The 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held February 29 though March 5 at the Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada.
Format With the addition of BYU to the conference, a new format was introduced for the 2012 tournament. The tournament began on Wednesday instead of Friday, and a first round 8 vs. 9 seed game was added. The 8/9 game was streamed live on wccsports.com on Wednesday, 29 February. The second round took place on Thursday, 1 March with #5 San Francisco playing the winner of the 8/9 game and #6 San Diego playing #7 Pepperdine. BYUtv Sports broadcast the second round of the tournament. The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, 2 March, and were broadcast on ESPNU. They featured #3 BYU against the 6/7 game winner and #4 Loyola Marymount against the 5/8/9 winner. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, 3 March, and were broadcast on ESPN2. #1 Saint Mary's played the 4/5/8/9 winner and #2 Gonzaga played the 3/6/7 winner. The championship game was played on Monday, 5 March 2012 and was broadcast on television by ESPN and on national radio by Dial Global Sports, formerly Westwood One.
Seeds 2012 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament seedsSeedSchoolConference RecordOverall Record (End of Regular Season)Tiebreaker 1.Saint Mary's14–225–52.Gonzaga13–324–53.BYU12–424–74.Loyola Marymount11–519–115.San Francisco8–818–126.San Diego7–912–177.Pepperdine4–1210–18 8.Portland3–136–239.Santa Clara0–168–21
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup# First Round – Wednesday, February 29116:00 PM#8 Portland vs #9 Santa Clara Second Round – Thursday, March 1226:00 PM#5 San Francisco vs #8 Portland38:00 PM#6 San Diego vs #7 Pepperdine Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2346:00 PM#4 Loyola Marymount vs. #5 San Francisco58:00 PM#3 BYU vs. #6 San Diego Semifinals – Saturday, March 3466:00 PM#1 Saint Mary's vs. #5 San Francisco78:00 PM#2 Gonzaga vs. #3 BYU Championship Game – Monday, March 5586:00 PM #1 Saint Mary's vs. #2 Gonzaga *Game Times in PT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and Scores
Game summaries
All tournament conference team NameSchool Pos. Year Ht. Hometown Matthew Dellavedova Saint Mary's G Junior 6' 4" Maryborough, Victoria, Australia Cody Doolin San Francisco G Sophomore 6' 2" Austin, Texas Elias Harris Gonzaga F Junior 6' 7" Speyer, Germany Rob Jones Saint Mary's F Redshirt Senior 6' 6" San Francisco, California Kevin Pangos Gonzaga G Freshman 6' 1" Newmarket, Ontario
See also 2012 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
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