West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference (WCC) is a NCAA Division I (non-football) sports conference, headquartered in the Bay Area suburb of San Bruno, California.
The WCC consists of nine members, all of which are private, faith-based (or historically faith-based) universities. Of the nine, seven are affiliated with various orders of the Roman Catholic Church (Gonzaga, Loyola Marymount, San Francisco, and Santa Clara with the Jesuits, Saint Mary's with the De La Salle Brothers, Portland with the Congregation of the Holy Cross, and San Diego with the local diocese), while the remaining two are affiliated with Protestant denominations (Pepperdine with the Churches of Christ, and Pacific - which was a prior member before leaving and later returning - with historical ties to the United Methodist Church though no longer financially supported by them).
The conference does not sponsor football; only San Diego participates in the sport with the FCS Pioneer Football League. It is considered a "mid-major" basketball powerhouse: San Francisco won repeat titles in the 1950's with Bill Russell while in recent times Gonzaga has become a basketball power and Saint Mary's its closest rival.