The West Coast Conference men’s basketball championship tournament will take place in Las Vegas, NV starting on March 7th and completed on March 12th, sending one team to the NCAA Tournament.
While the conference usually run by the Gonzaga Bulldogs, the St. Mary’s Gaels won the conference this year with a 15-1 record in the WCC. They did so despite the Bulldogs having a better record at 24-6.
On the opposite end of the conference are the Pacific Boxers. They are winless in conference play at 0-16 with a paltry 6-25 record overall this season. Because of their record, they will be in the opening round of the nine team tournament.
Shop West Coast Conference men's basketball conference tournament ticketsThe West Coast Conference men’s basketball conference tournament starts on Thursday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. CT with the No. 8 seed facing the No. 9 seed at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, NV.
This is one of the few conference tournaments that have just nine teams and really interesting schedule. The winner of this game will take on the fifth seed San Diego team with Portland taking on LMU in the other second round matchup.
The third round has fourth seed Santa Clara and third seed San Francisco with the top two seeds Gonzaga and St. Mary’s advancing all the way to the semifinals.
The tournament will air on ESPN and ESPN+ over the five days, which includes an off day on Sunday, March 10th.
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