SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Santa Clara men's basketball is set to being their journey at the 2024 Credit Union 1 WCC Men's Basketball Championship on Saturday in the quarterfinal round. The fourth-seeded Broncos will take on either No. 5 San Diego or No. 8 Pepperdine at 7:00 p.m. PT inside Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 with Dave Feldman and Sean Farnham on the call. Fans can also catch the audio only call from Anthony Passarelli and Henry Caruso on Sidearm Streaming (link above).
This is the third consecutive season that the Broncos have earned a double bye in the WCC Tournament and is the first time 2006-07 through 2008-09 that they have finished fourth or better in the WCC standings in three-straight years. With a 10-6 record, the Broncos also made it three-straight years with double digit conference victories, something that hadn't been done since 1994-95 through 1996-97.
Santa Clara finished the regular season 19-12 overall and is looking for their third-straight 20-win campaign (and fourth of the last five years). That's something that has only been done twice before in program history (1968-70 and 1983-85). A win would also give head coach Herb Sendek sole possession of fourth place on the school's all-time wins list (140). In doing so, he would tie Dick Davey for the fewest amount of seasons needed to reach 140 victories (eight).
Four Broncos earned 2023-24 All-WCC honors with Adama-Alpha Bal being named to the first team, Carlos Marshall, Jr. and Christoph Tilly named honorable mention and Jake Ensminger earning a spot on the league's all-freshman team.
Bal, who leads the team and ranks seventh in the league at 14.5 points per game, made it four-straight seasons in which at least one Bronco earned first team All-WCC honors.
The Broncos rank 20th nationally in rebound margin at plus-6.9, which is currently tied for the fifth-best margin in program history.
Tickets for the 2024 Credit Union 1 WCC Men's Basketball Championship are available now in the link above.
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