With the addition of BYU to the WCC, the conference will now host a "play in" game for the 8th and 9th seeds, which will take place Wednesday and feature 0-16 Santa Clara and 3-13 Portland. The winner of that game will face No. 5 San Francisco, who Saturday night lost to Saint Mary's 67-60 after upsetting Gonzaga earlier this week. LMU will face the winner of the San Francisco vs. Portland/Santa Clara game.
Saint Mary's clinched the No. 1 seed in the tournament with its win over San Francisco, ending Gonzaga's streak of 11 straight conference titles.
LMU will need three-straight wins in Vegas to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament, and likely a run to the finals to earn a spot in the NIT. They were led by sophomore Anthony Ireland in Saturday night's win over Santa Clara, as the guard had 17 points, six assists and four rebounds. Drew Viney had a nice game of 14 points and nine rebounds in what was likely his final game in Gersten Pavilion. A pre-game ceremony honored the team's seniors, which included Viney, LaRon Armstead, Kelsey Chine and Daniel Latimer.
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