WCC Announces Conference Matchups for 2018-19 Men’s Basketball Season

Sixteen-game league slate debuts January 3

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference has announced the 16 conference matchups for each of its 10 men’s basketball teams for the 2018-19 season. The 16-game schedule is the result of changes adopted by the WCC Presidents’ Council as part of the Conference’s Men’s Basketball Enhancement Plan.

These schedule initiatives demonstrate the league-wide commitment by West Coast Conference Presidents and Athletic Directors to adopt an innovative approach to advance men’s basketball on the national stage.

The matchups detailed below designate the 16-game home and away opponents for the upcoming season based on a Conference formula including multi-year team RPI, last year’s West Coast Conference tournament seedings, and a spring survey of the league’s 10 head coaches.

The 2019 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships will take place March 7-12 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

About West Coast Conference Basketball
Last season, the West Coast Conference once again enjoyed national exposure featuring two top-25 programs -- Gonzaga University and Saint Mary's College – which concluded the regular season ranked in the national polls. It marks the second straight season the Bulldogs and Gaels accomplished the feat.

Gonzaga's remarkable streak of 20 consecutive NCAA postseason berths provides an exclamation point for a conference with a long and storied history of basketball prominence. 

Consider the following:
Since 2010, West Coast Conference programs have produced...
1 -- AP Coach of the Year
1 -- NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner
1 -- Final Four
2 -- Elite Eight Appearances
5 -- Sweet-16 berths
10 -- NBA Championships won by WCC alums
10 -- WCC programs to compete in at least one Postseason Tournament
12 -- Academic All-Americans
15 -- AP All-Americans
18 -- NCAA Tournament Wins
59 -- Overall Postseason Victories

The regular-season WCC matchups for the 2018-19 season are listed below. Conference play will begin on Thursday, January 3, 2019. Specific dates and times for each game will be announced later this summer after the conference’s league schedule is finalized.

BYU
Home/Road: Gonzaga, LMU, Pacific, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, San Francisco
Home: Santa Clara 
Road: Pepperdine 

Gonzaga
Home/Road: BYU, LMU, Pacific, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara 
Home: Pepperdine
Road: Portland

Loyola Marymount
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, San Diego, Santa Clara
Home: Saint Mary’s
Road: San Francisco

Pacific
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, LMU, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, Santa Clara
Home: San Francisco
Road: San Diego 

Pepperdine
Home/Road: LMU, Pacific, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: BYU
Road: Gonzaga

Portland
Home/Road: BYU, LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Gonzaga
Road: Saint Mary’s

Saint Mary’s
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, Pacific, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Portland
Road: LMU

San Diego
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, LMU, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco
Home: Pacific
Road: Santa Clara

San Francisco
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, Santa Clara
Home: LMU
Road: Pacific

Santa Clara 
Home/Road: Gonzaga, LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco
Home: San Diego
Road: BYU

**Notable: The scheduling matchups for West Coast Conference men’s basketball do not impact the women’s basketball schedule which will continue the traditional 18 game, double round-robin league slate in 2018-19.

About the West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to become a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate athletics, with 15 conference-sponsored sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women’s beach volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball. The WCC is characterized by the stability of its membership and its unique emphasis on combining excellence in athletics with excellence in academics. For more information, visit WCCsports.com or follow the West Coast Conference on Twitter @WCCsports.