2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	10
Site	Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada
Champions	Gonzaga (21st title)
Winning coach	Mark Few (19th title)
MVP	Drew Timme (Gonzaga)
Television	WCC Network, ESPN, ESPN2
West Coast Conference men's basketball tournaments

2022–23 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Saint Mary's	14	–	2		.875			27	–	8		.771
No. 9 Gonzaga†	14	–	2		.875			31	–	6		.838
Santa Clara	11	–	5		.688			23	–	10		.697
Loyola Marymount	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
San Francisco	7	–	9		.438			20	–	14		.588
BYU	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Pacific	7	–	9		.438			15	–	18		.455
Portland	5	–	11		.313			14	–	19		.424
San Diego	4	–	12		.250			11	–	20		.355
Pepperdine	2	–	14		.125			9	–	22		.290
† 2023 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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^α
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^α
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
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:

Notes

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

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 2					Second round Friday, March 3					Third round Saturday, March 4					Semifinals Monday, March 6					Championship Tuesday, March 7
																1	Saint Mary’s	76
											4	Loyola Marymount	63			5	BYU	69
						5	BYU	82			5	BYU	73								1	Saint Mary's	51
	8	Portland	92			8	Portland	71													2	Gonzaga	77
	9	San Diego	74													2	Gonzaga	84
											3	Santa Clara	87			6	San Francisco	73
						6	San Francisco	80			6	San Francisco	93*
	7	Pacific	84			7	Pacific	63
	10	Pepperdine	71

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

References

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