USD Men's Basketball 1987-1988

WcAC USD STANDINGS IN THE WCAC 1980 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS w L PCT W L PCT COACH •San Francisco II 5 687 22 7 .758 Dan Belluomini •St. Mary's 11 5 .687 15 12 .555 Bill Oates Gonzaga 10 6 .625 15 11 .576 Dan Fitzgerald Santa Clara 10 6 .625 15 12 555 Carroll Williams •••Pepperdine 9 7 .562 I 7 11 607 Jim Harrick Portland 9 7 562 17 11 607 Jack Avina Seattle 8 8 .500 12 15 .444 Jack Schalow San Diego 2 14 125 6 19 .240 Jim Brovelli ••Loyola 2 14 .125 2 26 .071 Ron Jacobs •denvtes 1980 West Coast Athletic Conference Co-Champions ..Loyola/Marymount forfeited eight WCAC and four non-WCAC games. Prior record (WCAC 10-6: season 14-14) and WCAC representative to NCAA First Round Regionals at Tempe, Arizona llost to Arizona St. 99-7 I I. •••Pepperdine University WCAC representative at NIT First Round In Anaheim, CA. llost to Long Beach State 104-871 1981 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS w L PCT. w L PCT. COACH •San Francisco II 3 .785 24 7 774 Pete Barry •Pepperdine I I 3 785 16 12 .57 1 Jim Harrick Gonzaga 9 5 642 19 8 703 Dan Fitzgerald Portland 7 7 500 17 10 .692 Jack Avina Santa Clara 7 7 500 14 13 .518 Carroll Williams Loyola 5 9 357 9 19 .321 Ed Goorjian San Diego 3 II 214 10 16.384 Jim Brovelli St. Mary's 3 11 214 9 18 .333 Bill Oates •denotes Co-West Coast Athletic Conference Champions 1982 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS W L PCT W L PCT COACH Pepperdine 14 0 1.000 22 7 758 Jim Harrick San Francisco 11 3 .785 25 6 806 Pete Barry Portland 9 5 .642 17 10 629 Jack Avina Santa Clara 7 7 .500 16 11 .572 Carroll Williams Gonzaga 7 7 .500 15 12 555 Jay Hillock San Diego 4 10 285 11 15 .423 Jim Brovelli St. Mary's 3 11 214 11 16 .407 Bill Oates Loyola l 13 07 1 3 24 .Ill Ed Goorjian 1983 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS W L PCT W L PCT COACH Pepperdine 10 2 833 20 9 690 Jim Harrick Santa Clara 9 3 750 21 7 .750 Carroll Williams St. Mary's 7 5 .583 14 12 .538 Bill Oates Gonzaga 5 7 410 13 14 .481 Jay Hillock San Diego 5 7 .410 12 14 .462 Jim Brovelli Portland 4 8 333 10 18 357 Jack Avina Loyola 2 10 166 9 18 .333 Ed Goorjian 1984 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS W L PCT GB OVERALL COACH San Diego 9 3 .7'YJ 18- 10 Jim Brovelli Santa Clara 7 5 .583 2 22- 10 Carroll Williams St. Mary's 7 5 .583 2 12-16 Bill Oates Gonzaga 6 6 .500 3 17-11 Jay Hillock Pepperdine 6 6 .500 3 15-13 Jim Hanick Loyola 5 7 .417 4 12-15 Ed Goorjian Portland 2 10 .167 7 11-17 Jack Avina 1985 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS W L PCT GB OVERALL COACH Pepperdine 11 1 .917 23-9 Jim Hanick Santa Clara 9 3 .7'YJ 2 20-9 CarroU Williams St. Mary's 7 5 .583 4 15- 12 Bill Oates San Diego 5 7 .417 6 16- 11 Hank Egan Gonzaga 4 8 .333 7 15-13 Jay Hillock Portland 3 9 .2'YJ 8 14-14 Jack Avina Loyola 3 9 .2'YJ 8 11-16 Ed Goorjian 1986 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS w L PCT GB OVERALL COACH Pepperdine 13 I .929 25-5 Jim Harrick Loyola 10 4 .714 3 19-11 Paul Westhead San Diego 9 5 .643 4 19-9 Hank Egan Gonzaga 8 6 .571 5 15-13 Dan Fitzgerald Santa Clara 7 7 .500 6 12-16 Carroll Williams Portland 4 10 .286 9 13-15 Jack Avina St. Mary's 3 II .214 10 10-17 Bill Oates San Francisco 2 12 .143 II 7-21 Jim Brovelli 1987 WCAC SEASON STANDINGS W L PCT w L PCT COACH SAN DIEGO" 13 1 .929 24 6 .800 Hank Egan Gonzaga 9 5 .643 18 10 .643 Dan Fitzgerald St. Mary's 8 7 .533 17 13 .567 Lynn Nance Portland 6 8 .429 14 14 .500 Jack Avina SANTA CLARA+ 6 8 .429 18 14 .563 Carroll Williams San Francisco 6 8 .429 16 12 .571 Jim Brovelli Pepperdine 5 9 .357 12 18 .400 Jim Harrick Loyola 4 10 .286 12 16 .429 Paul Westhead

