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| 2023–24 West Coast Conference men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Men's basketball |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Saint Mary’s |
| Season MVP | Augustas Marčiulionis, Saint Mary's |
| Tournament | |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Saint Mary's † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Gonzaga | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023–24 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2023 and will end with the 2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2024. This will be the 73rd season for WCC men's basketball, and the 35th under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.
Head coaches
Coaches
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years
at school |
Overall
record |
WCC
record |
WCC
Tournament record |
NCAA
Tournaments |
Sweet
Sixteens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzaga | Mark Few | Gonzaga (asst.) | 25 | 689–135 (.836) | 332–34 (.907) | 49–5 (.907) | 23 | 12 |
| Loyola Marymount | Stan Johnson | Marquette (asst.) | 4 | 43–39 (.524) | 19–24 (.442) | 2–3 (.400) | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | Leonard Perry | Pacific (asst.) | 3 | 22–39 (.361) | 10–20 (.333) | 1–2 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Pepperdine | Lorenzo Romar | Arizona (asst.) | 6 | 105–136 (.436) | 24-53 (.312) | 5–5 (.500) | 7 | 3 |
| Portland | Shantay Legans | Eastern Washington | 3 | 32–33 (.492) | 12–18 (.400) | 2–2 (.500) | 1 | 0 |
| Saint Mary's | Randy Bennett | Saint Louis (asst.) | 23 | 507–208 (.709) | 256–95 (.729) | 27–19 (.587) | 9 | 1 |
| San Diego | Steve Lavin | St. John's | 2 | 11–20 (.355) | 4–12 (.250) | 0–1 (.000) | 8 | 4 |
| San Francisco | Chris Gerlufsen | San Francisco (asst.) | 2 | 20–14 (.588) | 7–9 (.438) | 2–1 (.667) | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Clara | Herb Sendek | Arizona State | 7 | 120–94 (.561) | 57–50 (.533) | 5–7 (.417) | 8 | 1 |
Notes:
- Year at school includes 2023–24 season.
- Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2023–24 season.
Preseason
Conference realignment
On September 10, 2021, BYU was one of four schools (the others being Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF) that accepted invitations to join the Big 12 Conference beginning with the 2023-24 athletic season.[1] Therefore, the WCC dropped to 9 teams for the current season.[2]
Preseason poll
| 2023-24 WCC Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team (First Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. | Saint Mary's (5) | 61 |
| 2. | Gonzaga (4) | 60 |
| 3. | San Francisco | 45 |
| 4. | Loyola Marymount | 42 |
| 5. | Santa Clara | 41 |
| 6. | Portland | 27 |
| 7. | Pepperdine | 22 |
| 8. | Pacific | 16 |
| 9. | San Diego | 10 |
All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team
| Honor | Recipient |
|---|---|
| Preseason All-WCC Team | Alex Ducas, Saint Mary's |
| Graham Ike, Gonzaga | |
| Keli Leaupepe, LMU | |
| Aidan Mahaney, Saint Mary's | |
| Houston Mallette, Pepperdine | |
| Ryan Nembhard, Gonzaga | |
| Jevon Porter, Pepperdine | |
| Tyler Robertson, Portland | |
| Mitchell Saxen, Saint Mary's | |
| Anton Watson, Gonzaga |
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 | |
| NV | No votes received |