USD Men's Basketball 2004-2005

I 2005 WCC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS WCCBASKETBALLTOURNAMENT RETURNS TO THE BAYAREA The West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament returns to Santa Clara's Leavey Center for the second straight year after three successful years at the Univer– sity of San Diego's Jenny Craig Pavilion. For the third consecutive season, the men's championship will use an 8-Team/Play-Jnformat, while the women's championship will use the traditional I vs. 8 format with no byes. The women will play March 3-6, 2005 and the men will square-offMarch 4-7, 2005. The 2005 championship concludes the two-year Bay Area stint for the WCC Tournament, as the event will head to the Pacific Northwest in 2006 and 2007 and then to Southern California in 2008 and 2009 . RESERVED SEATS NOWAVAILABLE! (Order tickets through the USD ticket office by calling (619) 260-7554!) Men's Event

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wee TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE February 27 (Sun.) Men's & Women's Brackets Announced

$65 $20

Men's All-Session Pass - Reserved Men's Single Session - Reserved Men's Single Session - Student/Youth Men's Single Session - wee Student Women's Event Women's All-Session Pass - General Adm. Women's Single Session - General Adm. Women's Single Session - Student/Youth Women's Single Session - wee Student

$7 $7

February 28 (Mon.)

$40 $12

TBA

Media Teleconference

$5 $5

All men 's and women's coaches will be on line for the announcement of the 2005 All– West Coast Conference Basketball Teams.

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March 3 (Thu.)

Men's Format

*12 Noon

Women 's First Round

Under the format that was adopted in 2003, the #5 through #8 seeds will compete in the opening round to determine who will advance to the next round of the tournament. Waiting for the winners in the quarterfinals will be the #3 and #4 seeds, who will have first round byes. The winners of the quarterfinal match-ups will go head-to-head with the #1 and #2 seeds, who will have byes through the first two rounds of the tourna- ment. Women's Format After a two-year experiment with the same format that the men cur– rently use, the wee will use the traditional No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed format for the women's championship. All eight wee schools will play on the first day of the tournament with the No. 1 seed facing the No. 8 seed, the No. 2 seed facing the No. 7 seed, the No. 3 seed facing the No. 6 seed, and the No. 4 seed facing the No. 5 seed. The women will play the first round on March 3, 2005 with a day off on March 4th. Play will resume with the semifinals on March 5th and the championship game on March 6th. West Coast Conference Staff Commissioner: Michael Gilleran Assistant Commissioner: Brad Walker Assistant Commissioner/SWA: Gloria Nevarez Director ofCommunications: Jae Wilson (MBB Contact)

March 4 (Fri.)

*6:00 pm

Men's First Session

March 5 (Sat.)

*12 Noon *6:00 pm

Women's Semifinal Men's Second Session

March 6 (Sun.)

1:00

Women's Championship pm Men's Semifinal No. 1 Men's Semifinal No. 2

6:00 pm #9:00 pm

March 7 (Mon.)

#9:00pm

Men's Championship

*Denotes the 2nd game starts 30 minutes after the first game ends; # denotes ESPN telecast. WWW.WCCSPORTS.COM

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Assistant To The Commissioner: Jennifer Swinton Championships/Marketing Assistant: Malia Kau Compliance Assistant: Carol Rivera Communications Assistants: Ellen Styer & Jim Bucci

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