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2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

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League
  
NCAA Division I

Number of teams
  
10

Runners-up
  
BYU

Sport
  
Basketball

Season champions
  
Gonzaga

TV partner(s)
  
National: ESPN2, ESPNU, BYUtv, TheW.tv Regional: FSSD, CSNNW, CSNBA, CSNCA, ROOT NW, ROOT RM, TWCSN

The 2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2013 and ended with the 2014 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena March 6–11, 2014 in Las Vegas. The regular season began in November, with the conference schedule starting at the end of December.

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This was the 63rd season for the conference, and the 25th under its current name as "West Coast Conference". The conference began as the California Basketball Association in 1952, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989. The conference went through significant changes this season, adding a new member for the second time in three seasons and bringing the WCC to 10 members. Original conference founder, and a fellow faith-based, private school Pacific, rejoined the conference from the Big West.

Pre-season

  • Pre-season media day took place on Thursday, October 24 at the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and Time Warner Cable Deportes Studios. Video interviews were hosted on the WCC's streaming video outler, TheW.tv, beginning at 11:30 AM PDT. Jeff Lampe of WCC Live also interviewed each coach and get a preview of their respective season. The regional television schedule announcement, the Preseason All-Conference team, and the pre-season coaches' rankings were some of the additional events that took place.

    • 2013–14 West Coast Men's Basketball Media Poll

    Rank, School (first-place votes), Points 1. Gonzaga (8), 80 2. BYU (1), 72 3. St. Mary's (1), 66 4. San Francisco, 51 5. San Diego, 50 6. Loyola Marymount, 44 7. Pacific, 28 8. Santa Clara, 25 9. Portland, 24 10. Pepperdine, 10

    2013–14 WCC Men's Preseason All-Conference Team

    Player, School, Yr., Pos. Gary Bell, Gonzaga, Jr., G Stacy Davis, Pepperdine, So., F Johnny Dee, San Diego, Jr., G Cole Dickerson, San Francisco, Sr., F Cody Doolin, San Francisco, Sr., G Tyler Haws, BYU, Jr., G Stephen Holt, Saint Mary's, Sr., G Anthony Ireland, Loyola Marymount, Sr., G Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga, Jr., G Brad Waldow, Saint Mary's, Jr., F

    Non-Conference games

  • BYU defeated Texas in the semifinals of the CBE Classic. In the month of January, Texas would go on to defeat 4 consecutive top-25 opponents, giving BYU a win over a Top 25 RPI school.
  • BYU defeated Stanford as part of the ESPN College Tip-Off. Stanford would finish the year as a Top 50 RPI school, giving BYU a 2nd win over a power conference Top 50 RPI school.

    • Composite Matrix

    This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

    Conference tournament

  • March 6–11, 2014– West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.

    • Head coaches

    Dave Rose, BYU Mark Few, Gonzaga Max Good, Loyola Marymount Ron Verlin, Pacific Marty Wilson, Pepperdine Eric Reveno, Portland Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's Bill Grier, San Diego Rex Walters, San Francisco Kerry Keating, Santa Clara

    All West Coast Conference teams

    The voting body for all conference awards consisted of league coaches.

  • Player of the Year: Tyler Haws, BYU
  • Newcomer of the Year: Brendan Lane, Pepperdine
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Jared Brownridge, Santa Clara
  • Coach of the Year: Rex Walters, San Francisco

    • References

    2013–14 West Coast Conference men's basketball season Wikipedia
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