2019-20 #WCCHOOPS SCHEDULE  | #WCCHOOPS WEEK ONE PREVIEW | KATZ CHATS ROXY BERNSTEIN

COMPLETE WEEK ONE RELEASE (.PDF) 
#WCCHOOPS QUICK HITS

• Longtime national college basketball columnist Andy Katz will produce weekly interviews throughout the 2019-20 WCC Basketball season. On the eve of the non-conference campaign “Katz Chats #WCChoops” with veteran ESPN play-by-play man Roxy Bernstein. WATCH
• New #WCChoops columnist Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) previews week one of the 2019-20 non-conference campaign. READ | ARCHIVES
• Gonzaga (No. 8/7) and Saint Mary’s (No. 20/20) appear in both the AP and USA Today Preseason Coaches Polls and are in Joe Lunardi’s most recent Bracketology report - Bulldogs (No. 3/Midwest); Gaels (No. 5 West)
• Three WCC teams rate in the top-75 in the KenPom preseason ratings: Gonzaga (No. 9), Saint Mary’s (No. 25) and BYU (No. 71). Pepperdine (No. 104) is just out of the top-100. As a conference, the WCC ranks eighth between the American and Atlantic 10.
• The WCC sent multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in eight seasons in 2018-19 - Gonzaga & Saint Mary’s
• The WCC ranked eighth in Division I in the KenPom conference rankings between the Pac 12 and the Mid American in 2018-19
• The WCC won 100 non-conference contests in 2018-19 and posted the best OOC winning percentage in conference history, including a 10-7 slate vs. Pac 12 foes
• The WCC will be well represented in some of college basketball’s signature non-conference events. BYU: Maui Jim Maui Invitational; Gonzaga: Battle 4 Atlantis; Pacific: Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic; Pepperdine: Wooden Legacy; Portland: Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic
• Three WCC student-athletes were named to the 2019-20 Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List: Yoeli Childs (BYU), Jordan Ford (Saint Mary’s) and Killian Tillie (Gonzaga). It is the second straight year Tillie has appeared on the preseason watch list. 
• #WCChoops on national preseason awards Watch Lists…
  Lute Olson – National Player of the Year – Yoeli Childs, BYU & Jordan Ford, Saint Mary’s
  NABC Player of the Year – Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
  Bob Cousy Award – Jordan Ford, Saint Mary’s
  Julius Erving Award – Corey Kispert, Gonzaga
  Karl Malone Award – Yoeli Childs, BYU & Killian Tillie, Gonzaga

 
#WCCHOOPS WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5
Alabama State at Gonzaga - KHQ/ROOT - 5:00 p.m.
Saint Mary’s vs. Wisconsin – ESPNU - 6:00 p.m. 
CSU Fullerton at BYU – BYUtv - 6:00 p.m.
Pepperdine at Cal - Pac-12 Networks - 7:00 p.m.
Westcliff at LMU - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.
Sonoma State at San Francisco - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.
UC Irvine at San Diego - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Cruz at Santa Clara - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.
Stanislaus State at Pacific - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.
Willamette at Portland - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.                            
 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Pacific vs. South Dakota ! - 7:30 p.m.
Portland at USC - Pac 12 Networks - 8:00 p.m.
 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
San Diego at Long Beach State - 3:30 p.m.
UC Irvine at Pepperdine - WCC Network - 5:00 p.m.
Arkansas Pine Bluff at Gonzaga - KHQ/ROOT - 5:00 p.m.
LMU at Nevada - 7:00 p.m.
Princeton vs. San Francisco - WCC Network - 7:00 p.m.
 
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Portland at San Jose State – TheMW - 2:00 p.m.
Pacific vs. Florida A&M ! - 5:30 p.m.
 
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
Pacific at Hawaii - Spectrum Sports - 10:00 p.m.
Winthrop at Saint Mary’s - WCC Network - 6:00 p.m.
Yale at San Francisco - WCC Network - 6:00 p.m.
 
! Outrigger Resorts Rainbow Classic | All times Pacific (PT)