USD Men's Basketball 2009-2010

wee BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RETURNS TO VEGAS

The West Coast Conference will return to Las Vegas in 2010 for the Zappos.com WCC Basketball Championships on March 5-8 at Orleans Arena. Tickets for the event will go on sale to the public on Friday, November 13. The West Coast Conference made a successful debut in Las Vegas last year when it sold out the Orleans Arena for the 2009 WCC Basketball Championships.The 2009 championship, which was the WCC's first-ever at a neutral site, set conference records for both total championship attendance (33,320) and single session championship attendance (7,845). r RESERVED SEATS NOWAVAILABLE!

2010 wee TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

r Order tickets through the USO ticket office by calling (619) 260-7550. " ~

Men's Championships Combined All-Session Ticket (Access to 7 men's and 7 women's games)

Friday, March 5 Women's First Round Session Game 1 (5 vs. 8) - TBA Women's First Round Session Game 2 (6 vs. 7) - 30 mins after Game 1

Price 1 - $500 Price 2 - $200 Price 3 - $135

Men's First Round Session Game 1 (5 vs. 8) - TBA Men's First Round Session Game 2 (6 vs. 7) - 30 mins after Game 1

Single Session Ticket (men's only) Prelimi nary Sessions Price 2 - $65 Preliminary Sessions Price 3 - $50 Semifinal Session Pri ce 2 - $75 Semifinal Session Price 3 - $55 Championship Session Price 2 - $85 Championship Session Price 3 - $65

Saturday, March 6 Women's Quarterfi nal Round Session Game 1 (5/8 vs. 4) - TBA Women's Quarterfinal Round Session Game 2 (6/7 vs. 3) - 30 mins after Game 1

Men's Quarterfina l Round Session Game 1 (5/8 vs.4) - TBA Men's Quarterfinal Round Session Game 2 (6/7 vs. 3) - 30 mins after Game 1

Student Ticket (men's only) $10

Sunday, March 7 Women's Semifinal Round Session Game 1 (5/8/4 vs. 1) - TBA Women's Semifinal Round Session Game 2 (6/7/3 vs. 2) - 30 mins after Game 1

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Men's Semifinal Round Session Game 1 (5/8/4 vs. 1) - 5:30 PM (ESPN 2) Men's Semifinal Round Session Game 2 (6/7/3 vs. 2) - 7:30 PM (ESPN 2)

Men's Tournament Format

Under the format th at was adopted in 2003, the #5 through #8 seeds w ill compete in the open ing round to determine w ho wi ll advance to the next round of t he tournament. Waiting for t he w inners in the quarterfina ls wil l be t he #3 and #4 seed s, who w ill have first round byes. The w inners of the quarterfin al match-ups w ill go head-to-head w ith the #1 and #2 seeds, w ho w ill have byes through the first two round s of the tournament. Women's Tournament Format As was th e case in 2009,thewomen's an d men's tournament formats w ill be the same.The#5 th rough #8seeds w ill compete in th e open ing round to determine who w ill advance to the next round of t he tournament. Waiting for the w inners in th e quarterfinals w ill be the #3 and #4 seeds, w ho wi ll have first round byes. The wi nners of the q uarterfin al match– ups w ill go head-to-head w ith the #1 and #2 seeds, who w ill have byes throug h the first two round s of the tourn ament. West Coast Conference Staff Commissioner: Jamie Zaninovich Associate to the Commissioner: Audrey Mesta Senior Associate Commissioner - ChiefofStaff/SWA: Wendy Guthrie

Monday, March 8 Women's Championship - TBA (ESPNU) Men's Championship - 6:00 PM (ESPN)

WWW. WCCSPORTS.COM

Scott Leykam

Jamie Zaninovich

Wendy Guthrie

Associate Commissioner/External Relations: Scott Leykam Assistant Commissioner/Opera tions: Carolyn Jenkins Director ofChampionships: Ellen Moore Director ofCommunications: Jae Wilson Communications & Marketing Assistant: Anish Patel

West Coast Conference Office 1250 Bayhi/1 Dr., Suite 101, San Bruno, CA 94066 (650) 873-8622; FAX 873-7846

Jae Wilson

Ellen Moore

Carolyn Jenkins