Feb. 28, 2010

2010 Men's Bracket in PDF Format

2010 Women's Bracket in PDF Format

Zappos.com WCC Championship Central

WCC Tournament Schedule in PDF Format

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The brackets for the 2010 Zappos.com West Coast Conference Basketball Championships have been set and the LMU men's and women's basketball squads will take the court on Friday, March 5, in the WCC's premiere event at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The event, which will run through Monday, March 8, includes a full slate of events throughout the weekend.

The LMU men's team finished the regular season with one of the best turn-arounds in all of college basketball in 2010, going 16-14 overall and 7-7 in conference play. They finished tied for fourth but will be the fifth seed in the tournament thanks to falling twice to San Francisco, who earned the No.4 seed.

They will open the tournament on Friday against rival Pepperdine at 6 p.m. in the first of two first round games. Sixth-seeded San Diego will take on seventh-seeded Santa Clara in the second first round game at roughly 8:30 p.m. Waiting for the winners will be third-seeded Portland (who will play the winner of USD-SCU) and fourth-seeded USF, who LMU or Pepperdine will play.

On the women's side, the Lions finished the season 12-16 overall and in sixth place in the WCC at 5-9. They are the six seed and will play No. 7 seed San Francisco at roughly 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5 in the second first round match-up. No. 5 San Diego will take on No. 8 Santa Clara in the first game at 12 noon.

The first round games start a full weekend of activity at the championships. On Saturday, the events begin with the Hall of Honor Coffee Reception at 8:30 a.m., followed by the Hall of Honor Brunch at 9 a.m. Bo Kimble, of the 1989-90 LMU men's basketball team, will be one of the inductees in this year's brunch.

The events on Saturday will conclude with the quarterfinal games, starting with the women at 12 and 2:30, followed by the men at 6 and 8:30 p.m.

On Sunday, a non-denominational Christian Service will be held at 8 a.m. A WCC Catholic Mass will also be held, it will start at 9:15 a.m. The Zappos.com WCC Semifinals will follow, with the women's semifinal No. 1 at 11:30 a.m., followed by semifinal No. 2 at 2 p.m. The men's semifinal No. 1 will tip-off at 5:30 p.m., with semifinal No. 2 at 8 p.m. Both of those games will be on ESPN2.

Then championship Monday will feature the women's title tilt at 12 noon, followed by the men at 6 p.m.

Go to www.wccsports.com for more information.