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2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

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2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams9
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsSaint Mary’s (5th title)
Winning coachRandy Bennett (4th title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN, ESPN2
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2023–24 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Saint Mary's 15 1   .938 26 8   .765
No. 15 Gonzaga 14 2   .875 27 8   .771
San Francisco 11 5   .688 23 11   .676
Santa Clara 10 6   .625 20 13   .606
San Diego 7 9   .438 18 15   .545
Portland 5 11   .313 12 21   .364
Loyola Marymount 5 11   .313 12 19   .387
Pepperdine 5 11   .313 13 20   .394
Pacific 0 16   .000 6 26   .188
2024 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 West Coast Conference men's basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2023–24 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 7–12, 2024.[1][2] TritonPoint Wealth and Sterling Global were the presenting sponsors of the 2024 tournament.

Seeds

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All 9 conference teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers are to operate in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
  3. NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on March 2
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 Saint Mary's 15–1
2 Gonzaga 14–2
3 San Francisco 11–5
4 Santa Clara 10–6
5 San Diego 7–9
6 Portland 5–11 1–1 vs. Santa Clara
7 Loyola Marymount 5–11 NET: 187
8 Pepperdine 5–11 NET: 245
9 Pacific 0–16

Schedule and results

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Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round - Thursday, March 7
1 2:30 pm No. 8 Pepperdine vs. No. 9 Pacific 102–43 ESPN+
Second Round - Friday, March 8
2 6:00 pm No. 5 San Diego vs. No. 8 Pepperdine 57–52 ESPN+
3 8:30 pm No. 6 Portland vs. No. 7 Loyola Marymount 78–70
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
4 7:00 pm No. 4 Santa Clara vs. No. 5 San Diego 104–79 ESPN2
5 9:30 pm No. 3 San Francisco vs. No. 6 Portland 72–51
Semifinals - Monday, March 11
6 6:00 pm No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 4 Santa Clara 79–65 ESPN
7 8:30 pm No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 San Francisco 89–77 ESPN2
Final – Tuesday, March 12
8 6:00 pm No. 1 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 2 Gonzaga 69–60 ESPN
Game times in Pacific Time
Rankings denote tournament seed
Reference:

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 7
Second round
Friday, March 8
Third round
Saturday, March 9
Semifinals
Monday, March 11
Championship
Tuesday, March 12
2Gonzaga89
3San Francisco723San Francisco77
6Portland786Portland512Gonzaga60
7Loyola Marymount701Saint Mary's69
1Saint Mary’s79
4Santa Clara1044Santa Clara65
5San Diego575San Diego79
8Pepperdine1028Pepperdine52
9Pacific43

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship - West Coast Conference". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  2. ^ "Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship". orleans.boydgaming.com. Retrieved January 12, 2024.