2016 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2016 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference and was held March 3–8, 2016 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds Only 9 of the 10 WCC teams participated in the Tournament due to Pacific's self-imposed postseason ban. As a result, the top 7 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams that had identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1Saint Mary's15–3 2–0 vs. Gonzaga2Gonzaga15–3 0–2 vs. Saint Mary's3BYU13–5 4Pepperdine10–8 5San Francisco8–10 6Santa Clara7–11 7 Portland6–12 2–0 vs. Loyola Marymount8Loyola Marymount6–12 0–2 vs. Portland9San Diego4–14

Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 4116 p.m.#8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 San Diego64–61BYUtv Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5221 p.m.#3 BYU vs. #6 Santa Clara72–60BYUtv and WCC TV33 p.m.#4 Pepperdine vs. #5 San Francisco90–86BYUtv and WCC TV347 p.m.#1 Saint Mary's vs. #8 Loyola Marymount 60–48ESPN259 p.m.#2 Gonzaga vs. #7 Portland 92–67ESPN2 Semifinals – Monday, March 7466 p.m.#1 Saint Mary's vs. #4 Pepperdine81–66ESPN78:30 p.m.#2 Gonzaga vs. #3 BYU88–84ESPN2 Championship – Tuesday, March 8586 p.m.#1 Saint Mary's vs. #2 Gonzaga75–85ESPN *Game times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

#8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 San Diego Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler Series history: Series even 46–46

Quarterfinals

#3 BYU vs. #6 Santa Clara Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (BYUtv) Steve Quis, Casey Jacobsen, and Kelli Tennant (WCC TV) Series history: BYU leads series 26–5

#4 Pepperdine vs. #5 San Francisco Broadcasters: Dave McCann and Blaine Fowler (BYUtv) Steve Quis, Casey Jacobsen, and Kelli Tennant (WCC TV) Series history: San Francisco leads series 76–51

#1 Saint Mary's vs. #8 Loyola Marymount Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein and Brad Daugherty Series history: Saint Mary's leads series 85–54

#2 Gonzaga vs. #7 Portland Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein and Brad Daugherty Series history: Gonzaga leads series 97–66

Semifinals

#1 Saint Mary's vs. #4 Pepperdine Broadcasters: Brent Musburger and Dick Vitale Series history: Pepperdine leads series 71–64

#2 Gonzaga vs. #3 BYU Broadcasters: Brent Musburger and Fran Fraschilla Series history: Gonzaga leads series 9–6

Championship: #1 Saint Mary's vs. #2 Gonzaga Broadcasters: Brent Musburger, Dick Vitale and Fran Fraschilla (ESPN) Kevin Calabro and P. J. Carlesimo (Westwood One) Series history:

See also West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2016 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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