| Year: | 2012 |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Arena: | Orleans Arena |
| City: | Paradise, NV |
| Finalarena: | Orleans Arena |
| Finalcity: | Paradise, NV |
| Champions: | Saint Mary's |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Randy Bennett |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Matthew Dellavedova |
| Mvpteam: | Saint Mary's |
| Television: | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/BYUtv |
| Different Previous: | 2011 |
| Different Next: | 2013 |
The 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 29 though March 5 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada.
With the addition of BYU to the conference, a new format was introduced for the 2012 tournament. The tournament began on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 seed game was added. The 8/9 game was streamed live on wccsports.com on Wednesday, 29 February. The second round took place on Thursday, 1 March with #5 San Francisco playing the winner of the 8/9 game and #6 San Diego playing #7 Pepperdine. BYUtv Sports broadcast the second round of the tournament.[1] The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, 2 March, and were broadcast on ESPNU. They featured #3 BYU against the 6/7 game winner and #4 Loyola Marymount against the 5/8/9 winner. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, 3 March, and were broadcast on ESPN2. #1 Saint Mary's played the 4/5/8/9 winner and #2 Gonzaga played the 3/6/7 winner. The championship game was played on Monday, 5 March 2012 and was broadcast on television by ESPN and on national radio by Dial Global Sports, formerly Westwood One.
| 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular Season) | Tiebreaker | ||
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| 1. | Saint Mary's | 14 - 2 | 25 - 5 | |||
| 2. | Gonzaga | 13 - 3 | 24 - 5 | |||
| 3. | BYU | 12 - 4 | 24 - 7 | |||
| 4. | Loyola Marymount | 11 - 5 | 19 - 11 | |||
| 5. | San Francisco | 8 - 8 | 18 - 12 | |||
| 6. | San Diego | 7 - 9 | 12 - 17 | |||
| 7. | Pepperdine | 4 - 12 | 10 - 18 | |||
| 8. | Portland | 3 - 13 | 6 - 23 | |||
| 9. | Santa Clara | 0 - 16 | 8 - 21 | |||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | |||
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| First Round – Wednesday, February 29 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 PM |
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| Second Round – Thursday, March 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 6:00 PM |
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| 3 | 8:00 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 6:00 PM |
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| 5 | 8:00 PM |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 3 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 6:00 PM |
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| 7 | 8:00 PM |
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| Championship Game – Monday, March 5 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 6:00 PM |
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