2020-21 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL #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 Mark Few 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 San Francisco 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 San Diego 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 Oregon 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) Utah 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 Nevada at San Diego WCC Network TBD H Matt Haarms, BYU: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Pepperdine at UNLV The MW TBD H Corey Kispert, 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 Colbey Ross, PEP: Naismith PoY, Wooden PoY, Bob Cousy Eastern Washington at Saint Mary’s WCC Network TBD H Jalen Suggs, 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 Tournament returns to the Orleans Arena March 4-9, 2021. FOLLOW THE WEST COAST CONFERENCE 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. Randy Bennett 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..