2018 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 10
Site Orleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
Champions Gonzaga (17th title)
Winning coach Mark Few (15th title)
MVP Killian Tillie (Gonzaga)
2017–18 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Gonzaga †17–1 .944  32–5  .865
No. 25 Saint Mary's16–2 .889  30–6  .833
BYU11–7 .611  24–11  .686
San Diego9–9 .500  20–14  .588
San Francisco9–9 .500  22–17  .564
Pacific9–9 .500  14–18  .438
Santa Clara8–10 .444  11–20  .355
Loyola Marymount5–13 .278  11–20  .355
Portland4–14 .222  10–22  .313
Pepperdine2–16 .111  6–26  .188
† 2018 West Coast Conference Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2017–18 season. All tournament games were played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada, from March 2–6, 2018. Regular-season champion Gonzaga won the tournament and with it the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All ten teams in the West Coast Conference were eligible to compete in the conference 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.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Gonzaga 17–1
2 Saint Mary's 16–2
3 BYU 11–7
4 San Francisco 9–9 1–1 vs. SMC
5 Pacific 9–9 0–2 vs. SMC 2–0 vs. San Diego
6 San Diego 9–9 0–2 vs. SMC 0–2 vs. Pacific
7 Santa Clara 8–10
8 Loyola Marymount 5–13
9 Portland 4–14
10 Pepperdine 2–16

Schedule and results

Game Time[1] Matchup Score Television
First round – Friday, March 2
1 6:00 pm No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs No. 9 Portland 78–72 SPEC SN/NBCS CA/ROOT NW/ATT RM/TheW.tv
2 8:00 pm No. 7 Santa Clara vs No. 10 Pepperdine 69–85
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3 1:00 pm No. 3 BYU vs No. 6 San Diego 85–79 SPEC SN/NBCS CA/ROOT NW/ATT RM/TheW.tv
4 3:00 pm No. 4 San Francisco vs No. 5 Pacific 71–70 OT
5 7:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs No. 8 Loyola Marymount 83–69 ESPN2
6 9:00 pm No. 2 Saint Mary's vs No. 10 Pepperdine 69–66
Semifinals – Monday, March 5
7 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 San Francisco 88–60 ESPN
8 8:30 pm No. 2 Saint Mary's vs No. 3 BYU 72–85 ESPN2
Final – Tuesday, March 6
9 6:00 pm No. 1 Gonzaga vs No. 3 BYU 74–54 ESPN
*Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Friday, March 2
 		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 3
ESPN2		 Semifinals
Monday, March 5
ESPN/ESPN2		 Championship
Tuesday, March 6
ESPN
                                     
       
  1 Gonzaga 83  
    8 Loyola Marymount 69  
8 Loyola Marymount 78
9 Portland 72  
  1 Gonzaga 88  
  4 San Francisco 60  
       
       
  4 San Francisco 71*
    5 Pacific 70  
     
       
  1 Gonzaga 74
  3 BYU 54
       
       
  2 Saint Mary's 69
    10 Pepperdine 66  
7 Santa Clara 69
10 Pepperdine 85  
  2 Saint Mary's 72
  3 BYU 85  
       
       
  3 BYU 85
    6 San Diego 79  
     

* indicates overtime period.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship". Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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