USD Men's Basketball 2000-2001

2001 wee TOURNAMENT USD TO HOST wee CHAMPIONSHIP Th e 200 I WCC basketball championships, schedu led to take place March 1-5, ,11ill set up shop at USD's newly constructed Jenny Cra ig Pa– vilion. The spectacular venue, which has a seating capacity of 5, I 00, opened its doors in October - 2000. In recent years, the WCC Basketball Tournament was held in the Bay Area, at Santa Clara University, which is currently making renova– tions to Leavey Event Centa RESERVED SEATS NOWAVAILABLE! ( Order tickets th rough the USD ticket office by calling (6 19) 260-755§) Super Pass (all 14 games) - Sideline $65 Men's Tournament - Reserved Sideline $50 Women's Tournament - General Admission $30 Men's session - Reserved Sideline $15 Men's session - Reserved Baseline $10 Men's session - Student $6 Women's session - General admission $10 Women's session - Student $5 - TOURNAMENT TIDBITS HOME COURT DISADVANTAGE - The tournament host team has never won the championship game. In fact, on ly twice be fore has the host schoo l ever advanced to the fin al (Santa Clara fe ll to Gonzaga in the 1999 title game; the SCU Broncos fell to LMU in the 1988 championship). TOP SEED CHALLENGE The # I seed has lost in the first round of the tourn ament in three of the last six years (Sa nta C lara fell to LM U in "97; Pepperd ine in '96 and LMU in ' 95). The # I has taken th e champi onship just fo ur times in the previous 13 years (LMU in 1988 , Pepperdine in 199 1 and '92, Gonzaga in 1999) . NEW wee TOURNEYFORMA T FOR 2002, 2003 The WCC Pres idents Counci l announced that starting in 2002, the WCC Tournaments w ill be merit-based and limited to six teams w ith the regu– lar-season champi ons hosting the semi fina ls and fin als. The Nos. I and 2 seeds, based on regul ar-season records, w ill receive first round byes. Seed 6 w il l p lay at No . 3, and seed No. 5 wi ll play at No. 4. The fina l fo ur teams will compete for the championship at the site o f the regu– lar-season champion . ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT VICTORIES TEAMS w L TITLES Pepperdine 20 10 94, 92, 91 Santa C lara 15 12 93 ,87 Gonzaga 17 11 00, 99, 95 Sai nt Mary's 10 13 97 Loyo la Marymou nt 9 11 89, 88 San Franci sco 9 13 98 San Diego 9 13 Port land 6 12 96

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wee TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE February 25 (Sun.)

Brackets Announced 12 Noon

February 26 (Mon.) Media Teleconference I0:00 am

All men 's and women's coaches wil l be on line for the announcement of the 2000-2001 AII -WCC Teams.

March 1 (Thu.)

Women 's Session # I Women's Session #2

*12 Noon *6:00 pm

March 2 (Fri.)

Women 's Semifi nals

*6 :00 pm

March 3 (Sat.)

Men 's Session # I Men 's Session #2

* 12Noon *6:00 pm

March 4 (Sun.)

Women 's Championship Men's Semi fi nals

1:00 pm *5 :30 pm

March 5 (Mon.)

Men's Champ ionship

9: 07 pm

(ESPN Telecast)

*Denotes the 2nd game starts 30

minutes after the first game ends.

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