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The West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for that season. Through 2008, the tournament was played on a rotating basis at the home courts of member teams. The 2009 edition was the first played at a neutral site, namely Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. The semifinals are broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and the championship is broadcast nationally on ESPN.

SportCollege basketball
ConferenceWest Coast
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
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West Coast Conference
men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferenceWest Coast
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumOrleans Arena
Current locationParadise, Nevada
Played1987–present
Last contest2026
Current championGonzaga Bulldogs
Most championshipsGonzaga Bulldogs (23)
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+
Official websitewccsports.com/mbball
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The tournament has used several formats in its history, though seeding in all formats has been based strictly on conference record (with tiebreakers used as needed). When the tournament began in 1987, when the conference had eight members, it used a standard single-elimination bracket that was reseeded after the first round so that the highest and lowest remaining seeds played one another in the semifinals. Beginning in 2003, the bottom four seeds played first-round games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7), with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving byes to the quarterfinals and the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. For the 2012 tournament, the first after the 2011 arrival of BYU in the WCC, this format was adjusted so that the 8 and 9 seeds played in the first round, with the winner joining the 5 through 7 seeds in the second round, and the top four seeds continuing to receive byes into the quarterfinals (3 and 4) or semifinals (1 and 2). In addition, reseeding was abolished, with the top seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 4 seed and the 2 seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 3 seed.

Beginning in 2014, the WCC adopted a new format to incorporate a tenth team (Pacific). The new format is a traditional 10-team tournament. Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals while 7 played 10 and 8 played 9 in the first round. The second round featured the winner of the 7/10 match playing the 2-seed while the winner of the 8/9 match played the 1 seed. The 3 seed played the 6 seed and the 4 seed played the 5 seed. In 2014, the first-round games aired on BYUtv Sports. The afternoon quarterfinal games aired on BYUtv, and the evening quarterfinals were on ESPN2. One semifinal aired on ESPN and the other on ESPN2, and the championship game was carried by ESPN.

For 2019 and beyond, the tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003–2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds play in what is now called the "opening round", the 5 and 6 seeds start play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds start in the "third round". The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals.[1] According to media reports, the major impetus for this and other changes to WCC basketball was the potential loss of Gonzaga to the Mountain West Conference after the 2017–18 season, which in the end did not happen.[2]

