2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
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| 2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Site | Orleans Arena Paradise, Nevada |
| Champions | Gonzaga (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Lisa Fortier (5th title) |
| MVP | Lauren Whittaker (Gonzaga) |
| Television | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Marymount | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gonzaga † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 15 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pepperdine | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 9 | – | 25 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Mary's | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 22 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 WCC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament was the postseason women'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] In its final WCC season before leaving for the Pac-12 Conference in July 2026, Gonzaga won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.
All 12 conference teams participated in the tournament.[3] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated 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 28
| Seed | School | Conf. record | Tiebreaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyola Marymount | 16–2 | |
| 2 | Gonzaga | 15–3 | |
| 3 | Santa Clara | 13–5 | 1–0 vs. Oregon State |
| 4 | Oregon State | 13–5 | 0–1 vs. Santa Clara |
| 5 | Portland | 11–7 | |
| 6 | Pepperdine | 10–8 | |
| 7 | San Francisco | 9–9 | |
| 8 | Pacific | 6–12 | 2–1 vs. Saint Mary's/Washington State/1–0 vs. Washington State |
| 9 | Washington State | 6–12 | 2–1 vs. Pacific/Saint Mary's/0–1 vs. Pacific |
| 10 | Saint Mary's | 6–12 | 1–3 vs. Pacific/Washington State |
| 11 | San Diego | 4–14 | |
| 12 | Seattle | 1–17 |
Schedule and results
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round - Thursday, March 5 | ||||
| 1 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 9 Washington State vs. No. 12 Seattle | 80–58 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 10 Saint Mary's vs. No. 11 San Diego | 62–66 | |
| Second Round - Friday, March 6 | ||||
| 3 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 8 Pacific vs. No. 9 Washington State | 76–82 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 7 San Francisco vs. No. 11 San Diego | 61–52 | |
| Third Round – Saturday, March 7 | ||||
| 5 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 5 Portland vs. No. 9 Washington State | 72–62 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 6 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 San Francisco | 69–86 | |
| Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 8 | ||||
| 7 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 5 Portland | 60–50 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 7 San Francisco | 87–69 | |
| Semifinals - Monday, March 9 | ||||
| 9 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 1 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 4 Oregon State | 67–73 | ESPN+ |
| 10 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Santa Clara | 88–60 | ESPN+ |
| Final – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||
| 11 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Oregon State | 76–66 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||