2026 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2026 West Coast Conference men's basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2025–26 season. All tournament games were played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 5–10, 2026. The winner, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Seeds All 12 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: Head-to-head record Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on February 28

SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker(s)1Gonzaga16–22–0 vs. Santa Clara2Saint Mary's16–21–1 vs. Santa Clara3Santa Clara15–3 4Oregon State9–9 5San Francisco8–103–0 vs. Pacific/Seattle6Pacific8–101–2 vs. San Francisco/Seattle7Seattle8–100–2 vs. San Francisco/Pacific8Washington State7–119Portland6–121–0 vs. Loyola Marymount10Loyola Marymount6–120–1 vs. Portland11San Diego5–1312Pepperdine4–14

Schedule and results GameTimeMatchup ScoreTelevision First Round - Thursday, March 516:00 p.m.No. 9 Portland vs. No. 12 Pepperdine77–68ESPN+28:30 p.m.No. 10 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 11 San Diego62–66 Second Round - Friday, March 636:00 p.m.No. 8 Washington State vs. No. 9 Portland68–74ESPN+48:30 p.m.No. 7 Seattle vs. No. 11 San Diego58–56 Third Round – Saturday, March 756:00 p.m.No. 5 San Francisco vs. No. 9 Portland82–65ESPN+68:30 p.m.No. 6 Pacific vs. No. 7 Seattle61–58 Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 875:30 p.m.No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 5 San Francisco78–77ESPN288:00 p.m.No. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 6 Pacific76–68 Semifinals - Monday, March 996:00 p.m.No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Oregon State65–56ESPN108:30 p.m.No. 2 Saint Mary's vs. No. 3 Santa Clara71–76ESPN2 Final – Tuesday, March 10116:00 p.m.No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Santa Clara79–68ESPN *Game times in PST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

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All Tournament Team The following players were recognized following the tournament:

Most Outstanding Player Graham Ike, F, Gonzaga All-Tournament Team Allen Graves, F, Santa Clara Mario Saint-Supéry, G, Gonzaga Sash Gavalyugov, G, Santa Clara Tyon Grant-Foster, G, Gonzaga Graham Ike, F, Gonzaga

See also 2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

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