List of finals

More information Year, Champion ...
Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City Tournament MVP
1987 Santa Clara 77–65 Pepperdine War Memorial GymnasiumSan Francisco, Ca Jens Gordon, Santa Clara
1988 Loyola Marymount 104–96 Santa Clara Toso PavilionSanta Clara, Ca Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount
1989 Loyola Marymount 75–70 (a.e.t.) Santa Clara War Memorial GymnasiumSan Francisco, Ca Hank Gathers, Loyola Marymount
1990 None [n 1] None None Gersten PavilionLos Angeles, Ca None
1991 Pepperdine 71–68 (a.e.t.) Saint Mary's Toso PavilionSanta Clara, Ca Geoff Lear, Pepperdine
1992 Pepperdine 73–70 Gonzaga Chiles CenterPortland, Or Doug Christie, Pepperdine
1993 Santa Clara 73–63 Pepperdine War Memorial GymnasiumSan Francisco, Ca Steve Nash, Santa Clara
1994 Pepperdine 56–53 San Diego Toso PavilionSanta Clara, Ca Dana Jones, Pepperdine
1995 Gonzaga 80–67 Portland John Rillie, Gonzaga
1996 Portland 76–68 Gonzaga Kweemada King, Portland
1997 Saint Mary's 66–59 San Francisco Gersten PavilionLos Angeles, Ca Brad Millard, Saint Mary's
1998 San Francisco 80–67 Gonzaga Toso PavilionSanta Clara, Ca Hakeem Ward, San Francisco
1999 Gonzaga 91–62 Santa Clara Matt Santangelo, Gonzaga
2000 Gonzaga 69–65 (a.e.t.) Pepperdine Casey Calvary, Gonzaga
2001 Gonzaga 80–77 Santa Clara Jenny Craig PavilionSan Diego, Ca Dan Dickau, Gonzaga
2002 Gonzaga 96–90 Pepperdine Dan Dickau, Gonzaga [4]
2003 San Diego 72–63 Gonzaga Jason Keep, San Diego [5]
2004 Gonzaga 84–71 Saint Mary's Leavey CenterSanta Clara, Ca Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga [6]
2005 Gonzaga 80–67 Saint Mary's Adam Morrison, Gonzaga [7]
2006 Gonzaga 68–67 Loyola Marymount McCarthey Athletic CenterSpokane, Wa Adam Morrison, Gonzaga [8]
2007 Gonzaga 77–68 Santa Clara Chiles CenterPortland, Or Derek Raivio, Gonzaga [9]
2008 San Diego 69–62 Gonzaga Jenny Craig PavilionSan Diego, Ca Brandon Johnson, San Diego [10]
2009 Gonzaga 83–58 Saint Mary's Orleans ArenaParadise, Nv[11] Micah Downs, Gonzaga [12]
2010 Saint Mary's 81–62 Gonzaga Mickey McConnell, Saint Mary's [13]
2011 Gonzaga 75–63 Saint Mary's Marquise Carter, Gonzaga [14]
2012 Saint Mary's 78–74 (a.e.t.) Gonzaga Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's [15]
2013 Gonzaga 65–51 Saint Mary's Elias Harris, Gonzaga [16]
2014 Gonzaga 75–64 BYU Sam Dower, Gonzaga [17]
2015 Gonzaga 91–75 BYU Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga [18]
2016 Gonzaga 85–75 Saint Mary's Kyle Wiltjer, Gonzaga [19]
2017 Gonzaga 74–56 Saint Mary's Nigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga
2018 Gonzaga 74–54 BYU Killian Tillie, Gonzaga
2019 Saint Mary's 60–47 Gonzaga Jordan Hunter, Saint Mary's
2020 Gonzaga 84–66 Saint Mary's Joël Ayayi, Gonzaga
2021 Gonzaga 88–78 BYU Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga[20]
2022 Gonzaga 82–69 Saint Mary's Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga[21]
2023 Gonzaga 77–51 Saint Mary's Drew Timme, Gonzaga
2024 Saint Mary's 69–60 Gonzaga Augustas Marčiulionis, Saint Mary's
2025 Gonzaga 58–51 Saint Mary's Graham Ike, Gonzaga
2026 Gonzaga 79–68 Santa Clara Graham Ike, Gonzaga
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Notes
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    Tournament canceled due to the death of Hank Gathers. Having won the regular season title, Loyola Marymount was awarded the WCC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[3]

Results by team

As of March 12, 2024[22][23]

Championship game team wins

More information School, Wins ...
School Wins Losses Games Win % Last title Last game
Gonzaga 23 9 32 .719 2026 2026
Saint Mary's 5 12 17 .294 2024 2025
Pepperdine 3 4 7 .429 1994 2002
Santa Clara 2 6 8 .286 1993 2026
San Diego 2 1 3 .667 2008 2008
Loyola Marymount 2 1 3 .667 1989 2006
San Francisco 1 1 2 .500 1998 1998
Portland 1 1 2 .500 1996 1996
BYU 0 4 4 .000 2021
Pacific 0 0 0 –
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Team win–loss records

More information School, Games ...
School Games Wins Losses Win % Avg. Seed Years
Gonzaga 83 66 17 .795 2.08 38 (1987–2024)
Saint Mary's 72 39 33 .542 3.42 38 (1987–2024)
Pepperdine 71 37 34 .521 5.11 38 (1987–2024)
Santa Clara 69 33 36 .478 4.55 38 (1987–2024)
San Diego 66 31 35 .470 5.47 38 (1987–2024)
San Francisco 62 25 37 .403 4.89 38 (1987–2024)
Loyola Marymount 59 24 35 .407 6.26 38 (1987–2024)
Portland 51 15 36 .294 6.74 38 (1987–2024)
BYU 25 13 12 .520 3 12 (2012–2023)
Pacific 12 2 10 .167 2.5 10 (2014–2015; 2017–2024)
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As of March 12, 2024.

