The four-bid WCC is real

Probably by now, on this blog and plenty of national sites around the internet, you have read that this is the year of the WCC.

Interestingly enough, the conference is not rated as highly by such outlets as KenPom as it was last year. But season-long ratings are not what dictates how successful a conference is in college hoops. Rather, it is how many teams a conference sends to the NCAA Tournament.

This year, we are approaching the unprecedented number of four potential NCAA teams in Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s, BYU, and San Francisco. According to the 2022 Bracket Matrix, that number is largely holding up across the board, with the Zags earning a No. 1 seed and BYU, San Francisco, and Saint Mary’s…