WCC Announces 2019-20 Men’s Basketball Conference Matchups

SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference has announced the 16 conference matchups for each of its 10 men's basketball teams for the 2019-20 season. This is the second season the WCC will play a 16-game schedule after changes adopted by the WCC Presidents' Council as part of the Conference's Men's Basketball Enhancement Plan prior to the start of the 2018-19 season.

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 as a multiple NCAA bid Conference.

The matchups detailed below designate the 16-game home and away opponents for the upcoming season based on a Conference formula including 2017-18 team RPI and the 2018-19 team NET rankings, last year's West Coast Conference tournament seedings, and a spring survey of the league's 10 head coaches.

The 2020 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships will take place March 5-10 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

About West Coast Conference Basketball 
Last season, the West Coast Conference once again enjoyed national exposure featuring two teams in the NCAA Tournament – Gonzaga University and Saint Mary's College. The Bulldogs spent five weeks at No. 1 in both the AP & USA Today Coaches polls and posted an unblemished 16-0 WCC record. The Gaels qualified for the NCAA Tournament by upsetting No. 1 Gonzaga in the WCC Tournament title game. Both Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s are each earning plenty of preseason top-25 recognition.
 
Gonzaga's remarkable streak of 21 consecutive NCAA postseason berths – including a nearly unprecedented streak of five consecutive Sweet 16 berths and three Elite Eight appearances in five seasons – 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
3 -- Elite Eight Appearances
6 -- 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
21 -- NCAA Tournament Wins
65 -- Overall Postseason Victories

The regular-season WCC matchups for the 2019-20 season are listed below. Conference play will begin on Thursday, January 2, 2020. 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, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco
Home: Santa Clara
Road: Pacific

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

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

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

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

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, LMU, Pacific, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Portland
Road: Pepperdine

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

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

Santa Clara
Home/Road: Gonzaga, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco
Home: LMU
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 2019-20.

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.