Team head-to-head results

More information BYU, Gonzaga ...
  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. BYU –6–00–40–00–10–23–12–21–10–2
vs. Gonzaga 0–6–2–70–13–51–44–185–91–71–9
vs. LMU 4–07–2–0–15–33–73–13–26–34–5
vs. Pacific 0–01–01–0–2–20–00–00–04–02–0
vs. Pepperdine 1–05–33–52–2–2–57–49–51–84–5
vs. Portland 2–04–17–30–05–2–5–13–54–16–2
vs. Saint Mary's 1–318–41–30–04–71–5–1–51–46–8
vs. San Diego 2–29–52–30–05–95–35–1–4–63–2
vs. San Francisco 1–17–13–60–48–11–44–16–4–7–3
vs. Santa Clara 2–09–15–40–25–42–68–62–33–7–
Total 13–1266–1724–352–1037–3415–3639–3331–3525–3733–36
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Championship game team head-to-head results

More information BYU, Gonzaga ...
  BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara
vs. BYU –4–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Gonzaga 0–4–0–10–01–21–14–102–01–00–3
vs. LMU 0–01–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–00–2
vs. Pacific 0–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–00–00–0
vs. Pepperdine 0–02–10–00–0–0–00–10–10–02–0
vs. Portland 0–01–10–00–00–0–0–00–00–00–0
vs. Saint Mary's 0–010–40–00–01–00–0–0–00–10–0
vs. San Diego 0–00–20–00–01–00–00–0–0–00–0
vs. San Francisco 0–00–10–00–00–00–01–00–0–0–0
vs. Santa Clara 0–03–02–00–00–20–00–00–00–0–
Total 0–421–92–10–03–41–15–112–11–12–5
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Results by seed

As of March 12, 2024[22][23]

Seed win–loss records

More information Seed, Games ...
Seed Games Wins Losses Win %
1 86 69 17 .802
2 80 53 27 .663
3 75 41 34 .547
4 65 29 36 .446
5 69 34 35 .493
6 57 19 38 .333
7 54 16 38 .296
8 54 16 38 .296
9 18 5 13 .278
10 12 3 9 .250
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Championship game seed win–loss records

More information Seed, Games ...
Seed Games Wins Losses Win % Last title Last game
1 31 20 11 .645 2024 2024
2 25 10 15 .400 2023 2024
3 8 3 5 .375 2008 2020
4 5 1 4 .200 1995 1999
5 4 3 1 .750 1998 1998
6 0 0 0 –
7 1 0 1 .000 1987
8 0 0 0 –
9 0 0 0 –
10 0 0 0 –
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Results by coach

As of March 12, 2024[22][23]

