The 1992

West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament The West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the West Coast Conference (WCC). The winner of the tournament each year is guaranteed a place in the NCAA Division I men's ...

was held March 7–9 at the

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on the campus of the

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. This was the sixth edition of the tournament. Top seed

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defeated #4 seed Gonzaga 73–70 in the championship game to successfully defend their WCC tournament title. Runner-up Gonzaga had been winless in the first five editions, losing its opener (quarterfinal) each year. The Waves earned the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament and were seeded eleventh in the Midwest regional.

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