Tag: West Coast

West Coast Finals Recap

West Coast Conference Finals Recap Recap by Mitch Schneider (1) Gonzaga 84, (2) St. Mary’s 71 Gonzaga cruised to its fifth West Coast title in six years and 20th straight victory as the Bulldogs clipped the Gaels in the conference finale. ‘Zags forward Ronny Turiaf – named tourney MVP – […]

West Coast First Round Recap

West Coast Conference First Round Recap Recap by Mitch Schneider (7) Loyola Marymount 82, (6) Portland 77 After dropping both of its regular season meetings with Portland, Loyola Marymount turned the tables Friday night, bouncing the Pilots from the West Coast Conference Tournament. LMU (15-13, 6-9) overcame an 11-point, second-half […]

West Coast Second Round Preview

West Coast Conference Second Round Preview Preview by Mitch Schneider (7) Loyola Marymount vs. (3) Pepperdine After defeating Portland 82-77 in first round of the WCC Tournament, Loyola Marymount (15-13, 6-9) will face another team that swept it during the regular season as the Lions will battle Pepperdine (14-14, 9-5) […]

West Coast First Round Preview

West Coast First Round Preview Preview by Mitch Schneider The 2004 West Coast Conference Tournament looks more like a reality dating show than a major athletic event, as seven hopefuls will look to scratch and claw their way for the right to meet up with conference-darling Gonzaga in the finale […]

West Coast Notebook

West Coast Conference Notebook by Mitch Schneider With a third of the West Coast Conference season already in the books, we can deduce the following: Gonzaga is good; San Diego is bad; and the rest of the league is playing for second-to-seventh place. Okay, I may be generalizing a bit. […]

Gonzaga at Portland

No Upset This Time by Jed Tai You’d never guess it from their relative places in the WCC standings the past few years, but Gonzaga has had a devil of a time with the Portland Pilots. Last season in their two meetings, the Zags beat Portland by only three on […]

Portland vs Oregon

Ducks looking for Redemption and Revenge by Jed Tai Two years ago, the Oregon Ducks came up to the University of Portland in desperate need of a win. Unfortunately, they went away empty-handed and it was such a bad loss that they’ve never forgotten it. So when they came up […]

West Coast Notebook

West Coast Conference Notebook by Joaquin Mesa When most people think of the West Coast Conference they think of upstart Pepperdine or the competitive Gonzaga teams of the past, but what they don’t realize is that there are three one loss teams in the conference so far. That’s more then […]

West Coast Conference Preview

West Coast Conference Preview by Andria Wenzel All-WCC first team G – Blake Stepp, Sr., Gonzaga G – Alex Acker, So., Pepperdine G – Brandon Worthy, Fr., Loyola Marymount F – Ronny Turiaf, Jr., Gonzaga F – Cory Violette, Sr., Gonzaga Player of the Year G – Blake Stepp, Sr., […]

West Coast Offseason Update

West Coast Conference Offseason News Update by Andria Wenzel The WCC preseason poll has Gonzaga University as the leading vote getter to win the conference, followed by Saint Mary’s, Pepperdine, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Clara, Portland and Loyola Marymount. The coaches also voted on the conference’s top returning players […]