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SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference has announced the brackets and game times for the 2015 WCC Basketball Championships at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The tournament will begin with a women's opening round match-up at 12:00 pm on Thursday, March 5 when LMU takes on Wells Fargo PCH Cup rival Pepperdine. The men will open the 2015 tournament with the final game of the opening round on Friday, March 6 when they take on Santa Clara at 8 pm.

The tournament will continue through the men's championship game on Tuesday, March 10. All 18 games will be televised live nationwide, and all 18 will be streamed on-line. All of the LMU games will be live on KXLU 88.9 FM with Jesse Kass calling all the action for both the men and women.

The men will play Santa Clara in the WCC Tournament for the ninth time since the tournament began in 1987. The Lions hold a 5-3 edge in the series, winning the last meeting in the 2013 quarterfinals, 60-58.

The Lions won the first four meetings against the Broncos when in the WCC tournament, the first two coming in the title games in 1988 and 1989. The ninth match-up against Santa Clara is the most among any other team.

Santa Clara took both games of the regular season, surviving a buzzer-beater attempt by the Lions on Jan. 22 in Santa Clara, 65-62, and then just over a week ago on Feb. 21 in Gersten Pavilion, 70-63.

The women open WCC Tournament play against Pepperdine, marking the fifth time the teams have met in the postseason. The Waves hold a 3-1 edge in WCC Tournament meetings, including a 56-45 final in the second round in 2012.

LMU's lone victory was a 64-61 final in the 2007 semifinals. This marks the third straight season that the Lions have opened WCC Tournament play against the same opponent they concluded the regular season against (San Francisco in 2013 and 2014).

They split the Wells Fargo PCH Cup with the Waves, falling 98-91 in overtime in Malibu on Dec. 29, before evening the season series just last Saturday in the final game of the regular season, 74-57.

LIONS ATHLETIC FUND PREGAME
LMU alumni, parents, and fans can join the Lions in Las Vegas for the WCC Championships. The Lions Athletic Fund will host the LMU Lions Pregame receptions at The Mardi Gras Bar - Inside the Orleans Casino (4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89103). As both teams move through the tournament, the Lions Athletic Fund and fans will continue to gather at the Mardi Gras Bar 90 minutes prior to game time. Receptions will end 30 minutes before tip-off.

The pre-game reception is complimentary to LMU Tournament attendees in appreciation of your support of our basketball programs. Drinks will be provided. To RSVP, please email golions@lmu.edu with the names of you and your guests

2015 WCC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2015 WCC Championshisp marks the second year the WCC has fielded a 10-team bracket. Thursday, March 5 features a full day of women's basketball action. Seeds 7-10 will play in the tournament's opening round followed by the first two of four women's quarterfinals.

Friday, March 6 opens with two women's quarterfinals followed by men's seeds 7-10 squaring off in opening round action. Saturday, March 7 is devoted to the four men's basketball quarterfinals.

There will be no games on Sunday, March 8, and the tournament resumes with women's and men's semifinals on Monday, March 9. The two champions will be crowned on Tuesday, March 10.

For the third straight year, every game from the 2015 West Coast Conference Championships will be nationally televised. Twelve games can be seen live in well over 60 million homes nationwide via cable and satellite on BYUtv. Those games - including eight women's games and the first four men's games - will also be streamed live on TheW.tv, the West Coast Conference's digital platform.

For the first time, Time Warner Cable SportsNet, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, will televise the first two men's quarterfinals on Saturday. These broadcasts can also be seen on Comcast SportsNet California and ROOT Sports Northwest. The two men's evening quarterfinals will be televised on ESPN2 beginning at 6 p.m.

On Monday, one men's semifinal will air at 6 p.m. on ESPN, with the other semifinal immediately to follow on ESPN2. The order of Monday's semifinals is to be determined following Saturday's games.

On Tuesday, the women's championship game will be shown nationwide at 1 p.m. on ESPNU. At 6 p.m., the West Coast Conference men's championship game will air live on ESPN. All six ESPN Networks telecasts can also be seen live on WatchESPN.

The men's and women's winners of the 2015 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships will each receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2015 WCC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Thursday, March 5
Women
No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 9 Pepperdine, 12:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Portland, 2:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 3 Pacific vs. No. 6 San Francisco, 6:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 4 Saint Mary's vs. No. 5 BYU, 8:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)

Friday, March 6
Women
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 8/9, 12:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 2 San Diego vs. No. 7/10, 2:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
Men
No. 8 San Francisco vs. No. 9 Pacific, 6:00 p.m. ((BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Loyola Marymount, 8:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)

Saturday, March 7
Men
No. 3 Saint Mary's vs. No 6 Portland, 12:00 p.m. (TWC SportsNet, CSN California, ROOT Northwest, BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 4 Pepperdine vs. No. 5 San Diego, 2:00 p.m. (TWC SportsNet, CSN California, ROOT Northwest, BYUtv, TheW.tv)
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 8/9, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2, WatchESPN)
No. 2 BYU vs. No. 7/10, 8:00 p.m. (ESPN2, WatchESPN)

Monday, March 9
Women
Women's Semifinal No. 1, 12:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
Women's Semifinal No. 2, 2:00 p.m. (BYUtv, TheW.tv)
Men
TBA - Men's Semifinal No. 1, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN, WatchESPN)
TBA - Men's Semifinal No. 2, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2, WatchESPN)

Tuesday, March 10
Women's Championship Game, 1:00 p.m. (ESPNU, WatchESPN)
Men's Championship Game, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN, WatchESPN)