2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2023
Conference:	West Coast Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Teams:	10
Arena:	Orleans Arena
City:	Paradise, Nevada
Champions:	Gonzaga
Titlecount:	21st
Coach:	Mark Few
Coachcount:	19th
Mvp:	Drew Timme
Mvpteam:	Gonzaga
Television:	WCC Network, ESPN, ESPN2

The 2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–7, 2023.^{[1] [2]}

Seeds

All 10 conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record
2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
3. NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on February 25

Seed	School	Conf. record	Tiebreaker(s)
1	Saint Mary’s	14–2	7 NET
2	Gonzaga	14–2	9 NET
3	Santa Clara	11–5
4	Loyola Marymount	9–7
5	BYU	7–9	89 NET
6	San Francisco	7–9	121 NET
7	Pacific	7–9	0-4 vs. BYU & USF
8	Portland	5–11
9	San Diego	4–12
10	Pepperdine	2–14

Schedule and results

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round - Thursday, March 2
1	6:00 pm	No. 8 Portland vs. No. 9 San Diego	92–74	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
2	8:30 pm	No. 7 Pacific vs. No. 10 Pepperdine	84–71
Second round - Friday, March 3
3	6:00 pm	No. 5 BYU vs. No. 8 Portland	82–71	WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN
4	8:30 pm	No. 6 San Francisco vs. No. 7 Pacific	80–63
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
5	7:00 pm	No. 4 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 5 BYU	63-73	ESPN2
6	9:30 pm	No. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 6 San Francisco	87-93^2OT
Semifinals - Monday, March 6
7	6:00 pm	No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 5 BYU	76–69	ESPN
8	8:30 pm	No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 6 San Francisco	84-73	ESPN2
Final – Tuesday, March 7
9	6:00 pm	No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 2 Gonzaga	51-77	ESPN
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Notes

RSNs airing the games include Bally Sports, AT&T SportsNet, Root Sports Northwest, and MSGSN. (RSNs may not carry every game)^[3]

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2023 University Credit Union WCC Basketball Tournament. wccsports.com. West Coast Conference. February 23, 2023.
2. Web site: University Credit Union West Coast Conference. orleanscasino.com. The Orleans Arena. February 23, 2023.
3. Web site: Sarz. Matt. Week 17 schedule for 202223. Matt Sarz Sports. March 2, 2023.