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| 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Gonzaga(18th title) |
| Winning coach | Mark Few(16th title) |
| MVP | Joël Ayayi(Gonzaga) |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, BYUtv |
2021 → | |
| 2019–20 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Gonzaga † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 31 | – | 2 | .939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 BYU | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2020 WCC Tournament winner As of December 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2020 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 5 through March 10, 2020 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada.[1] Gonzaga, the winner of the tournament, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament.[2] For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles-based University Credit Union is the title sponsor of the tournament.[3]
Venue[edit]
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For the twelfth consecutive year, the 2020 WCC Tournament was held in the Orleans Arena. When the Orleans Arena is setup for basketball games, the seating capacity is 7,471.[4] The tournament is scheduled to be held at the Orleans Arena at least until 2022.[5] The Orleans Arena is located at the 1,886 room Orleans Hotel and Casino about 1 mile west of the Las Vegas Strip.[6] Tickets sold out for the 2020 WCC Tournament within one hour of the time they were made available to the public.[7] Tickets have sold out for the WCC Tournament for 11 years in a row.[7]
Seeds[edit]
All 10 WCC schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records.[8] The tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003 to 2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds played in the 'first round', the 5 and 6 seeds started play in the 'second round', and the 3 and 4 seeds started in the 'third round'. The top two seeds received byes into the semifinals.[9]
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
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| 1 | Gonzaga | 15–1 | ||
| 2 | BYU | 13–3 | ||
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 11–5 | 1–1 vs. Pacific | 2–0 vs. USF[10] |
| 4 | Pacific | 11–5 | 1–1 vs. Saint Mary's | 1–1 vs. USF |
| 5 | San Francisco | 9–7 | ||
| 6 | Pepperdine | 8–8 | ||
| 7 | Santa Clara | 6–10 | ||
| 8 | Loyola Marymount | 4–12 | ||
| 9 | San Diego | 2–14 | ||
| 10 | Portland | 1–15 |
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Schedule[edit]
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Thursday March 5, 2020 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 9 San Diego | 75–61 | BYUtv | 1,983 |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 Santa Clara vs. No. 10 Portland | 76–62 | |||
| Second round – Friday March 6, 2020 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount | 82–53 | BYUtv | 3,850 |
| 4 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 Santa Clara | 84–73 | |||
| Third round – Saturday, March 7, 2020 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 4 Pacific vs. No. 5 San Francisco | 54–72 | ESPN2 | 4,350 |
| 6 | 9:00 pm | No. 3 Saint Mary's vs. No. 6 Pepperdine | 89–82 | |||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2020 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 San Francisco | 81–77 | ESPN | 7,471 |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 BYU vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's | 50–51 | ESPN2 | ||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Saint Mary's | 84–66 | ESPN | 7,210 |
| *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | ||||||
Bracket[edit]
| First round Thursday, March 5 BYUtv | Second round Friday, March 6 BYUtv | Third round Saturday, March 7 ESPN2 | Semifinals Monday, March 9 ESPN & ESPN2 | Championship Tuesday, March 10 ESPN | ||||||||||
| 8 | Loyola Marymount | 75 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | San Diego | 61 | 8 | Loyola Marymount | 53 | |||||||||
| 5 | San Francisco | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | San Francisco | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Pacific | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | San Francisco | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Gonzaga | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | BYU | 50 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 51 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's | 89** | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Pepperdine | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Pepperdine | 84 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Santa Clara | 76 | 7 | Santa Clara | 73 | |||||||||
| 10 | Portland | 62 | ||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^'West Coast Conference Official Athletic Site'. wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^'Exploring the absurd odds of a perfect bracket NCAA.com'. www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^'West Coast Conference Partners with University Credit Union as Title Sponsor of Basketball Championships'. wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^'Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Event Production OrleansArena.com'. 2008-01-22. Archived from the original on 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^'West Coast Conference agrees to three-year extension to hold tournaments at Orleans Arena The Spokesman-Review'. www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^Hawks, John; Higgins, Tom (2009-02-03). The Complete Idiot's Guide to Las Vegas: The Savvy Vacationer’s Guide to All Things Las Vegas. Penguin. ISBN978-1-4406-8515-6.
- ^ ab'UCU WCC Basketball Tournament Sold Out'. wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^'Explaining Tiebreakers for the West Coast Conference standings'. CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^'WCC approves significant changes to scheduling, tournament format The Spokesman-Review'. www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
- ^'Brackets, Game Times Announced for 2020 WCC Basketball Tournament'. wccsports.com. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
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Provably fair technology is unique to bitcoin gambling and adds to the transparency of bitcoin casinos by verifying bet outcomes were correct and fair. We’ll be taking a look at what provably fair gambling actually is, and where you can play provably fair casino games.
The system is based on the fact that Bitcoin uses a cryptographic algorithm using hash functions, which are very difficult to decode or break. We’ll be taking a look at what provably fair gambling actually is, and where you can play provably fair casino games.
What is Provably Fair Gambling?