Coach win–loss records

More information Coach, School ...
Current WCC coaches
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win pct Years
Mark Few Gonzaga 58 52 6 .897 25 (2000–2024)
Randy Bennett Saint Mary's 48 29 19 .604 23 (2002–2024)
Herb Sendek Santa Clara 14 6 8 .429 8 (2017–2024)
Shantay Legans Portland 6 3 3 .500 3 (2022–2024)
Stan Johnson Loyola Marymount 6 2 4 .333 4 (2021–2024)
Chris Gerlufsen San Francisco 5 3 2 .600 2 (2023–2024)
Steve Lavin San Diego 3 1 2 .333 3 (2023–2024)
Wayne Tinkle Oregon State 0 0 0 –
Dave Smart Pacific 0 0 0 –
Ed Schilling Pepperdine 0 0 0 –
David Riley Washington State 0 0 0 –
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More information Coach, School ...
Former WCC coaches
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win pct Years
Tom Asbury Pepperdine 20 15 5 .750 9 (1989–1994; 2009–2011)
Dick Davey Santa Clara 28 14 14 .500 15 (1993–2007)
Brad Holland San Diego 25 13 12 .520 13 (1995–2007)
Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 19 9 10 .474 11 (1987–1997)
Dave Rose BYU 17 9 8 .529 8 (2012–2019)
Bill Grier San Diego 15 8 7 .533 8 (2008–2015)
Carroll Williams Santa Clara 13 8 5 .615 6 (1987–1992)
Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine 16 7 9 .438 9 (1997–1999; 2019–2024)
Max Good Loyola Marymount 13 7 6 .538 6 (2009–2014)
Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 8 7 1 .875 4 (1987–1990)
Philip Mathews San Francisco 14 6 8 .429 9 (1996–2004)
Eric Reveno Portland 15 5 10 .333 10 (2007–2016)
Kerry Keating Santa Clara 14 5 9 .357 9 (2008–2016)
Rex Walters San Francisco 13 5 8 .385 8 (2009–2016)
Hank Egan San Diego 12 5 7 .417 8 (1987–1994)
Rob Chavez Portland 11 5 6 .455 7 (1995–2001)
Dan Monson Gonzaga 6 5 1 .833 2 (1998–1999)
Jim Brovelli San Francisco 13 4 9 .308 9 (1987–1995)
Marty Wilson Pepperdine 12 4 8 .333 8 (1996; 2012–2018)
Ernie Kent Saint Mary's 9 4 5 .444 6 (1992–1997)
Paul Westphal Pepperdine 9 4 5 .444 5 (2002–2006)
Sam Scholl San Diego 8 4 4 .500 4 (2019–2022)
Mark Pope BYU 8 4 4 .500 8 (2020–2023)
Todd Golden San Francisco 7 4 3 .571 3 (2020–2022)
Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount 9 3 6 .333 6 (2015–2020)
Lynn Nance Saint Mary's 6 3 3 .500 3 (1987–1989)
Jim Harrick Pepperdine 5 3 2 .600 2 (1987–1988)
Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 5 3 2 .600 2 (2000–2001)
John Olive Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 .286 5 (1993–1997)
Steve Aggers Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 .286 5 (2001–2005)
Dave Fehte Saint Mary's 3 2 1 .667 1 (1991)
Larry Steele Portland 7 1 6 .143 7 (1988–1994)
Damon Stoudamire Pacific 6 1 5 .167 5 (2017–2021)
Dave Bollwinkel Saint Mary's 5 1 4 .200 4 (1998–2001)
Terry Porter Portland 5 1 4 .200 4 (2017–2020)
Jessie Evans San Francisco 4 1 3 .250 3 (2005–2007)
Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 4 1 3 .250 3 (2006–2008)
Kyle Smith San Francisco 4 1 3 .250 3 (2017–2019)
Eric Bridgeland Pepperdine 2 1 1 .500 1 (2008)
Eddie Sutton San Francisco 2 1 1 .500 1 (2008)
Michael Holton Portland 5 0 5 .000 5 (2002–2006)
Charles Bradley Loyola Marymount 3 0 3 .000 3 (1998–2000)
Lamont Smith San Diego 3 0 3 .000 3 (2016–2018)
Jay Hillock Loyola Marymount 2 0 2 .000 2 (1991–1992)
Ron Verlin Pacific 2 0 2 .000 2 (2014–2015)
Jack Avina Portland 1 0 1 .000 1 (1987)
Paul Landreaux Saint Mary's 1 0 1 .000 1 (1990)
Tony Fuller Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 1 (1995)
Vance Walberg Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 1 (2007)
Ben Johnson Portland 1 0 1 .000 1 (2021)
Josh Newman Pacific 1 0 1 .000 1 (2024)
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Championship game coach win–loss records

