Question: How many times did the university that was champion of the 1987 WCC basketball tournament participate in the NIT ?

text: West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
List of finals

The West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference. The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament for that season. Through 2008, the tournament was played on a rotating basis at the home courts of member teams. The 2009 edition was the first played at a neutral site, namely Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. The semifinals are broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and the championship is broadcast nationally on ESPN. The tournament has used several formats in its history, though seeding in all formats has been based strictly on conference record (with tiebreakers used as needed). When the tournament began in 1987, when the conference had eight members, it used a standard single-elimination bracket that was reseeded after the first round so that the highest and lowest remaining seeds played one another in the semifinals. Beginning in 2003, the bottom four seeds played first-round games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7), with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving byes to the quarterfinals and the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. For the 2012 tournament, the first after the 2011 arrival of BYU in the WCC, this format was adjusted so that the 8 and 9 seeds played in the first round, with the winner joining the 5 through 7 seeds in the second round, and the top four seeds continuing to receive byes into the quarterfinals (3 and 4) or semifinals (1 and 2). In addition, reseeding was abolished, with the top seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 4 seed and the 2 seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 3 seed. Beginning in 2014, the WCC adopted a new format to incorporate a tenth team (Pacific). The new format is a traditional 10-team tournament.
Year Champion Score Opponent Venue Tournament MVP
1987 Santa Clara 77-65 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium ( San Francisco , California ) Jens Gordon , Santa Clara
1988 Loyola Marymount 104-96 Santa Clara Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Hank Gathers , Loyola Marymount
1989 Loyola Marymount 75-70 ( OT ) Santa Clara War Memorial Gymnasium ( San Francisco , California ) Hank Gathers , Loyola Marymount
1990 None None None Gersten Pavilion , ( Los Angeles , California ) None
1991 Pepperdine 71-68 ( OT ) Saint Mary 's Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Geoff Lear , Pepperdine
1992 Pepperdine 73-70 Gonzaga Chiles Center ( Portland , Oregon ) Doug Christie , Pepperdine
1993 Santa Clara 73-63 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium ( San Francisco , California ) Steve Nash , Santa Clara
1994 Pepperdine 56-53 San Diego Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Dana Jones , Pepperdine
1995 Gonzaga 80-67 Portland Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) John Rillie , Gonzaga
1996 Portland 76-68 Gonzaga Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Kweemada King , Portland
1997 Saint Mary 's 66-59 San Francisco Gersten Pavilion , ( Los Angeles , California ) Brad Millard , Saint Mary 's
1998 San Francisco 80-67 Gonzaga Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Hakeem Ward , San Francisco
1999 Gonzaga 91-62 Santa Clara Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Matt Santangelo , Gonzaga
2000 Gonzaga 69-65 ( OT ) Pepperdine Toso Pavilion ( Santa Clara , California ) Casey Calvary , Gonzaga
2001 Gonzaga 80-77 Santa Clara Jenny Craig Pavilion ( San Diego , California ) Dan Dickau , Gonzaga
2002 Gonzaga 96-90 Pepperdine Jenny Craig Pavilion ( San Diego , California ) Dan Dickau , Gonzaga
2003 San Diego 72-63 Gonzaga Jenny Craig Pavilion ( San Diego , California ) Jason Keep , San Diego
2004 Gonzaga 84-71 Saint Mary 's Leavey Center ( Santa Clara , California ) Ronny Turiaf , Gonzaga
2005 Gonzaga 80-67 Saint Mary 's Leavey Center ( Santa Clara , California ) Adam Morrison , Gonzaga
2006 Gonzaga 68-67 Loyola Marymount McCarthey Athletic Center ( Spokane , Washington ) Adam Morrison , Gonzaga