American college basketball postseason tournament
The 2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada , from March 7–12, 2024.[ 1] [ 2] TritonPoint Wealth and Sterling Global were the presenting sponsors of the 2024 tournament.
Seeds
All 9 conference teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers are to operate in the following order:
Head-to-head record
Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on March 2
Schedule and results
Game
Time
Matchup
Score
Television
First Round - Thursday, March 7
1
2:30 pm
No. 8 Pepperdine vs. No. 9 Pacific
102–43
ESPN+
Second Round - Friday, March 8
2
6:00 pm
No. 5 San Diego vs. No. 8 Pepperdine
57–52
ESPN+
3
8:30 pm
No. 6 Portland vs. No. 7 Loyola Marymount
78–70
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
4
7:00 pm
No. 4 Santa Clara vs. No. 5 San Diego
104–79
ESPN2
5
9:30 pm
No. 3 San Francisco vs. No. 6 Portland
72–51
Semifinals - Monday, March 11
6
6:00 pm
No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 4 Santa Clara
79–65
ESPN
7
8:30 pm
No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 San Francisco
89–77
ESPN2
Final – Tuesday, March 12
8
6:00 pm
No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 2 Gonzaga
69–60
ESPN
Game times in Pacific Time Rankings denote tournament seed Reference:
Bracket
First round Thursday, March 7Second round Friday, March 8Third round Saturday, March 9Semifinals Monday, March 11Championship Tuesday, March 122 Gonzaga 89 3 San Francisco 72 3 San Francisco 77 6 Portland 78 6 Portland 51 2 Gonzaga 60 7 Loyola Marymount 70 1 Saint Mary's 69 1 Saint Mary’s 79 4 Santa Clara 104 4 Santa Clara 65 5 San Diego 57 5 San Diego 79 8 Pepperdine 102 8 Pepperdine 52 9 Pacific 43
See also
References