2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament

2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams12
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsGonzaga (11th title)
Winning coachLisa Fortier (5th title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
2025–26 West Coast Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Loyola Marymount 15 – 3   .833 21 – 10   .677
Gonzaga † 14 – 4   .778 24 – 9   .727
Santa Clara 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
Oregon State 13 – 5   .722 23 – 12   .657
Portland 11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576
Pepperdine 10 – 8   .556 20 – 12   .625
San Francisco 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576
Pacific 6 – 12   .333 11 – 19   .367
Washington State 6 – 12   .333 9 – 25   .265
Saint Mary's 6 – 12   .333 15 – 17   .469
San Diego 4 – 14   .222 11 – 22   .333
Seattle 1 – 17   .056 5 – 25   .167
† 2026 WCC tournament winner
As of March 19, 2026

The 2026 West Coast Conference women's basketball Tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference for the 2025–26 season. All tournament games will be played at Orleans Arena in the Las Vegas-area community of Paradise, Nevada, from March 5–10, 2026.[1][2] The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 12 conference teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament.[3] 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:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken
  3. NET rating after the final regular-season conference games on February 28
Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker(s)
1 Loyola Marymount 16–2
2 Gonzaga 15–3
3 Santa Clara 13–5 1–0 vs. Oregon State
4 Oregon State 13–5 0–1 vs. Santa Clara
5 Portland 11–7
6 Pepperdine 10–8
7 San Francisco 9–9
8 Pacific 6–12 2–1 vs. Saint Mary's/Washington State/1–0 vs. Washington State
9 Washington State 6–12 2–1 vs. Pacific/Saint Mary's/0–1 vs. Pacific
10 Saint Mary's 6–12 1–3 vs. Pacific/Washington State
11 San Diego 4–14
12 Seattle 1–17

Schedule and results

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First Round - Thursday, March 5
1 12:00 p.m. No. 9 Washington State vs. No. 12 Seattle 80–58 ESPN+
2 2:30 p.m. No. 10 Saint Mary's vs. No. 11 San Diego 62–66
Second Round - Friday, March 6
3 12:00 p.m. No. 8 Pacific vs. No. 9 Washington State 76–82 ESPN+
4 2:30 p.m. No. 7 San Francisco vs. No. 11 San Diego 61–52
Third Round – Saturday, March 7
5 12:00 p.m. No. 5 Portland vs. No. 9 Washington State 72–62 ESPN+
6 2:30 p.m. No. 6 Pepperdine vs. No. 7 San Francisco 69–86
Quarterfinals - Sunday, March 8
7 11:30 a.m. No. 4 Oregon State vs. No. 5 Portland 60–50 ESPN+
8 2:00 p.m. No. 3 Santa Clara vs. No. 7 San Francisco 87–69
Semifinals - Monday, March 9
9 12:00 p.m. No. 1 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 4 Oregon State 67–73 ESPN+
10 2:30 p.m. No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 3 Santa Clara 88–60 ESPN+
Final – Tuesday, March 10
11 1:00 p.m. No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 4 Oregon State 76–66 ESPN2
*Game times in PST.
Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 5		Second round
Friday, March 6		Third round
Saturday, March 7		Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 8		Semifinals
Monday, March 9		Championship
Tuesday, March 10
1Loyola Marymount67
4Oregon State604Oregon State73
5Portland725Portland504Oregon State66
8Pacific769Washington State622Gonzaga76
9Washington State809Washington State822Gonzaga88
12Seattle583Santa Clara873Santa Clara60
6Pepperdine697San Francisco69
7San Francisco627San Francisco86
10Saint Mary's6211San Diego51
11San Diego66

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2026 Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Basketball Championship". Orleans. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  2. ^ "Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Basketball Championships | Las Vegas Shows & Events". www.visitlasvegas.com. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
  3. ^ "2025 Credit Union 1 WCC Basketball Championship Now Features Six Straight Days of Games". wccsports.com. February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  4. ^ "2026 Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Basketball Championship - West Coast Conference". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
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