The West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for that season. Through 2008, the tournament was played on a rotating basis at the home courts of member teams. The 2009 edition was the first played at a neutral site, namely Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. The semifinals are broadcast nationally on ESPN2 and the championship is broadcast nationally on ESPN.

The tournament has used several formats in its history, though seeding in all formats has been based strictly on conference record (with tiebreakers used as needed). When the tournament began in 1987, when the conference had eight members, it used a standard single-elimination bracket that was reseeded after the first round so that the highest and lowest remaining seeds played one another in the semifinals. Beginning in 2003, the bottom four seeds played first-round games (5 vs. 8, 6 vs. 7), with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving byes to the quarterfinals and the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. For the 2012 tournament, the first after the 2011 arrival of BYU in the WCC, this format was adjusted so that the 8 and 9 seeds played in the first round, with the winner joining the 5 through 7 seeds in the second round, and the top four seeds continuing to receive byes into the quarterfinals (3 and 4) or semifinals (1 and 2). In addition, reseeding was abolished, with the top seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 4 seed and the 2 seed automatically playing the winner of the quarterfinal game featuring the 3 seed.

Beginning in 2014, the WCC adopted a new format to incorporate a tenth team (Pacific). The new format is a traditional 10-team tournament. Seeds 1-6 received a bye into the quarterfinals while 7 played 10 and 8 played 9 in the first round. The second round featured the winner of the 7/10 match playing the 2-seed while the winner of the 8/9 match played the 1 seed. The 3 seed played the 6 seed and the 4 seed played the 5 seed. In 2014, the first-round games aired on BYUtv Sports. The afternoon quarterfinal games aired on BYUtv, and the evening quarterfinals were on ESPN2. One semifinal aired on ESPN and the other on ESPN2, and the championship game was carried by ESPN.

For 2019 and beyond, the tournament returned to a format similar to that used from 2003–2011, with slight changes to the terminology used for the rounds prior to the semifinals. The 7 through 10 seeds play in what is now called the "opening round", the 5 and 6 seeds start play in the "second round", and the 3 and 4 seeds start in the "third round". The top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals. According to media reports, the major impetus for this and other changes to WCC basketball was the potential loss of Gonzaga to the Mountain West Conference after the 2017–18 season, which in the end did not happen.

List of finals Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue City Tournament MVP 1987 Santa Clara 77–65 PepperdineWar Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, Ca , Santa Clara1988 Loyola Marymount 104–96 Santa ClaraToso Pavilion Santa Clara, Ca , Loyola Marymount1989 Loyola Marymount 75–70 Santa Clara War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, Ca , Loyola Marymount1990 None None None Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, Ca None 1991 Pepperdine 71–68 Saint Mary's Toso Pavilion Santa Clara, Ca , Pepperdine1992 Pepperdine 73–70 GonzagaChiles Center Portland, Or , Pepperdine1993 Santa Clara 73–63 Pepperdine War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, Ca , Santa Clara1994 Pepperdine 56–53 San DiegoToso Pavilion Santa Clara, Ca , Pepperdine1995 Gonzaga 80–67 Portland , Gonzaga1996 Portland 76–68 Gonzaga , Portland1997 Saint Mary's 66–59 San Francisco Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, Ca , Saint Mary's1998 San Francisco 80–67 GonzagaToso Pavilion Santa Clara, Ca , San Francisco1999 Gonzaga 91–62 Santa Clara , Gonzaga2000 Gonzaga 69–65 Pepperdine , Gonzaga2001 Gonzaga 80–77 Santa ClaraJenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, Ca , Gonzaga2002 Gonzaga 96–90 Pepperdine , Gonzaga 2003 San Diego 72–63 Gonzaga , San Diego 2004 Gonzaga 84–71 Saint Mary'sLeavey Center Santa Clara, Ca , Gonzaga 2005 Gonzaga 80–67 Saint Mary's , Gonzaga 2006 Gonzaga 68–67 Loyola MarymountMcCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, Wa , Gonzaga 2007 Gonzaga 77–68 Santa Clara Chiles Center Portland, Or , Gonzaga 2008 San Diego 69–62 Gonzaga Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, Ca , San Diego 2009 Gonzaga 83–58 Saint Mary's Orleans Arena Paradise, Nv , Gonzaga 2010 Saint Mary's 81–62 Gonzaga , Saint Mary's 2011 Gonzaga 75–63 Saint Mary's , Gonzaga 2012 Saint Mary's 78–74 Gonzaga , Saint Mary's 2013 Gonzaga 65–51 Saint Mary's , Gonzaga 2014 Gonzaga 75–64 BYU , Gonzaga 2015 Gonzaga 91–75 BYU , Gonzaga 2016 Gonzaga 85–75 Saint Mary's , Gonzaga 2017Gonzaga 74–56 Saint Mary'sNigel Williams-Goss, Gonzaga 2018 Gonzaga 74–54 BYU Killian Tillie, Gonzaga2019 Saint Mary's 60–47 Gonzaga Jordan Hunter, Saint Mary's2020 Gonzaga 84–66 Saint Mary's Joël Ayayi, Gonzaga 2021 Gonzaga 88–78 BYU Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga 2022 Gonzaga 82–69 Saint Mary's Andrew Nembhard, Gonzaga 2023 Gonzaga 77–51 Saint Mary's Drew Timme, Gonzaga 2024 Saint Mary's 69–60 Gonzaga Augustas Marčiulionis, Saint Mary's 2025 Gonzaga 58–51 Saint Mary's Graham Ike, Gonzaga 2026 Gonzaga 79–68 Santa Clara Graham Ike, Gonzaga