Open Algorithms are used by online gambling operators, in the form of Random Number Generators, Hashing or Random Seed Generation to verify each transaction that takes place on its site. Each game or transaction has its own algorithm and it can be checked to determine its fairness.
Blockchain platforms are 100% transparent and immutable. Purchases and pay outs are open to all on public ledger which cannot be tampered with. A program code can oversee the entire process, and zero human interference is involved. The specifics of how the system work are quite interesting.
How Does Provability Work
The application of provably fair systems may vary a little bit from game to game but the principle is the same for all single player games. Multiplayer games like poker are a little more complicated. They require encryption for every single card dealt.
The key to the provably fair system is that it uses a cryptographic hash which is considered unbreakable for practical purposes. This ensures that the information sent to the player and casino is unknown and can be deciphered.
The way this happens is:
- The casino creates a seed number for the bet
- This is hashed and sent to the player
- The player adds a seed and the bet plays out
- At the end of the bet the player receives the seed used in the bet
- If it matches the bet is verified. No interference occurred!
- If the casino tried to manipulate the bet in any way the hash function would be changed and the bet would not be verified. For the first time in gambling history a bet pay out can be verified by a player in real time!
Player Tampering
Provably fair gambling has 2 sides to it. The casino must make the game’s algorithm public to allow players to verify fairness. That means players can, in theory, tamper with the game. Therefore, provably fair gaming works in such a way that the result of the game is pre-determined, but neither the casino nor the player know the outcome until after the bet is placed and played out.
It is as if the casino and the player had the only 2 keys to a padlock that opens a safe box. Neither can use the key before the bet is played out. Once the bet is played out, they can both unlock the safe box and see if the result inside the box matches the one they got in real life.
Provably Fair Bitcoin Casinos
BitStarz
BetChain
CryptoWild
BitStarz
BitStarz is one of the most established cryptocurrency casinos around. Having launched in 2014, this casino has a stellar reputation – offering thousands of fantastic casino games, provably fair gambling, and generous bonuses. Some of the top provably fair games on BitStarz are Aztec Magic Deluxe, Fire Lightning, Wolf Gold, Book of Egypt, Dragon Tribe, Lucky Lady’s Clover, and Booming Bananas.
BetChain
BetChain is equally as established as BitStarz, having launched in 2014 too. This cryptocurrency casino is famous for its incredibly large range of online slots, table games, and live casino games. It boasts a welcome bonus of 100% up to 1 BTC with your first deposit, 50% back with your second, and 75% back with your third deposit.
Some of the top provably fair casino games on BetChain are Jacks or Better, French Roulette, Casino Hold’em and Pontoon.
CryptoWild
CryptoWild is a well-designed cryptocurrency casino that launched in 2017. This casino offers a welcome package of 150% plus 150 free spins with your first deposit, and 50% cashback with your second, third and fourth deposits. Some of the top provably fair games on CryptoWild are Elvis Frog in Vegas, Five Lions Gold, Howling Wolves, Book of Cats, Safari, Plinko, and Book of Pyramids.
Can a Provably Fair Casino Cheat?
Even though Bitcoin casinos using this technology can’t cheat on a game pay out, there are still ways unscrupulous operators can take advantage of players. So it’s always important to do you research before you put your money into any casino. You can see our full list of casino reviews to find out which is worth the time and money. Apart from that, it is important to understand how you can check if a provably fair game is indeed provably fair.
How is it Used by Both Casino and Player to Ensure Fairness?
Checking underlying fairness involves verifying that each game works as advertised and that there are no errors leaving room for unfair play. An online casino issues a seed number or randomly generated number to the player which is hashed or encrypted. This is suitably buffered to ensure the same hash doesn’t reoccur. Once a player has finished a transaction or game, they can use these seeds to prove fairness. The player will do this by using the algorithm, hashes, and seeds as well as the events of the transaction to check that the outcome is indeed provably fair.
If something has transpired which is not fair, the seeds at the end of the game won’t match, and this will prove the outcome to be unfair. This process can also be carried out on blockchains other than Bitcoin’s.
Which Other Cryptocurrencies are Involved?
The expansion with the creation of more cryptocurrencies which are becoming significant for gambling has opened the door for provably fair gambling to move onto other blockchains. Etherium, Dogecoin, Litecoin and many more have become platforms for provably fair gambling as well. Nevertheless, it is important to remember that provably fair gambling is a blockchain-based feature.
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Can Provably Fair Gambling be Applied to Fiat Gambling?
Fiat gambling can not offer the same guarantee of 100% provably fair gambling. There is no system in place that cannot be manipulated in some way. Unlike a blockchain that is entirely recorded and there is no human intervention, fiat gambling is filled with human manipulation, tardy recording systems, as well as too many steps involved in each transaction, which leaves loopholes for human error and greed.
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Provably fair gambling, which came about through Bitcoin’s blockchain for the first time in history, has presented us with gambling that is 100% transparent and secure. This gives players peace of mind that there are no background manipulations taking place and that the outcomes of the games they play are verifiably random. Inevitably this will draw more players to cryptocurrency gambling.