2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
American college basketball postseason tournament
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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.
| 2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Saint Mary’s (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Randy Bennett (4th title) |
| Attendance | 17,088 (total) 5,794 (championship) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Saint Mary's † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Gonzaga | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 21 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 6 | – | 26 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
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| 1 | Saint Mary's | 15–1 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 14–2 | |
| 3 | San Francisco | 11–5 | |
| 4 | Santa Clara | 10–6 | |
| 5 | San Diego | 7–9 | |
| 6 | Portland | 5–11 | 1–1 vs. Santa Clara |
| 7 | Loyola Marymount | 5–11 | NET: 187 |
| 8 | Pepperdine | 5–11 | NET: 245 |
| 9 | Pacific | 0–16 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| First Round - Thursday, March 7 | |||||
| 1 | 2:30 pm | No. 8 Pepperdine vs. No. 9 Pacific | 102–43 | ESPN+ | 647 |
| Second Round - Friday, March 8 | |||||
| 2 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 San Diego vs. No. 8 Pepperdine | 57–52 | ESPN+ | 2,181 |
| 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 | 2,781 |
| 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 | 5,685 |
| 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 | 5,794 |
| Game times in Pacific Time Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
Bracket
| First round Thursday, March 7 | Second round Friday, March 8 | Third round Saturday, March 9 | Semifinals Monday, March 11 | Championship Tuesday, March 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||