SAN BRUNO, Calif. --- For the second straight year, the San Diego Toreros were picked to win the 2017 West Coast Conference Championship in the preseason poll of the WCC's 10 head coaches. The Toreros earned five of nine possible first-place votes and 77 overall points in the poll.
Gonzaga, which shared a portion of the 2016 regular season title en route to the first at-large NCAA Regional berth in program history was tabbed second with 73 points, including three first-place votes.
Winners of two of the last three WCC Tournament Championships, Pepperdine, earned 63 points and picked up two first place votes to sit in third place.