| Year: | 2013 |
| Conference: | West Coast Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Arena: | Orleans Arena |
| City: | Paradise, NV |
| Finalarena: | Orleans Arena |
| Finalcity: | Paradise, NV |
| Champions: | Gonzaga |
| Titlecount: | 12th |
| Coach: | Mark Few |
| Coachcount: | 10th |
| Mvp: | Elias Harris[1] |
| Mvpteam: | Gonzaga |
| Television: | ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/BYUtv |
| Different Previous: | 2012 |
| Different Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2013 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada. Gonzaga, which entered the tournament as the top-ranked team in both major polls, claimed the school's 12th tournament title overall and 10th under current head coach Mark Few.
For the second consecutive year the tournament featured a 9-team single elimination format. The 1 and 2 seeds received a bye to the semifinals while the 3 and 4 seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 6 with an 8/9 game. The second round took place on Thursday, March 7. Both the first and second rounds were shown by BYUtv Sports. The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, March 8, and were broadcast on ESPNU. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, March 9, and aired on ESPN2. The championship game was played on Monday, March 11, 2013, and was broadcast on television by ESPN and on national radio by Dial Global Sports.
WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:
1) Head-to-head
2) Better record against a higher seed
3) Higher RPI
In the case of USF and USD, they split the regular season series 1-1. Both were swept by Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, and Santa Clara, and went 1-1 against BYU and 5-1 against seeds lower than them, leading to the rare RPI tiebreaker.
| 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament seeds | ||||||
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Overall Record (End of Regular Season) | Tiebreaker | ||
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| 1. | Gonzaga | 16-0 | 29-2 | |||
| 2. | Saint Mary's | 14-2 | 26-5 | |||
| 3. | BYU | 10-6 | 21-10 | |||
| 4. | Santa Clara | 9-7 | 21-10 | |||
| 5. | San Francisco | 7-9 | x- 14-15 | RPI as of 3/3- 154 | ||
| 6. | San Diego | 7-9 | 14-17 | RPI as of 3/3- 174 | ||
| 7. | Pepperdine | 4-12 | 12-17 | Pepperdine 2-0 vs. Portland | ||
| 8. | Portland | 4-12 | 11-20 | Portland 0-2 vs. Pepperdine | ||
| 9. | Loyola Marymount | 1-15 | 8-22 | |||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | |||
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| First Round – Wednesday, March 6- BYUtv | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 PM |
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| Second Round – Thursday, March 7- BYUtv | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 6:00 PM |
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| 3 | 8:30 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8- ESPNU | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 6:00 PM |
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| 5 | 8:30 PM |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 9- ESPN2 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 6:00 PM |
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| 7 | 8:30 PM |
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| Championship Game – Monday, March 11- ESPN | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 6:00 PM |
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All times listed are Pacific
Series History: LMU leads series 45-43
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, Steve Cleveland, and Jarom Jordan----
Series History: USF leads series 107-38
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (Play-by-Play) Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan (Halftime and Bridge Show)----
Series History: Pepperdine leads series 56-39
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (Play-by-Play) Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan (Halftime)----
Series History: Santa Clara leads series 84-55
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham----
BYU leads series 5-1
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham ----
Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-23
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham----
Series History: Saint Mary's leads series 40-35
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham----
Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-27
Broadcasters: Dave Flemming and Sean Farnham (ESPN)/ Ted Robinson and Steve Lappas (Dial Global)--------
Tournament MVP in bold.[1]
| Name | School | Pos. | Year | Ht. | Hometown | |
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| Gonzaga | F | Speyer, Germany | ||||
| San Diego | SG | Vista, California | ||||
| Loyola Marymount | PG | Waterbury, Connecticut | ||||
| Gonzaga | F/C | Kamloops, British Columbia | ||||
| Saint Mary's | F | Shingle Springs, California |