2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
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| 2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| 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 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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]
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:
- 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 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, RSNα |
| 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, RSNα |
| 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 | 87-932OT | |
| 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]