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Results by team As of March 12, 2024

Championship game team wins School Wins Losses Games Win % Last title Last game Gonzaga 23 9 32 2026 2026 Saint Mary's 5 12 17 2024 2025 Pepperdine 3 4 7 1994 2002 Santa Clara 2 6 8 1993 2026 San Diego 2 1 3 2008 2008 Loyola Marymount 2 1 3 1989 2006 San Francisco 1 1 2 1998 1998 Portland 1 1 2 1996 1996 BYU 0 4 4 2021 Pacific 0 0 0

Team win–loss records School Games Wins Losses Win % Avg. Seed Years Gonzaga 83 66 17 Saint Mary's 72 39 33 Pepperdine 71 37 34 Santa Clara 69 33 36 San Diego 66 31 35 San Francisco 62 25 37 Loyola Marymount 59 24 35 Portland 51 15 36 BYU 25 13 12 Pacific 12 2 10 As of March 12, 2024.

Team head-to-head results   BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara vs. BYU – 6–0 0–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 vs. Gonzaga 0–6 – 2–7 0–1 3–5 1–4 4–18 5–9 1–7 1–9vs. LMU 4–0 7–2 – 0–1 5–3 3–7 3–1 3–2 6–3 4–5 vs. Pacific 0–0 1–0 1–0 – 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 vs. Pepperdine 1–0 5–3 3–5 2–2 – 2–5 7–4 9–5 1–8 4–5 vs. Portland 2–0 4–1 7–3 0–0 5–2 – 5–1 3–5 4–1 6–2 vs. Saint Mary's 1–3 18–4 1–3 0–0 4–7 1–5 – 1–5 1–4 6–8 vs. San Diego 2–2 9–5 2–3 0–0 5–9 5–3 5–1 – 4–6 3–2 vs. San Francisco 1–1 7–1 3–6 0–4 8–1 1–4 4–1 6–4 – 7–3 vs. Santa Clara 2–0 9–1 5–4 0–2 5–4 2–6 8–6 2–3 3–7 – Total 13–12 66–17 24–35 2–10 37–34 15–36 39–33 31–35 25–37 33–36

Championship game team head-to-head results   BYU Gonzaga LMU Pacific Pepperdine Portland Saint Mary's San Diego San Francisco Santa Clara vs. BYU – 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. Gonzaga 0–4 – 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–10 2–0 1–0 0–3vs. LMU 0–0 1–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 vs. Pacific 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. Pepperdine 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 vs. Portland 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 vs. Saint Mary's 0–0 10–4 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–1 0–0 vs. San Diego 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 – 0–0 0–0 vs. San Francisco 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 – 0–0 vs. Santa Clara 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 – Total 0–4 21–9 2–1 0–0 3–4 1–1 5–11 2–1 1–1 2–5

Results by seed As of March 12, 2024

Seed win–loss records Seed Games Wins Losses Win % 1 86 69 17 2 80 53 27 3 75 41 34 4 65 29 36 5 69 34 35 6 57 19 38 7 54 16 38 8 54 16 38 9 18 5 13 10 12 3 9

Championship game seed win–loss records Seed Games Wins Losses Win % Last title Last game 1 31 20 11 2024 2024 2 25 10 15 2023 2024 3 8 3 5 2008 2020 4 5 1 4 1995 1999 5 4 3 1 1998 1998 6 0 0 0 7 1 0 1 1987 8 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 10 0 0 0

