2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK (UPDATED - 10/20/17) @WCChoops | @TheWtv | #WCChoops | 2017-18 #WCChoops Almanac 1 TEN EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOLS. ONE PREMIER CONFERENCE. since 2010, west coast conference men’s basketball teams have produced ... 1 – AP NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR 1 – NCAA ELITE 90 AWARD WINNNER 1 – FINAL FOUR 2 – ELITE EIGHTS 4 – SWEET-16’S 10 – POSTSEASON PROGRAMS 12 – ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 14 – AP ALL-AMERICANS 16 – NCAA TOURNAMENT WINS 31 – 20-WIN SEASONS 36 – POSTSEASON APPEARANCES 48 – POSTSEASON VICTORIES BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY #GOCOUGS | GONZAGA UNIVERSITY #UNITEDWEZAG | LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY #LIONSTRONG | UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC #JOINTHEROAR | PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY #WAVESUP | UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND #GOPILOTS | SAINT MARY’S COLLEGE #GOGAELS | UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO #GOTOREROS | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO #ROCKTHEHILLTOP | SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY #SCUBRONCOS 2 2017-18 #WCChoops Almanac | WCCsports.com | TheW.tv WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL #WCChoops Table of Contents Annual Individual Leaders ...........................................6-11 Annual Team Leaders ................................................12-16 Single Season Bests .................................................17-20 Career Leaders..........................................................21-23 WCC NCAA Statistical Leaders .................................24-25 Individual Records .....................................................26-28 Team Records ...........................................................29-30 Program Records ......................................................31-32 WCC Coaching Records ...........................................33-34 WCC Player of the Week (1981-2017) ......................35-36 Awards and Honors ...................................................37-38 All-WCC Teams .........................................................39-45 WCC Preseason Polls ...............................................46-47 Academic Honors ......................................................48-49 All-Americans .................................................................50 WCC in the Olympics / NBA ......................................51-53 WCC Series Records ................................................54-63 All Time Standings .....................................................65-67 2016-17 Co-Regular Season and Tournament WCC Basketball Championship Recaps ...................68-77 (37-2, 17-1 WCC) WCC Championship All-Tournament/Results/Records ..78-81 Champions: Gonzaga Bulldogs NCAA / NIT Postseason ............................................82-86 2016-17 #WCCHoops Postseason Highlights H No. 22/21 Saint Mary’s made its ninth overall NCAA Tournament appearance and sixth under head coach Randy Bennett. 2016-17 All-Conference Teams H Saint Mary’s extended its postseason streak to 10 - the best in Player of the Year: program history. After posting a 1-1 record with a win against VCU Nigel Williams-Goss, GON (85-77) and a setback to No. 2 Arizona (69-60), the Gaels own a Coach of the Year: 5-9 overall record in the NCAAs. Mark Few, GON H BYU qualified for its 12th consecutive postseason with a second Defensive Player of the Year: straight NIT berth, continuing the best run in program history. Last Joe Rahon, SMC season the Cougars marched to the NIT semifinals for the second time as a member of the WCC (2013). Newcomer of the Year: Nigel Williams-Goss, GON H BYU owns a 6-3 slate in the NIT as a WCC member with two trips to the national semifinals (2013 & 2016) and is 18-13 overall in 13 FIRST TEAM all-time appearances. The Cougars won NIT titles in 1951 & 1966. Name School H San Francisco earned its second CBI berth and made its 25th Jared Brownridge SCU overall postseason appearance. The Dons last qualified for the T.J. Haws BYU postseason in 2014 (NIT) and last played in the CBI in 2012. Calvin Hermanson SMC H The WCC is the only league to boast championships in all four Przemek Karnowski GON current postseason tournaments - CBI (Santa Clara, 2013), CIT (Santa Clara, 2011), NCAA (San Francisco 1955-56) and NIT Jock Landale SMC (USF, 1949).* Player of the Year Eric Mika BYU Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga Lamond Murray Jr. PEP Joe Rahon SMC 2016-17 All-Academic Team Johnathan Williams GON Name School Nigel Williams-Goss GON Chase Foster USF SECOND TEAM Davin Guinn BYU Brett Bailey USD Steven Haney LMU Ronnie Boyce III USF Przemek Karnowski GON Brandon Brown LMU Nate Kratch SCU Zach Collins GON Eric Mika BYU KJ Feagin SCU Josh Perkins GON Joe Rahon SMC FRESHMAN TEAM Nate Renfro USF Yoeli Childs BYU *Nigel Williams-Goss GON Zach Collins GON TJ Haws BYU *2016-17 Capital One Charles Minlend USF Academic All-American Academic All-American Coach of the Year Jordan Ratinho USF Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga Mark Few, Gonzaga @WCChoops | @TheWtv | #WCChoops | 2017-18 #WCChoops Almanac 3 #WCCHOOPS BY THE NUMBERS... 