Classification Division I Teams 9 Winning coach Mark Few (13th title) | Season 2015–16 Champions Gonzaga (15th title) Start date 2016 | |
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Site Orleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada Location Orleans Arena, Nevada, United States Similar 2014 West Coast Conferen, 2016 Northeast Conferen, 2016 CAA Men's Basketbal, 2016 SEC Men's Basketbal, 2016 ACC Men's Basketbal | ||
The 2016 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference and was held March 3–8, 2016 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The winner of the tournament, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
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Seeds
Only 9 of the 10 WCC teams participated in the Tournament due to Pacific's self-imposed postseason ban. As a result, the top 7 teams received a bye into the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
#8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 San Diego
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler
Series History: Series even 46–46
#3 BYU vs. #6 Santa Clara
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler (BYUtv)
Steve Quis, Casey Jacobsen, & Kelli Tennant (WCC TV)
Series History: BYU leads series 26–5
#4 Pepperdine vs. #5 San Francisco
Broadcasters: Dave McCann & Blaine Fowler (BYUtv)
Steve Quis, Casey Jacobsen, & Kelli Tennant (WCC TV)
Series History: San Francisco leads series 76–51
#1 Saint Mary's vs. #8 Loyola Marymount
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Brad Daugherty
Series History: Saint Mary's leads series 85–54
#2 Gonzaga vs. #7 Portland
Broadcasters: Roxy Bernstein & Brad Daugherty
Series History: Gonzaga leads series 97–66
#1 Saint Mary's vs. #4 Pepperdine
Broadcasters: Brent Musburger & Dick Vitale
Series History: Pepperdine leads series 71–64
#2 Gonzaga vs. #3 BYU
Broadcasters: Brent Musburger & Fran Fraschilla
Series History: Gonzaga leads series 9–6
Championship: #1 Saint Mary's vs. #2 Gonzaga
Broadcasters: Brent Musburger, Dick Vitale & Fran Fraschilla (ESPN)
Kevin Calabro & PJ Carlesimo (Westwood One)
Series History: