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WCC Basketball: 2018 conference tournament preview

By Shaun Gordon

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 07: Members of the Gonzaga Bulldogs, including head coach Mark Few (R), celebrate with the trophy after defeating the Saint Mary's Gaels 74-56 to win the championship game of the West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 07: Members of the Gonzaga Bulldogs, including head coach Mark Few (R), celebrate with the trophy after defeating the Saint Mary's Gaels 74-56 to win the championship game of the West Coast Conference Basketball Tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 7, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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WCC Bracketology

Gonzaga is a lock for the tournament but the same cannot be said for St. Mary’s. Neither team is getting much respect in projected brackets. Busting Brackets’ Bracketology has Gonzaga as a No. 5 seed and St. Mary’s as a No. 10 seed. Joe Lunardi’s predictions completely agree.

If either of them win the conference title, it’ll likely move them up one or two spots. If the Gaels can knock off the Zags, you could see a jump of three or four seeds even.  On the flip side, a loss by either team to anyone else in the tournament would see their seeding take a tumble.

This could be a three-bid league if another team manages to knock off the two big boys, but if that happens, St. Mary’s will be sweating a lot more on Selection Sunday. If that third team is BYU, they could earn a seed somewhere in the 12-14 range, but any other team would be a 14 seed at best.

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