The West Coast Conference bracket is set and will tip off on Thursday, March 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET from The Orleans Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The games will air on regional sports networks for the early rounds, before shifting to ESPN2 for the quarterfinals and semifinals, and finally ESPN for the championship game.
The bracket is a ladder format with 10 teams, which means that the top 2 seeds get a bye to the semifinal, seeds 3 and 4 get a bye to the quarterfinals, seeds 5 and 6 get a bye to the second round, and seeds 7 through 10 will play in the first round.
Both Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s are safely in the NCAA Tournament, and the only question is will one or both teams be on a protected top-four seed line. As for the other eight teams heading to Vegas, they’ll need to find a way to win the event to play in March Madness. And that means likely beating both SMC and the Zags on back-to-back nights, a very tall order. No team outside of The Big Two in the league has won the WCC Tournament since 2008, when the San Diego Toreros took home the trophy.
The No. 1 seed in the event was determined by the NCAA’s NET rankings on the morning of February 26 via this projection. Saint Mary’s was No. 7 and Gonzaga No. 9, so SMC will be the No. 1 seed and wear the white jerseys in Las Vegas.
2023 West Coast Conference Tournament Bracket: Date, time, TV, live stream
* All times ET
March 2 First Round
Game 1: No. 9 San Diego 74, No. 8 Portland 92
Game 2: No. 10 Pepperdine 71, No. 7 Pacific 84
March 3 Second Round
Game 3: No. 8 Portland 71, No. 5 BYU 81
Game 4: No. 10 Pepperdine 63, No. 6 San Francisco 80
March 4 Quarterfinals
Game 5: No. 5 BYU 73, No. 4 Loyola Marymount 63
Game 6: No. 6 San Francisco 93, No. 3 Santa Clara 87
March 6 Semifinals
Game 7: No. 5 BYU 69, No. 1 Saint Mary’s 76
Game 8: No. 6 San Francisco 73, No. 2 Gonzaga 84
March 7 Championship
Game 7: No. 2 Gonzaga 77, No. 1 Saint Mary’s 51
Odds to win West Coast Conference Tournament from DraftKings Sportsbook
Pre-Second Round Odds
Gonzaga -135
Saint Mary’s +115
Santa Clara +3000
BYU +4000
Loyola Marymount +5000
San Francisco +8000
Portland +50000
Pacific +80000
Pre-Tournament Odds
Gonzaga -135
Saint Mary’s -115
Santa Clara +3000
BYU +4000
Loyola Marymount +5000
San Francisco +8000
Pepperdine +50000
Portland +50000
Pacific +100000
San Diego +100000