2018 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:West Coast Conference
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:10
Arena:Orleans Arena
City:Paradise, Nevada
Champions:Gonzaga
Titlecount:17th
Coach:Mark Few
Coachcount:15th
Mvp:Killian Tillie
Mvpteam:Gonzaga

The 2018 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–6, 2018. Regular-season champion Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All ten teams in the West Coast Conference were eligible to compete in the conference tournament. The top six teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1Gonzaga17–1
2Saint Mary's16–2
3BYU11–7
4San Francisco9–91–1 vs. SMC
5Pacific9–90–2 vs. SMC2–0 vs. San Diego
6San Diego9–90–2 vs. SMC0–2 vs. Pacific
7Santa Clara8–10
8Loyola Marymount5–13
9Portland4–14
10Pepperdine2–16

Schedule and results

GameTime[1] Matchup ScoreTelevision
First round – Friday, March 2
16:00 pmNo. 8 Loyola Marymount vs No. 9 Portland78–72SPEC SN/NBCS CA/ROOT NW/ATT RM/TheW.tv
28:00 pmNo. 7 Santa Clara vs No. 10 Pepperdine69–85
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
31:00 pmNo. 3 BYU vs No. 6 San Diego85–79SPEC SN/NBCS CA/ROOT NW/ATT RM/TheW.tv
43:00 pmNo. 4 San Francisco vs No. 5 Pacific71–70 OT
57:00 pmNo. 1 Gonzaga vs No. 8 Loyola Marymount83–69 ESPN2
69:00 pmNo. 2 Saint Mary's vs No. 10 Pepperdine69–66
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
76:00 pmNo. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 San Francisco88–60ESPN
88:30 pmNo. 2 Saint Mary's vs No. 3 BYU72–85ESPN2
Final – Tuesday, March 6
96:00 pmNo. 1 Gonzaga vs No. 3 BYU74–54ESPN
  • Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* indicates overtime period.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Championship . February 20, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180221100147/http://www.wccsports.com/championships/baskbl-2018.html . February 21, 2018 . dead .