PAGE 26 THE WEST COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE The scent of tradition mingles with wafts of hot buttered popcorn in the basketball arenas of the West Coast Athletic Conference. Though the playing courts possess surnames of "Center" and "Pavilion," they are really "gyms." Gyms, where Naismith's game is still a battle, a rivalry, a common bond between player and fan . WCAC basketball is the game as it was. It's blue collar basketball. It's a tradition still living. THE TRADITION MAKERS The conference, made up of eight private institutions spanning the West from Canada to Mexico, celebrates its 36th year of tradition in 1987-88. The current alignment - Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Pepperdine University, the University of Portland, Saint Mary's College, the University of San Diego, the University of San Francisco, and Santa Clara University - has remained unchanged for seven years, the longest stint in league history. THE SUCCESS OF MEMBERSHIP In all, 15 different schools have held membership in the WCAC with eight of them winning the league crown at least once. Five current members have put in over 30 years in the conference, accounting for all but five titles. Charter members Santa Clara and St. Mary's have belonged without interruption, while San Francisco suspended their program for three years before starting up again in 1985. St. Mary's 35 years 2 titles Santa Clara 35 years 7 titles Loyola Marymount 32 years 1 title Pepperdine 32 years 7 titles IN THE BEGINNING . .. San Francisco Portland Gonzaga San Diego 32 years 11 years 7 years 7 years 15 titles O titles O titles 1 title The league got its start in 1952 as the "California Basketball Association" with original membership'consisting of San Francisco Bay Area schools: St. Mary's, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Jose State, and Pacific. Four years later, the league expanded to eight schools by adding Pepperdine, Loyola and Fresno State. It was then that the name changed to the current "West Coast Athletic Conference." The conference has owned an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament ever since its inception as the CBA. The WCAC was purely a California-based league until 1969 when Nevada-Las Vegas and Nevada-Reno signed on, marking the first venture out of the Golden state. Amid much shuffling which witnessed the arrival and departures of UC Santa Barbara, Pacific, and Seattle, Portland joined the league in 1976 and, after UNA departed following the '78-79 year, Gonzaga and San Diego boosted the total membership to its highest of nine teams. Seattle dropped its program to the Division Ill level in 1980, leaving the current conference alignment. Despite all the changes, tradition is still rich in the WCAC. National champi.onship banners hang in USF's Memorial Gym from their back-to-back titles in the mid-fifties. Bill Russell, K.C. Jones, Phil Smith , Dennis Johnson, Bill Cartwright, Kurt Rambis, John Stockton, and Tom Meschery are but a few of the NBA players who warred on WCAC courts in their college days. HOOPS AND MORE Of course, basketball isn't the only WCAC sport. Baseball is fast becoming another tradition maker, with Loyola Marymount advancing to the 1986 College World Series and Pepperdine earning rankings in the national top five. Countless players have gone on to professional careers. The conference also sponsors championships in cross country, soccer, tennis, and golf for men. TWIN SISTER This season is the third for WCAC women's athletics, but the first with conference membership duplicating the men's league. Gonzaga, Portlarid, and St. Mary's all have upgraded their programs from NAIA to NCAA Division I level this season and will fight for league championships in volleyball, basketball, cross country, and tennis. NATIONAL CROWNS Current WCAC members have won 11 NCAA teams championships. San Francisco has eight titles (5 in soccer, 2 in basketball, 1 in tennis), followed by Pepperdine with three (all in volleyball), and Gonzaga with one (boxing). Gonzaga has three individual national champs (all in boxing), Pepperdine two (tennis), San Francisco two (fencing and tennis), and Loyola Marymount one (track). In addition, San Diego picked up a pair of Division II teams tennis crowns and four individual tennis titles while Pepperdine took two championships in outdoor track while at that level. Portland captured their first national title in 1986, running away with the women's NAIA cross country trophy. St. Mary's brought home the 1986 women's soccer championship. THE CHAMPIONS OF 1986-87 Last season was a banner year for WCAC teams. The conference placed three teams in the women's NCAA volleyball tournament (Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine, and US International), two in the men's basketball field (Santa Clara and San Diego), and one in baseball (Pepperdine). The conference champions of 1986-87: Baseball-Pepperdine; Basketball-Santa Clara (men), San Francisco (women); Cross Country-Portland (men), USIU (women); Golf-Pepperdine; Soccer-San Francisco; Softball-USIU; Tennis– Pepperdine (men), USIU (women); Volleyball-Loyola Marymount.

• - Clinched regular season championship + - Won WCAC tournament championship ALL CAPS - NCAA TOURNAMENT TEAM