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MBB | West Coast Conference Announces 2022-23 Men’s Basketball Matchups
7/5/2022 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
SAN MATEO, Calif. — The West Coast Conference has announced the 16 conference matchups for its 10 men's basketball teams for the 2022-23 season. This is the fifth 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 Athletics Directors to adopt an innovative approach to advance men's basketball on the national stage as a multiple NCAA bid Conference. Since the 2018-19 season, the WCC has garnered multiple bids in the NCAA Tournament each season with two in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and three in 2021-22. The three bids were tied for the most in conference history (2012, 2008). The NCAA Tournament was not held in 2019-20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The matchups detailed below designate the 16-game home and away opponents for the upcoming season based on a Conference formula including the team NET rankings from recent seasons, last year's University Credit Union WCC Men's Basketball Tournament seedings, and a spring survey of the league's 10 head coaches.
With the 16-game schedule, Saint Mary's will play two teams in the conference just once: Pacific and Pepperdine, the two teams that finished at the bottom of the standings last season. The Gaels will head to Pepperdine for their lone matchup, after playing the Waves twice in each of the last two seasons. Saint Mary's will host Pacific for the only matchup with their nearby rival, marking the third-straight season the Gaels will not be scheduled to play in Stockton.
The entire slate of West Coast Conference matchups for the 2022-23 men's basketball season can be found below.
Stay tuned to SMCGaels.com for future information about the schedule for the 2022-23 season.
#GaelsRise – Tickets for the third Gaels All-Star Classic, presented by Common Interest Management, are on sale now! Don't miss your chance to see some of the greatest Gaels players in recent memory return to University Credit Union Pavilion on Sunday, July 17 for an Alumni Game at 2:00 pm and the All-Star Classic at 4:00 pm. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a Jock Landale Garden Gnome. Click HERE for tickets.
These schedule initiatives demonstrate the league-wide commitment by West Coast Conference Presidents and Athletics Directors to adopt an innovative approach to advance men's basketball on the national stage as a multiple NCAA bid Conference. Since the 2018-19 season, the WCC has garnered multiple bids in the NCAA Tournament each season with two in 2018-19 and 2020-21 and three in 2021-22. The three bids were tied for the most in conference history (2012, 2008). The NCAA Tournament was not held in 2019-20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The matchups detailed below designate the 16-game home and away opponents for the upcoming season based on a Conference formula including the team NET rankings from recent seasons, last year's University Credit Union WCC Men's Basketball Tournament seedings, and a spring survey of the league's 10 head coaches.
With the 16-game schedule, Saint Mary's will play two teams in the conference just once: Pacific and Pepperdine, the two teams that finished at the bottom of the standings last season. The Gaels will head to Pepperdine for their lone matchup, after playing the Waves twice in each of the last two seasons. Saint Mary's will host Pacific for the only matchup with their nearby rival, marking the third-straight season the Gaels will not be scheduled to play in Stockton.
The entire slate of West Coast Conference matchups for the 2022-23 men's basketball season can be found below.
Stay tuned to SMCGaels.com for future information about the schedule for the 2022-23 season.
#GaelsRise – Tickets for the third Gaels All-Star Classic, presented by Common Interest Management, are on sale now! Don't miss your chance to see some of the greatest Gaels players in recent memory return to University Credit Union Pavilion on Sunday, July 17 for an Alumni Game at 2:00 pm and the All-Star Classic at 4:00 pm. The first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a Jock Landale Garden Gnome. Click HERE for tickets.
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