The 2017 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference held March 3–7, 2017 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Regular-season champion Gonzaga also won the WCC tournament, and with it the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 74–56 win over Saint Mary's in the finals.
The WCC's eight-year tournament contract with Orleans Arena expired after the 2016 WCC tournament, with the WCC looking to potentially moving the tournament to a different Las Vegas-area venue (the MGM Grand Garden Arena or the T-Mobile Arena), keep it at the Orleans Arena, or move it elsewhere. In May 2016, the WCC announced that it reached an agreement on a new three-year contract with the Orleans Arena, which will run through the 2019 WCC year-end tournament.
Seeds All 10 WCC teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConference Tiebreaker 1 Gonzaga 17–1 2 Saint Mary's 16–2 3 BYU 12–6 4 Santa Clara 10–81–1 vs SF, 0–2 vs Gonzaga, 0–2 vs SMC, 1–1 vs BYU 5San Francisco 10–81–1 vs SCU, 0–2 vs Gonzaga, 0–2 vs SMC, 0–2 vs BYU 6 Loyola Marymount 8–10 7 San Diego 6–12 8 Pepperdine 5–13 9 Pacific 4–14 10 Portland 2–16
Schedule Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television First round – Friday, March 3 1 1 6:00 PM No. 8 Pepperdine vs. No. 9 Pacific 84–89 BYUtv 2 8:00 PM No. 7 San Diego vs. No. 10 Portland 55–60 BYUtv Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4 2 3 1:00 PM No. 3 BYU vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount 89–81 BYUtv/RTRM/CSNBA 4 3:00 PM No. 4 Santa Clara vs. No. 5 San Francisco 76–69 BYUtv/RTRM/CSNBA 3 5 7:00 PM No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Pacific 82–50 ESPN2 6 9:00 PM No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Portland 81–58 ESPN2 Semifinals – Monday, March 6 4 7 6:00 PM No. 1 Gonzaga vs No. 4 Santa Clara77–68 ESPN 8 8:30 PM No. 2 Saint Mary's vs No. 3 BYU 81–50 ESPN2 Championship – Tuesday, March 7 5 9 6:00 PM No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Saint Mary's74–56 ESPN *Game times in PT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
No. 8 Pepperdine vs. No. 9 Pacific Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: Pacific leads 31–27
No. 7 San Diego vs. No. 10 Portland Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: San Diego leads 52–29
Quarterfinals
No. 3 BYU vs. No. 6 Loyola Marymount Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: BYU leads 13–3
No. 4 Santa Clara vs. No. 5 San Francisco Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler Series History: Santa Clara leads 79–76
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Pacific Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein, Jon Barry Series History: Gonzaga leads 12–1
No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 10 Portland Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein, Jon Barry Series History: Saint Mary's leads 65–29
Semifinals
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Santa Clara Broadcasters: Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale, Jeff Goodman Series History: Gonzaga leads 59–30
No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 3 BYU Broadcasters: Dave O'Brien, Jon Barry, Jeff Goodman Series History: BYU leads 12–11
Championship
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 Saint Mary's Broadcasters: Dave O'Brien, Dick Vitale, Jeff Goodman Series History: Gonzaga leads 67–29
See also
West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament 2017 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
References