USD Men's Basketball 1998-1999

WEST COAST CONFERENCE

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to the NCAA Tournament fo r the third time in five years; and the USO women's tennis team advanced fo r the eighth time since 1989. USO owns a total of seven WCC champi onships - men's basketball (1984, 1987), men's tennis (1989, 1990), men 's soc– ce r (1992, 1995) and women's volleyball (1997). The league was chartered by five Bay Area instituti ons (San Franc isco, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, San Jose State and Pacific) as the Ca liforni a Basket– ball Association, playing its first game on January 2,

When the West Coast Conference first got its sta rt back in 1952, the founders really had onl y one goa l in mind .. . to create a conveni ent way for five Bay Area schoo ls to play basketbal I. What has grown from that o ri ginal vision some 45 yea rs ago is a mar– ve lousl y cohesive athl etics league which is competi– tive at the nat ional leve l in 13 sports. The eight current members of the WCC span the western coast of the United States from Canada to Mexico. Through the institutions range from the pine

1953. After two seasons of play under that name, the conference expanded to in– c lude Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine in 1955, and became the "West Coast Athletic Conference" in 1956. The name was shortened to "West Coast Conference" in 1989. The cu rrent alignment of Gonzaga, Loyo l a Marymount, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco and

fo rests of eastern Washing– to n state to the sun drenched beaches of south– ern Cal ifornia, the com– bined exce ll ence in ath let– ics and academics sets the co nference apart on the national scene and draws the individual institutions t?gether in a common mis– sion. The WCC sponsors championships in baseba ll , men's and women's basket– ba l I, men 's and women's

Santa Clara has remained unchanged si nce 1979, making the WCC the third most stab le conference in the nation. Only the Ivy League and Pacific-10 Con– ference have been together longer. All-time membership inc ludes the fo ll owi ng schools - Saint Mary's (45 yea rs), Santa Clara (45), San Francisco (45), Loyo l a Marymount (42), Pepperdine (42), Portland (2 1), Pacific (19), SAN DIEGO (18) , Gonzaga (18), San Jose State (17), Ne– vada (10), Seattle (9), UNLV (6), UC Santa Barbara (5) and Fresno State (2) .

cross country, men's and women's golf, men 's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, women's rowing, and women's vo ll eyba ll. Women's rowing and go lf were new championsh ip sports added for the 1996-97 season. Each year since 1989 the wee has advanced at least one team to a nationa l champi onship semifi– nal. All totaled, the WCC owns 31 team and indi– v idua l national champio nships wi th the 1997 Pepperdine 1 s men 1 s go lf team 1 s NCAA title the most recent. Last season the USO vo lleyba ll team advanced 1997-98 Final Basketball Standings School WCC All

1997-98 All-Conference Team

Brian Miles Bakari H endrix Bryan Hill Ge rald Brown je l an i Ga rdn er Dionn Holton Brian Jones Matt Santange l o David Sivul ich H akeem Ward

San Diego Go n zaga

F F F

Gonzaga# Peppe rd i ne Santa Cla ra Saint Mary's San Franc i sco + Portland San Diego Loyola Marymount

1 0-4 9 - 5 8-6 7-7 7-7 7-7 5-9 3 - 1 1

2 4-1 0 1 7 -1 0 1 8 -1 0 1 2 - 1 5 1 8 - 1 1 14- 1 3

Pepperd i n e Pepperd i n e Pepperdine Portland San ta C l ara Gonzaga Sa int Mary's San Francisco

G G G G G G F

14-14 7-2 0

Dan Monson (Gonzaga), 'WCC Coach of the Yea r' Bakari Hendrix (Gonzaga), 'WCC Player of the Yea r' A li Thomas (USF), 'WCC Freshman of th e Year'

# WCC Regul ar Season Champion + Won wee Tournament; NCAA Tourn .