USD Men's Basketball 1996-1997

1997 wee TOURNAMENT LMU HOSTS SECOND LA-BASED CHAMPIONSHIP Loyola M arymount hosts the 11 th annual West Coast Conference Basketba ll Champ ionships, the first time the event has been to the Los Angeles area since 1990. This is only the third WCC tournament wh ich has taken place outside the Bay Area (LMU 1990, Portland 1991 ). All eight men's and women 's teams take part in the event wi th the survivors earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championsh ips. RESERVED SEATS NOW AVAIi.ABLE I Order tickets through the LMU ticket office by calling (310) 338-4532, or by contacting the USO athletic department at (619) 260-4803. All-Tournament Pass ( 14 Games) $60 Men's Tournament Pass (7 Games) $45 Women's Tournament Pass (7 Games) $20 Lower Level, Men's Session $13 Upper Level, Men's Session $10 General Admission, Women's $7 Students (Men's/Women's) $6/3 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS 1996 MVP- Kweemada King, Portland Rick Brainard, Portland Lemont Daniels, Portland 1991 MVP- Geoff Lear, Pepperdine

wee TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE February 23 (Sun.)

Brackets Announced

12 Noon

February 24 (Mon.)

M edi a Teleconfe rence

10:00 am

A ll men's and women' s coaches w ill be on line fo r th e anno uncement of the 1997 A II-WCC Teams.

Dana Jones, Pepperd ine Eric Bamberger, St. Mary's Allen Caveness, St. Mary's Thurman Watson, St. Mary's Kelvin Woods, San Diego 1990 No Team Selected 1989 .• MVP- Hank Gathers, LMU Melvin Chi nn, Santa Clara Jeffty Connelly, Santa Clara Jens Gordon, Santa Clara Bo Kimb le, LMU Al Lewis, St. Mary's 1988 MVP- Hank Gathers, LMU )effty Connelly, San ta Clara Corey Gaines, LMU Bo Kimble, LMU Torn Lewis, Pepperd ine Levy M iddlebrooks, Pepperdine 1987 MVP- Jens Gordon, Santa Clara Chris Lane, Santa Clara Levy Middlebrooks, Pepperdine Scott Thompson, San Diego

Jon Kinloch, Gonzaga Paul Rogers, Gonzaga Lorenzo Rollins, Gonzaga 1995 MVP- John Rilli e, Gonzaga Canann Chatman, Portland Curt Ranta, Portland lme Oduok, LMU Mike O 'Quinn, LMU Chris Johnson, St. Mary's Steve Nash, Santa Clara 1994 MVP- Dana Jones, Pepperdine Brooks Barnhard, San Diego Kent Bennett, San Francisco Doug Harri s, San Diego Damin Lopez, Pepperdine O rlando Smart, San Francisco 1993 MVP- Steve Nash, San ta Clara Pete Eisenrich, Santa Clara Byron Jenson, Pepperdi ne Dana Jones, Pepperdine Damin Lopez, Pepperdine O rlando Smart, San Francisco 1992 MVP- Doug Christie, Pepperdine

February 27 (Thu.)

Women's Sess ion #1 Women's Sess ion #2

* 12 Noon *6:00 pm

February 28 (Fri.)

Women's Semifinals

*6:00 pm

March 1 (Sat.)

M en's Session #1 M en's Session #2

* 12 Noon *6:00 pm

March 2 (Sun.)

Women's Championshi p M en's Semi fi nals

12 Noon *5:00 pm

Dan Weiss, Santa Clara Eric White, Pepperdine Multiple All-Tournament Teams 4- Dana )ones, Pepperdine 2- Levy Middlebrooks, PEP; Bo Kimble, LMU ; Hank Gathers, LMU ; Jeffty Connelyly, SCU; Steve Nash, SCU; Geoff Lear, PEP; Orlando Smart, USF; Darnin Lopez, PEP.

March 3 (Mon.)

M en's Champi o nshi p

9:07 pm

Geoff Lear, Pepperd ine Dana Jones, Pepperd ine

(ESPN Telecast)

Jeff Brown, Gonzaga Jarrod Davis, Gonzaga Tomas Thompson, San Francisco

*The second game start s 30 mi nutes after th e first game ends.

WCC Office: 400 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite 221, South San Francisco, CA 94080 -·· (415) 873-8622; FAX 873-7846. Commissioner: Michael Gilleran Assistant Commissioners: Don Ott & Teresa Kuehn Public Relations Assistants: Brad Johnson & Jennifer Markey Administrative Assistant: Carl Reed II