2016-17 SEASON #WCCHOOPS Number of WCC teams notching at least 20 wins this season. This is the fifth time since 2010-11 at least four WCC programs STAT-WORTHY 4x20 According to ESPN Stats & Info, have reached 20 triumphs. A league record five teams tallied Gonzaga Basketball is truly a at least 20 victories in 2011-12. nationally elite program, ranking third since 1999-00 in winning Gonzaga set to make the fifth Final Four trip in West Coast percentage since Mark Few’s first Conference history. This is the inaugural Final Four for the season as top Bulldog. Bulldogs. The Zags are the third WCC program to make the 5 Program Win % Final Fours NCAA national semifinals, joining San Francisco (1955-57) & Duke .820 4 Santa Clara (1952). Kansas .820 4 Gonzaga .817 1* Gonzaga enters the Final Four with a 28-19 all-time record in Kentucky .766 4 the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs made their first ever NCAA Also according to ESPN Stats & Info, appearance in 1995 and won their first game in the tourney Gonzaga Basketball... 28 - Has now shot at a higher percentage during their magical run to the 1999 Elite Eight. The Zags are from the field than its opponent in 25-17 under head coach Mark Few. each of its last 45 games - the longest Division I streak in 20 years. - Is the first team from the “West” to Years since the West Coast Conference last sent a team to the advance to the Final Four since UCLA Final Four. The San Francisco Dons made a then-NCAA record (2008). 60 third straight Final Four, bowing to Wilt Chamberlain’s Kansas - Is the first team from the state of Washington to advance to the Final squad in 1956-57. The Dons won back-to-back NCAA titles in Four since Seattle University (1958). 1955 & 1956. - Senior center Przemek Karnowski is the first player to shoot at least Number of program wins for Gonzaga. Program win No. 1,600 50% from the field in his first 11 NCAA came against Northwestern (3/18/17). Tournament games since UCLA’s Bill 1,602 Walton accomplished the feat. A LOT OF WINS #WCCHOOPS BY THE NUMBERS Gonzaga owns the all-time West Coast Conference records for most overall SINCE THE 2009-10 SEASON... (36) and conference wins (17) this season. In addition, the Bulldogs also Number of WCC programs to make at least one postseason matched the WCC’s longest single- appearance (NCAA, NIT, CBI, CIT). BYU (NCAA 3x, NIT 2x), Gonzaga season winning streak (29) turned in 10-10 (NCAA 8x), Loyola Marymount (CIT 2x), Pacific (CIT), Pepperdine twice by San Francisco (1955-56 & (CBI 2x), Portland (CIT 3x), Saint Mary’s (NCAA 4x, NIT 4x), San 1976-77). Diego (CIT), San Francisco (NIT, CBI 2x, CIT) and Santa Clara (CBI Champions, 2013; CIT Champions 2011). Overall Wins Number of WCC teams notching at least 20 wins during the span. 36 Gonzaga 2016-17 Gonzaga (8) has posted 18 straight seasons with at least 20 victories 35 Gonzaga 2014-15 under head coach Mark Few, while BYU (6) has won 20 or more in 32 Gonzaga 2012-13 31 12 straight seasons under head coach Dave Rose. Saint Mary’s (8) 29 Saint Mary’s 2015-16 has posted 10 straight 20-plus win campaigns for head coach Randy Gonzaga 2013-14 Bennett. San Francisco (3), Portland (2) and Santa Clara (2) also Gonzaga 2005-06 posted 20-win seasons since 2009-10. Gonzaga 2001-02 San Francisco 1976-77 Number of total WCC Postseason appearances (NCAA, NIT, CBI, CIT) San Francisco 1955-56* and total number of postseason victories in the last eight seasons. 36/47 #WCChoops postseason appearances/victories breakdown: NCAA #WCChoops Wins (15/19), NIT (7/9), CBI (5/5), CIT (9/14) 17 Gonzaga 2016-17 Gonzaga 2014-15 Number of NCAA Tournament berths/victories for the West Coast 16 Gonzaga 2012-13** Conference. Gonzaga (8/14), Saint Mary’s (4/4), BYU (3/1). The WCC 15/19 matched a conference record sending three teams to the field in 2012 *Went 29-0, won NCAA Title (BYU, Gonzaga & Saint Mary’s). **WCC expanded to nine teams in Number of Sweet-16 berths for WCC programs. Gonzaga (20015-17) and Saint Mary’s (2010) have all played for a spot in the Elite Eight. 2017 SAN JOSE REGIONAL TEAM 4 The Bulldogs current run of three straight NCAA Sweet-16s matches Trevon Bluiett, Xavier the longest run in program history (1999-01). JP Mancura, Xavier Jordan Mathews, GON Number of Elite Eight berths for Gonzaga (20015 & 2017). The Zags fell to eventual NCAA Champion Duke (66-52) in 2015. Johnathan Williams, GON (MOP) 2 Nigel Williams-Goss, GON 4 2017-18 #WCChoops Almanac | WCCsports.com | TheW.tv 2016-17 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL #WCCHOOPS FINAL FOUR NOTES | 3.29.17 Contact: Ryan McCrary (650) 873-3614 | @RyMac_26 @WCChoops | @TheWtv | #WCChoops Asst. Commissioner