The 2023 West Coast Conference men's basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2022–23 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–7, 2023.

Seeds All 10 conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operate 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 25

SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker(s)1 Saint Mary’s 14–2 #7 NET2 Gonzaga 14–2 #9 NET3 Santa Clara 11–5 4 Loyola Marymount 9–7 5 BYU 7–9 #89 NET6 San Francisco 7–9 #121 NET7 Pacific 7–9 0-4 vs. BYU & USF8 Portland 5–119 San Diego 4–1210 Pepperdine 2–14

Schedule and results GameTime Matchup ScoreTelevision First round - Thursday, March 216:00 pmNo. 8 Portland vs. No. 9 San Diego92–74WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN28:30 pmNo. 7 Pacific vs. No. 10 Pepperdine 84–71 Second round - Friday, March 336:00 pmNo. 5 BYU vs. No. 8 Portland82–71WCC Network, BYUtv, RSN48:30 pmNo. 6 San Francisco vs. No. 7 Pacific80–63 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 457:00 pmNo. 4 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 5 BYU63-73ESPN269:30 pmNo. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 6 San Francisco87-932OT Semifinals - Monday, March 676:00 pm No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 5 BYU 76–69ESPN88:30 pmNo. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 6 San Francisco84-73ESPN2 Final – Tuesday, March 796:00 pmNo. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 2 Gonzaga51-77ESPN *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed. Reference:

Notes RSNs airing the games include Bally Sports, AT&T SportsNet, Root Sports Northwest, and MSGSN. (RSNs may not carry every game)

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

See also

2023 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

References