2026 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

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ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams12
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
2026 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams12
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsGonzaga (23rd title)
Winning coachMark Few (21st title)
MVPGraham Ike (Gonzaga)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2, ESPN
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2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 18 Gonzaga †16–2 .88931–4  .886
Saint Mary's16–2 .88927–6  .818
Santa Clara15–3 .83326–9  .743
Oregon State9–9 .50017–16  .515
San Francisco8–10 .44417–16  .515
Pacific8–10 .44418–15  .545
Seattle8–10 .44421–14  .600
Washington State7–11 .38912–20  .375
Portland6–12 .33315–19  .441
Loyola Marymount6–12 .33315–17  .469
San Diego5–13 .27812–21  .364
Pepperdine4–14 .2229–23  .281
† 2026 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2026 West Coast Conference men's basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2025–26 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 5–10, 2026.[1][2] The winner, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

All 12 conference teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament.[3] 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:

  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 28
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 Gonzaga 16–2 2–0 vs. Santa Clara
2 Saint Mary's 16–2 1–1 vs. Santa Clara
3 Santa Clara 15–3
4 Oregon State 9–9
5 San Francisco 8–10 3–0 vs. Pacific/Seattle
6 Pacific 8–10 1–2 vs. San Francisco/Seattle
7 Seattle 8–10 0–2 vs. San Francisco/Pacific
8 Washington State 7–11
9 Portland 6–12 1–0 vs. Loyola Marymount
10 Loyola Marymount 6–12 0–1 vs. Portland
11 San Diego 5–13
12 Pepperdine 4–14

Schedule and results

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round - Thursday, March 5
1 6:00 p.m. No. 9 Portland vs. No. 12 Pepperdine 77–68 ESPN+
2 8:30 p.m. No. 10 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 11 San Diego 62–66
Second Round - Friday, March 6
3 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Washington State vs. No. 9 Portland 68–74 ESPN+
4 8:30 p.m. No. 7 Seattle vs. No. 11 San Diego 58–56
Third Round – Saturday, March 7
5 6:00 p.m. No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 9 Portland 82–65 ESPN+
6 8:30 p.m. No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 7 Seattle 61–58
Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 8
7 5:30 p.m. No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 5 San Francisco 78–77 ESPN2
8 8:00 p.m. No. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 6 Pacific 76–68
Semifinals - Monday, March 9
9 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Oregon State 65–56 ESPN
10 8:30 p.m. No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 3 Santa Clara 71–76 ESPN2
Final – Tuesday, March 10
11 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Santa Clara 79–68 ESPN
*Game times in PST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 5		Second round
Friday, March 6		Third round
Saturday, March 7		Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 8		Semifinals
Monday, March 9		Championship
Tuesday, March 10
112 Gonzaga65
4Oregon State784Oregon State56
5San Francisco825San Francisco77112 Gonzaga79
8Washington State689Portland653Santa Clara68
9Portland779Portland74221 Saint Mary's71
12Pepperdine683Santa Clara763Santa Clara76
6Pacific616Pacific68
7Seattle587Seattle58
10Loyola Marymount6211San Diego56
11San Diego66

Source:[4]

All Tournament Team

See also

References

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