WCC Basketball Fans

The WCC will have three member schools participating in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, exactly one-third of all teams in the conference. Perennial NCAA Tournament participant and WCC Tournament winner St. Mary’s was given a 7 seed in the Midwest as the automatic bid from the West Coast Conference. The Gaels(27-5) will face 10 seed Purdue from the Big Tena, a team that went 21-12 on the season. Meanwhile, at-large bids from the WCC include both Gonzaga (25-6) as a 7 seed in the East and BYU (25-8), a 14 seed …

While Saturday featured some classic contests and nail-biting finishes in other arenas across the country, there was no louder or more emphatic statement made than the one made by the Mountain West Conference’s regular-season champions.
The Brigham Young Cougars defeated the Gonzaga Bulldogs to secure their first trip to the Sweet 16 in 30 years. It was three decades to the day of the Cougars’ last win in the second round of NCAA Tournament. Jimmer Fredette, the nation’s leading scorer, poured in 34 points and hit seven three-pointers as the third-seeded …