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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.
2023 West Coast Conference Tournament Bracket: Date, time, TV, live stream
Game 1: No. 9 San Diego vs. No. 8 Portland, 9:00 p.m., Regional Sports Networks/BYUTV
Game 2: No. 10 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 Pacific, 11:30 p.m., Regional Sports Networks/BYUTV
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. No. 5 BYU, 9:00 p.m., Regional Sports Networks/BYUTV
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. No. 6 San Francisco, 11:30 p.m., Regional Sports Networks/BYUTV
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 3 Santa Clara, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 4 Loyola Marymount, 11:30 p.m., ESPN2
Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. No. 1 Gonzaga or Saint Mary's, 9:00 p.m., ESPN2
Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. No. 2 Gonzaga or Saint Mary's, 11:30 p.m., ESPN2
Game 7: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 9:00 p.m., ESPN
Odds to win West Coast Conference Tournament from DraftKings Sportsbook
Saint Mary's -115
Gonzaga -105
BYU +5000
Santa Clara +5000
San Francisco +10000
Loyola Marymount +10000
Pepperdine +50000
Portland +50000
Pacific +100000
San Diego +100000