Pepperdine Waves

- 12th in WCC

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Pepperdine hires Griff Aldrich from Virginia to coach Waves

Pepperdine has finalized a deal to hire Virginia associate head coach Griff Aldrich as the Waves' new men's basketball coach, the school announced.

Sources: Pepperdine is finalizing deal to hire Virginia associate head coach Griff Aldrich as the school’s new basketball coach. He led Longwood to a pair of NCAA tournaments as a head coach, as he went 127-100 in seven years there. Aldrich was attractive to the Pepperdine brass because of his reputation as a program builder. He rebuilt the Longwood program and took it to the school’s only NCAA and has been part of successful programs at Hampden-Sydney and UVA.

Ballisager Webb leads Portland's 77-68 victory over Pepperdine in West Coast Conference Tournament

— Jermaine Ballisager Webb had 22 points in Portland's 77-68 win against Pepperdine on Thursday in the opening round of the West Coast Conference Tournament.

Pepperdine beats Washington State 88-79

— Stefan Cicic's 23 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks helped Pepperdine defeat Washington State 88-79 on Saturday night.

Heimbrodt scores 24, Seattle U takes down Pepperdine 87-80

— Will Heimbrodt's 24 points helped Seattle University defeat Pepperdine 87-80 on Wednesday night.

WCC Standings

TEAM	W	L	GB	OVR
Gonzaga	84.3	-	4	31
Saint Mary's	77.3	3	6	27
Santa Clara	82.9	5	9	26
Oregon State	71.1	7	16	17
Seattle U	72.1	10	14	21
Pacific	72.7	12	15	18
San Francisco	74.7	13	16	17
Washington State	76.1	9	20	12
Loyola Marymount	74.3	14.5	17	15
Portland	74.4	15.5	19	15
San Diego	74.5	18	21	12
Pepperdine	72.3	20.5	23	9

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