SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference has announced the 16 conference matchups for each of its 10 men's basketball teams for the 2021-22 season. This is the fourth season the WCC will play a 16-game schedule after changes adopted by the WCC Presidents' Council as part of the Conference's Men's Basketball Enhancement Plan prior to the start of the 2018-19 season.

These schedule initiatives demonstrate the league-wide commitment by West Coast Conference Presidents and Athletic Directors to adopt an innovative approach to advance men's basketball on the national stage as a multiple NCAA bid Conference.

The matchups detailed below designate the 16-game home and away opponents for the upcoming season based on a Conference formula including the 2019-20 & 2020-21 team NET rankings, last year's University Credit Union WCC tournament seedings, and a spring survey of the league's 10 head coaches.



The 2022 UCU WCC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament will take place March 3-8 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

About West Coast Conference Basketball – 2020-21
#WCChoops enjoyed another storybook season in 2020-21 with No. 1 Gonzaga marching to its second Final Four and NCAA Championship game in five years after spending the entire season as the No. 1 team in the nation. The WCC once again sent multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament – BYU and Gonzaga – a season removed from the canceled 2020 event when three Conference teams were projected as locks for single-digit seeds by every meaningful publication/metric.
 
#WCCHOOPS NOTABLES

• After landing the top-rated recruiting class in program history, Gonzaga is poised to debut at No. 1 in the preseason national polls for the second straight season in 2021-22
• Gonzaga entered the National Title game winners of 35 straight games, the second best in WCC history. San Francisco owns the second longest streak in NCAA history at 60 games (1954-56) which included back-to-back NCAA Championships (1955-56).
• Gonzaga’s 93-90 overtime thriller against UCLA in the National Semis was its 31st consecutive win - the best single-season streak in program and WCC history. The previous record of 29 was held by San Francisco (1956 & 1977) and Gonzaga (2017).
• Gonzaga’s Mark Few enters the 2021-22 season with 630 career wins. Few owns the top active career winning percentage in Division I (630-125/.835).
• Gonzaga’s Mark Few was named Naismith National Coach of the Year and NABC National Coach of the Year
• Three Gonzaga men’s basketball players earned consensus All-American honors – Corey Kispert (1st), Jalen Suggs (2nd) & Drew Timme (2nd)
• No. 1 Gonzaga led the nation in multiple offensive categories, including: scoring offense (91.6), field goal percentage (54.9), two-point percentage (63.6), scoring margin (23.1) and points in the paint (49.5).
• Three Gonzaga student-athletes were named Wooden All-Americans, headlined by Wooden Award Finalist Corey Kispert. Jalen Suggs & Drew Timme gave the Zags three on the 10-member team – the most from a single program in the history of the award.
• For the third straight season, the Zags reached the top of the AP national poll and have spent 33 weeks at No. 1 since 2012-13.
• Pepperdine downed Longwood (80-66), Bellarmine (82-71) & Coastal Carolina (84-61) in the finals to become the second WCC program to win the CBI Invitational Championship. Santa Clara won the 2013 event.
• Senior Saint Mary’s point guard Tommy Kuhse turned in a strong performance in the opening round of the NIT, scoring 17 points and dished 11 assists in a tough 69-67 setback against Western Kentucky (3/17/21).
• BYU’s Alex Barcello scored 20 points in a 73-62 loss to No. 11 UCLA in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (3/20/21).
• Five WCC teams appeared in the top-100 in the final 2020-21 NET rankings Gonzaga (No. 1), BYU (No. 20) & Saint Mary’s (No. 62). No fewer than eight WCC teams rate in the top-135.
• Three WCC teams rate in the top-75 in the final KenPom 2020-21 ratings: Gonzaga (No. 1), BYU (No. 20), Saint Mary’s (No. 75). Six WCC programs cracked the top-100:  Pepperdine (No. 90) San Francisco (No. 93) & LMU (No. 94). No fewer than eight WCC teams rate in the top-150.

A STRONG DECADE FOR #WCCHOOPS
From 2012-21, West Coast Conference programs produced...
1 -- NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner
2 -- National Coach of the Year Winners
2 – NCAA Title Game Appearances
2 -- Final Fours
4 -- Elite Eight Appearances
7 -- Sweet-16 berths
10 -- NBA Championships won by WCC alums
10 -- WCC programs to compete in at least one Postseason Tournament
14 -- Academic All-Americans
20 -- AP All-Americans
26 -- NCAA Tournament Wins
73 -- Overall Postseason Victories

The regular-season WCC matchups for the 2021-22 season are listed below. Conference play begins Thursday, December 30, 2021. Specific dates and times for each game will be announced later this summer after the conference's league schedule is finalized.

BYU
Home/Road: Gonzaga, LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Francisco
Home: San Diego
Road: Santa Clara

Gonzaga
Home/Road: BYU, LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Saint Mary's, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Portland
Road: San Diego

Loyola Marymount
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, Pacific, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, Santa Clara
Home: Pepperdine
Road: San Francisco

Pacific
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, LMU, Pepperdine, Portland, San Diego, Santa Clara
Home: San Francisco
Road: Saint Mary’s

Pepperdine
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, Pacific, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Diego, San Francisco
Home: Santa Clara
Road: LMU

Portland
Home/Road: BYU, LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Saint Mary’s
Road: Gonzaga

Saint Mary's
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, LMU, Pepperdine, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Pacific
Road: Portland

San Diego
Home/Road: LMU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco, Santa Clara
Home: Gonzaga
Road: BYU

San Francisco
Home/Road: BYU, Gonzaga, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, Santa Clara
Home: LMU
Road: Pacific

Santa Clara
Home/Road: Gonzaga, LMU, Pacific, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco
Home: BYU
Road: Pepperdine

**Notable: The scheduling matchups for West Coast Conference men's basketball do not impact the women's basketball schedule which will continue the traditional 18-game, double round-robin league slate in 2021-22.

2021 WCC Spring Coaches Poll Results

School	Score	First Place Votes
Gonzaga	81	9
BYU	68	1
Saint Mary's	66	0
LMU	56	0
San Francisco	45	0
Santa Clara	43	0
Pepperdine	38	0
Pacific	23	0
San Diego	19	0
Portland	11	0

 
About the West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference was formed in 1952 and has evolved and grown to become a nationally recognized and competitive force in Division I intercollegiate athletics, with 15 conference-sponsored sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's beach volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, women's rowing, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball. The WCC is characterized by the stability of its membership and its unique emphasis on combining excellence in athletics with excellence in academics. For more information, visit WCCsports.com or follow the West Coast Conference on Twitter @WCCsports.