# 2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2017 and ended with the 2018 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament March 2018. This was the 67th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 29th under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989.

## Head coaches
### Coaches

| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | WCC record | WCC Tournament record | NCAA Tournaments | Sweet Sixteens |
| BYU | Dave Rose | Dixie State | 13 | 283–99 (.741) | 61–25 (.709) | 6–5 (.545) | 8 | 1 |
| Gonzaga | Mark Few | Gonzaga (asst.) | 19 | 466–111 (.808) | 226–28 (.890) | 36–4 (.900) | 17 | 6 |
| Loyola Marymount | Mike Dunlap | Charlotte Bobcats | 4 | 22–40 (.355) | 10–26 (.278) | 1–2 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Pacific | Damon Stoudamire | Memphis Grizzlies (asst.) | 2 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 |
| Pepperdine | Marty Wilson | Pepperdine (assoc.) | 8 | 76–91 (.455) | 39–61 (.390) | 3–6 (.333) | 0 | 0 |
| Portland | Terry Porter | N/A | 2 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Mary's | Randy Bennett | Saint Louis (asst.) | 17 | 333–131 (.718) | 154–68 (.694) | 17–13 (.567) | 5 | 1 |
| San Diego | Lamont Smith | New Mexico (asst.) | 3 | 9–21 (.300) | 4–14 (.222) | 0–1 (.000) | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco | Kyle Smith | Columbia | 2 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Clara | Herb Sendek | Arizona State | 2 | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 8 | 1 |
Notes:
* Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
* Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2017–18 season.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| BYU | AP |
| BYU | C |
| Gonzaga | AP |
| Gonzaga | C |
| Loyola Marymount | AP |
| Loyola Marymount | C |
| Pacific | AP |
| Pacific | C |
| Pepperdine | AP |
| Pepperdine | C |
| Portland | AP |
| Portland | C |
| Saint Mary's | AP |
| Saint Mary's | C |
| San Diego | AP |
| San Diego | C |
| San Francisco | AP |
| San Francisco | C |
| Santa Clara | AP |
| Santa Clara | C |

## All-WCC awards and teams

On February 27, the conference announced conference awards.
| Honor | Recipient |
| Player of the Year | Jock Landale, Saint Mary's |
| Coach of the Year | Mark Few, Gonzaga |
| Newcomer of the Year | Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Namdi Okonkwo, Pacific |
| All-WCC First Team | Elijah Bryant, BYU |
| All-WCC First Team | Yoeli Childs, BYU |
| All-WCC First Team | K. J. Feagin, Santa Clara |
| All-WCC First Team | Frankie Ferrari, San Francisco |
| All-WCC First Team | Rui Hachimura, Gonzaga |
| All-WCC First Team | Jock Landale, Saint Mary's |
| All-WCC First Team | Emmett Naar, Saint Mary's |
| All-WCC First Team | Josh Perkins, Gonzaga |
| All-WCC First Team | Isaiah Pineiro, San Diego |
| All-WCC First Team | Johnathan Williams, Gonzaga |
| All-WCC Second Team | James Batemon, Loyola Marymount |
| All-WCC Second Team | Calvin Hermanson, Saint Mary's |
| All-WCC Second Team | Killian Tillie, Gonzaga |
| All-WCC Second Team | Jahlil Tripp, Pacific |
| All-WCC Second Team | Isaiah Wright, San Diego |
| All-WCC Freshman Team | Souley Boum, San Francisco |
| All-WCC Freshman Team | Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga |
| All-WCC Freshman Team | Colbey Ross, Pepperdine |
| All-WCC Freshman Team | Eli Scott, Loyola Marymount |
| All-WCC Freshman Team | Marcus Shaver, Portland |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Olin Carter III, San Diego |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Roberto Gallinat, Pacific |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | T. J. Haws, BYU |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Silas Melson, Gonzaga |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Zach Norvell Jr., Gonzaga |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Miles Reynolds, Pacific |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Colbey Ross, Pepperdine |
| All-WCC Honorable Mention | Marcus Shaver, Portland |