1991 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 1991 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the fifth edition of the tournament, held March 2–4 at the Toso Pavilion at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.[1]

1991 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1990–91
Teams8
SiteToso Pavilion
Santa Clara, California
ChampionsPepperdine (1st title)
Winning coachTom Asbury (1st title)
MVPGeoff Lear (Pepperdine)
← 1990
1992 →
1990–91 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Pepperdine131 .929229 .710
Loyola Marymount95 .6431615 .516
San Diego86 .5711712 .586
Saint Mary's77 .5001317 .433
Santa Clara77 .5001613 .552
Gonzaga59 .3571414 .500
San Francisco410 .2861217 .414
Portland311 .214523 .179
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Top seed Pepperdine entered the tournament on a thirteen-game winning streak and defeated #4 seed Saint Mary's in the championship game, 71–68 in overtime, to win the Waves' first WCC tournament title.[2]

Pepperdine's Doug Christie, the WCC player of the year, sprained his right knee in the quarterfinal opener against Portland, which ended his season.[3]

The Waves received the conference's automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament as the fourteenth seed in the West regional.[4]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 2
Semifinals
Sunday, March 3
Championship
Monday, March 4
         
1Pepperdine97
8Portland62
1Pepperdine65
7San Francisco56
5Santa Clara74
4Saint Mary's79
1Pepperdine71*
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
4Saint Mary's68
3San Diego72
6Gonzaga62
3San Diego72
4Saint Mary's75
7San Francisco101
2Loyola Marymount93

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