More information Coach, School ...
Current WCC Coaches
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last Game
Mark Few Gonzaga 25 19 6 .760 2023 2024
Randy Bennett Saint Mary's 14 4 10 .286 2024 2024
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More information Coach, School ...
Former WCC Coaches
Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last Game
Tom Asbury Pepperdine 4 3 1 .750 1994 1994
Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 2 2 0 1.000 1989 1989
Dick Davey Santa Clara 4 1 3 .250 1993 2007
Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 3 1 2 .333 1995 1996
Carroll Williams Santa Clara 3 1 2 .333 1987 1989
Rob Chavez Portland 2 1 1 .500 1996 1996
Philip Mathews San Francisco 2 1 1 .500 1998 1998
Dan Monson Gonzaga 2 1 1 .500 1999 1999
Ernie Kent Saint Mary's 1 1 0 1.000 1997 1997
Brad Holland San Diego 1 1 0 1.000 2003 2003
Bill Grier San Diego 1 1 0 1.000 2008 2008
Dave Rose BYU 3 0 3 .000 2018
Jim Harrick Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 1987
Dave Fehte Saint Mary's 1 0 1 .000 1991
Hank Egan San Diego 1 0 1 .000 1994
Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 2000
Paul Westphal Pepperdine 1 0 1 .000 2002
Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 1 0 1 .000 2006
Mark Pope BYU 1 0 1 .000 2021
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WCC Tournament Rivalries

Gonzaga–Saint Mary's men's basketball rivalry

The Gonzaga–Saint Mary's men's basketball rivalry is an intra-West Coast Conference college basketball rivalry between the Saint Mary's Gaels men's basketball team of Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, California and the Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball team of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Many analysts and members of the media have touted the Gaels vs. Zags as one of the best, if not the best, college basketball rivalry on the West Coast,[24][25] as both teams have been consistently two of the top three teams in the conference over the last 2 decades. Gonzaga and Saint Mary's have combined to win 26 out of the last 30 conference championship games, including each of the last 16. The two teams have met a total of 116 times dating back to 1955 and currently meet biannually as a part of WCC conference play, with the potential to play a third game in the WCC tournament and a fourth in the postseason.[26][27] As of March 2022, they have met 20 times in the WCC Tournament but have never met in any postseason tournaments beyond the end of conference play.[26] Saint Mary's has upset a number 1 ranked Zags squad twice – once in the 2019 WCC final as an unranked team and once in 2022 as #23 in Moraga. And in 2024 took down the Zags in the WCC Championship game by the score 69-60.

Broadcasters

Television

More information Year, Network ...
Year Network Play-by-play Analyst Sideline
2024 ESPN Dave Flemming Sean Farnham
2023
2022 Molly McGrath
2021
2020 Bob Wischusen Dick Vitale Sean Farnham
2019
2018 Gene Wojciechowski
2017 Dave O'Brien Jeff Goodman
2016[28] Brent Musburger Dick Vitale and Fran Fraschilla
2015[29] Dave Pasch Sean Farnham Jeff Goodman
2014[30] Dave Flemming
2013[31]
2012[32]
2011[33]
2010[34] Terry Gannon Stephen Bardo
2009[35] ESPN2 Stephen Bardo and Steve Lavin
2008[36] ESPN Stephen Bardo
2007 Dave O'Brien Rick Majerus
2006 Dave Pasch
2005 Terry Gannon Jimmy Dykes
2004
2003
2002 Chris Marlowe Ann Meyers
2001 Reggie Theus
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993 Steve Physioc Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
1992
1991 Barry Tompkins Quinn Buckner
1990 Canceled
1989 Roger Twibell Dan Belluomini
1988 Ted Robinson
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Radio

More information Year, Network ...
Year Network Play-by-play Analyst
2022 Westwood One Ryan Radtke Doug Gottlieb
2022
2021 Dan Dickau
2020 Spero Dedes Austin Croshere
2019 Ryan Radtke Mike Montgomery
2018
2017
2016[37] Kevin Calabro P. J. Carlesimo
2015[38] Bill Frieder
2014[39] Dave Ryan
2013[40] Dial Global Sports Ted Robinson Steve Lappas
2012[41] Kevin Calabro
2011 Westwood One Ted Robinson Steve Lappas
2010 P. J. Carlesimo
2009 Dave Sims
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