Results by coach As of March 12, 2024

Coach win–loss records

+ Current WCC coaches Coach School Games Wins Losses Win pct Years Mark Few Gonzaga 58 52 6 Randy Bennett Saint Mary's 48 29 19 Herb Sendek Santa Clara 14 6 8 Shantay Legans Portland 6 3 3 Stan Johnson Loyola Marymount 6 2 4 Chris Gerlufsen San Francisco 5 3 2 Steve Lavin San Diego 3 1 2 Wayne Tinkle Oregon State 0 0 0 Dave Smart Pacific 0 0 0 Ed Schilling Pepperdine 0 0 0 David Riley Washington State 0 0 0

+ Former WCC coaches Coach School Games Wins Losses Win pct Years Tom Asbury Pepperdine 20 15 5 Dick Davey Santa Clara 28 14 14 Brad Holland San Diego 25 13 12 Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 19 9 10 Dave Rose BYU 17 9 8 Bill Grier San Diego 15 8 7 Carroll Williams Santa Clara 13 8 5 Lorenzo Romar Pepperdine1679 Max Good Loyola Marymount 13 7 6 Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 8 7 1 Philip Mathews San Francisco 14 6 8 Eric Reveno Portland 15 5 10 Kerry Keating Santa Clara 14 5 9 Rex Walters San Francisco 13 5 8 Hank Egan San Diego 12 5 7 Rob Chavez Portland 11 5 6 Dan Monson Gonzaga 6 5 1 Jim Brovelli San Francisco 13 4 9 Marty Wilson Pepperdine 12 4 8 Ernie Kent Saint Mary's 9 4 5 Paul Westphal Pepperdine 9 4 5 Sam Scholl San Diego 8 4 4 Mark Pope BYU 8 4 4 Todd Golden San Francisco 7 4 3 Mike Dunlap Loyola Marymount 9 3 6 Lynn Nance Saint Mary's 6 3 3 Jim Harrick Pepperdine 5 3 2 Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 5 3 2 John Olive Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 Steve Aggers Loyola Marymount 7 2 5 Dave Fehte Saint Mary's 3 2 1 Larry Steele Portland 7 1 6 Damon Stoudamire Pacific 6 1 5 Dave Bollwinkel Saint Mary's 5 1 4 Terry Porter Portland 5 1 4 Jessie Evans San Francisco 4 1 3 Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 4 1 3 Kyle Smith San Francisco 4 1 3 Eric Bridgeland Pepperdine 2 1 1 Eddie Sutton San Francisco 2 1 1 Michael Holton Portland 5 0 5 Charles Bradley Loyola Marymount 3 0 3 Lamont Smith San Diego 3 0 3 Jay Hillock Loyola Marymount 2 0 2 Ron Verlin Pacific 2 0 2 Jack Avina Portland 1 0 1 Paul Landreaux Saint Mary's 1 0 1 Tony Fuller Pepperdine 1 0 1 Vance Walberg Pepperdine 1 0 1 Ben Johnson Portland 1 0 1 Josh Newman Pacific 1 0 1

Championship game coach win–loss records

+ Current WCC Coaches Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last Game Mark Few Gonzaga 25 19 6 2023 2024 Randy Bennett Saint Mary's 14 4 10 2024 2024

+ Former WCC Coaches Coach School Games Wins Losses Win Pct Last title Last Game Tom Asbury Pepperdine 4 3 1 1994 1994 Paul Westhead Loyola Marymount 2 2 0 1989 1989 Dick Davey Santa Clara 4 1 3 1993 2007 Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga 3 1 2 1995 1996 Carroll Williams Santa Clara 3 1 2 1987 1989 Rob Chavez Portland 2 1 1 1996 1996 Philip Mathews San Francisco 2 1 1 1998 1998 Dan Monson Gonzaga 2 1 1 1999 1999 Ernie Kent Saint Mary's 1 1 0 1997 1997 Brad Holland San Diego 1 1 0 2003 2003 Bill Grier San Diego 1 1 0 2008 2008 Dave Rose BYU 3 0 3 2018 Jim Harrick Pepperdine 1 0 1 1987 Dave Fehte Saint Mary's 1 0 1 1991 Hank Egan San Diego 1 0 1 1994 Jan van Breda Kolff Pepperdine 1 0 1 2000 Paul Westphal Pepperdine 1 0 1 2002 Rodney Tention Loyola Marymount 1 0 1 2006 Mark Pope BYU 1 0 1 2021

WCC Tournament Rivalries

Gonzaga–Saint Mary's men's basketball rivalry