCC basket- NCAA ACTIVE COACHES 400 career coaching wins milestone ball alumni were serving as NBA head CAREER WINNING PERCENTAGE in 2018-19: Randy Bennett (SMC) & coaches 1. Mark Few, GON .829 Lorenzo Romar (PEP) James Borrego - H WCC has four active coaches with San Diego (1998-01) CONSECUTIVE 20-WIN SEASONS at least 400 wins: Bennett, Mark Few - Brooklyn Nets 3. Mark Few, GON 21 (GON), Romar & Herb Sendek (SCU) Santa Clara (1992-96) 3. Randy Bennett, SMC 13 and all have guided teams in the Lloyd Pierce - Atlanta Hawks NCAA Tournament Santa Clara (1994-98) - Randy Bennett Portland (1988-92)* H Enters 20th season with 208 WCC victories and became just the second H Three current WCC head coaches coach in conference history to secure played in the NBA WCC Men’s Basketball 200 triumphs last year (Mark Few) Terry Porter, Portland Communications Directory (POR, MIN, MIA & SAS) Mark Few Lorenzo Romar, Pepperdine BYU @BYUBasketball H Has lost four players to the NBA (GSW, MIL & DET) Duff Tittle (801) 422-4910 Draft (, Zach Collins, Damon Stoudamire, Pacific [email protected] & Nigel Williams-Goss), (TOR, POR, MEM & SAS) Gonzaga @ZagMBB including two lottery picks, in four Barrett Henderson 509-313-4202 seasons (Hachimura & Collins) H Mike Brown (USD) is the only former [email protected] H Entered 22nd season with 599 ca- WCChoops alum named NBA Coach LMU @LMULionsMBB reer victories and collected career win of the Year (2008-09, CLE). Brown is the Matthew Lerman 310-338-7768 No. 600 vs. Kansas (102-90). Associate Head Coach for Golden State. [email protected] H Seeks to become the first coach Pacific @PacificMensBB H WCC Basketball alumni have won six to reach 300 WCC victories entering Chris Fortney 209-946-2730 NBA rings as head coaches 2020-21 at 291-31 (.904). [email protected] KC Jones (USF) - 2 - Boston H Averaged 34 wins per year in the Pepperdine @PeppBasketball Bill Russell (USF) - 2 - Boston last three seasons; 33 the last five Roger Horne 310-506-4455 Erik Spoelstra (POR) - 2 - Miami seasons. [email protected] H Russell was the first African-American Portland @PilotHoops head coach in NBA history Jason Brough 503-943-8439 [email protected] Saint Mary’s @SaintMarysHoops WCC PROGRAM WINNING STREAKS Trey Hannula 925-631-8722 BYU Saint Mary’s [email protected] To Open a Season 17 87-88# To Open a Season 9 (2x) 13-14 San Diego @USDmbb Single-Season 17 87-88# 88-89 Rose McPherson 619-260-4745 Gonzaga Single-Season 19 17-18 [email protected] To Open a Season 29 11/16-2/17 San Diego San Francisco @USFDonsMBB Single Season 29 11/16-2/17 To Open a Season 5 90-91, 17-18 Matt Fontenot 415-422-6161 Loyola Marymount 9^# 76-77 [email protected] To Open a Season 8 18-19 Single-Season 14 86-87 Santa Clara @SantaClaraHoops Single-Season 25 87-88 San Francisco Shawn Nestor 408-554-2114 Pacific To Open a Season 29 76-77 [email protected] To Open a Season 9 67-68 55-56* Single-Season 22# 04-05 Single-Season 29 76-77 West Coast Conference @WCChoops Pepperdine 55-56* Ryan McCrary // @RyMac_26 To Open a Season 9 57-58 Santa Clara [email protected] Single-Season 16 90-91 To Open a Season 21 68-69 Portland Single-Season 21 68-69 @WCChoops | #WCChoops To Open a Season 13 78-79 *Won NCAA Title ^Division II record #Not as a WCC member WCCsports.com Single-Season 13 78-79 8 WCCsports.com | @WCChoops | #WCChoops