2022 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2022 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.[1] The tournament will be held from March 3 through March 8, 2022 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[2] For the fourth consecutive year, the Los Angeles-based University Credit Union will be the title sponsor of the tournament.[1]
| 2022 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| 2021–22 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | – | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 0 | – | 0 | – | 9 | – | 2 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Gonzaga | 0 | – | 0 | – | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 0 | – | 0 | – | 7 | – | 4 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 0 | – | 0 | – | 6 | – | 5 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2022 WCC Tournament winner As of December 11, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venue
For the fourteenth consecutive year, the 2022 WCC Tournament will be held in the Orleans Arena. When the Orleans Arena is set up for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[3] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel and Casino about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[4] The tickets for the WCC Tournament typically sell out quickly.[5] In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no fans were permitted to attend this tournament.[6]
Seeds
All 10 WCC schools are eligible to participate in the tournament. Teams are typically seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[7] However, due to numerous regular-season game cancellations, the WCC announced that the seeding for the 2021 edition would be determined using an adjusted conference winning percentage. Developed in partnership with Ken Pomeroy, the adjusted conference winning percentage takes into account the strength of the opponent and the location where each game was played.[8] The tournament followed a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011. The 7 through 10 seeds played in the "first round", the 5 and 6 seeds started play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds started in the "quarterfinals". The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[9]
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| First round – Thursday, March 3, 2022 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 vs. No. 9 | |||
| 2 | 9:00 pm | No. 7 vs. No. 10 | ||||
| Second round – Friday, March 4, 2022 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 vs. Winner Game 1 | |||
| 4 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 vs. Winner Game 2 | ||||
| Third round – Saturday, March 5, 2022 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 vs. Winner Game 3 | |||
| 6 | 9:00 pm | No. 3 vs. Winner Game 4 | ||||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 7, 2022 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 vs. Winner Game 5 | |||
| 8 | 9:00 pm | No. 2 vs. Winner Game 6 | ||||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 8, 2022 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm | Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 | |||
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||
Bracket
| First round Thursday, March 3 | Second round Friday, March 4 | Third round Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Monday, March 7 | Championship Tuesday, March 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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* denotes overtime period
References
- "WCC Announces 2021-22 Men's Basketball Conference Schedule". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- "Men's Basketball 2021-22 Conference Schedule Released". University of the Pacific. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- "Location Spotlight: Orleans Arena | Nevada Film Office". nevadafilm.com. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- Hawks, John; Higgins, Tom (2009-02-03). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer's Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4406-8515-6.
- "UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out". wccsports.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- "Gonzaga fans bummed, but understand WCC not allowing fans at tournament in Las Vegas | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- "Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings". CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- "WCC partners with Ken Pomeroy to seed conference tournament". heraldextra.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- "WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.