At first look, the West Coast Convention appears to be like to be a two-bid convention this season in the case of the NCAA males’s basketball event. Because the convention event beckons a pair of groups are ranked within the Prime 25: Gonzaga, who verify in because the Nineteenth-ranked crew within the nation and St. Mary’s, who’re ranked twenty third however would be the prime seed within the WCC event because of their convention report. Gonzaga enters the event because the No. 2 seed.
However the fantastic thing about March is that there are some groups lurking that would pop some bubbles with a deep run in Las Vegas over the following week.
We are able to begin with Gonzaga, who enter the convention event with a 24-6 report that features come high quality victories, comparable to a win of their season finale in opposition to St. Mary’s, and a win over Kentucky in Lexington again on February 10. Gonzaga additionally performed a pair of potential No. 1 seeds, with losses to Purdue (by 10 again on November 20) and Connecticut (by 13 again on December 15). The Zags are led by a pair of massive males in Graham Ike and Anton Watson, who common 16.9 ppg and 14.2 ppg, respectively.
The Gaels, who completed with a 24-7 total report, had been one recreation away from an unblemished convention report coming into their remaining regular-season recreation, however a loss to Gonzaga dropped them to 15-1 within the convention. The Gaels are led by a pair of guards in Augustas Marciulionis and Aidan Mahaney. Mahaney averaged 13.7 ppg this season whereas taking pictures 35% from three-point land, whereas Marciulionis averaged 12.4 ppg whereas additionally hitting from deep at a 35% clip.
If there’s a crew lurking, it may very effectively be San Francisco. The Dons, who’re the No. 3 seed within the WCC event. San Francisco misplaced three of their final 4 video games — together with losses to each St. Mary’s and Gonzaga — however they do have a top quality win over Minnesota on their resume, and enter the event ranked 71st in Ken Pomeroy’s Adjusted Effectivity Margin.
2024 males’s West Coast Convention event bracket
You may view all the WCC bracket on the convention event web site. Full odds out there at DraftKings Sportsbook.
2023 males’s West Coast Convention event schedule
March 7 First Spherical
Recreation 1: No. 8 Pepperdine 102, No. 9 Pacific 43
March 8 Second Spherical
Recreation 2: No. 5 San Diego 57, No. 8 Pepperdine 52
Recreation 3: No. 6 Portland 78, No. 7 LMU 70
March 9 Quarterfinals
Recreation 4: No. 4 Santa Clara 104, No. 5 San Diego 79
Recreation 5: No. 3 San Francisco 72, No. 6 Portland 51
March 11 Semifinals
Recreation 6: No. 1 Saint Mary’s 79, No. 4 Santa Clara 65
Recreation 7: No. 2 Gonzaga 89, No. 3 San Francisco 77
March 12 Championship
Recreation 8: No. 1 Saint Mary’s 69, No. 2 Gonzaga 60
