The 2013 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2013 at the

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in the Las Vegas-area community of

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. Gonzaga, which entered the tournament as the top-ranked team in both major polls, claimed the school's 12th tournament title overall and 10th under current head coach

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Format

For the second consecutive year the tournament featured a 9-team single elimination format. The 1 and 2 seeds received a bye to the semifinals while the 3 and 4 seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament began on Wednesday, March 6 with an 8/9 game. The second round took place on Thursday, March 7. Both the first and second rounds were shown by BYUtv Sports. The tournament quarterfinals were held on Friday, March 8, and were broadcast on

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. The conference semifinals were held on Saturday, March 9, and aired on

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. The championship game was played on Monday, March 11, 2013, and was broadcast on television by

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and on national radio by Dial Global Sports.

Seeds

WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows:
1) Head-to-head
2) Better record against a higher seed
3) Higher RPI
In the case of USF and USD, they split the regular season series 1-1. Both were swept by Gonzaga, Saint Mary's, and Santa Clara, and went 1-1 against BYU and 5-1 against seeds lower than them, leading to the rare RPI tiebreaker. x- USF's record is the record before the WCC tournament begins. USF has one more non-conference regular season game after the WCC Tournament.

Schedule

Bracket

''All times listed are

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Game summaries

1st Round: Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: LMU leads series 45-43
Broadcasters: Dave McCann,

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, Steve Cleveland, and Jarom Jordan ----

2nd Round: San Francisco vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: USF leads series 107-38
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

''(Play-by-Play)'' Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan ''(Halftime and Bridge Show)'' ----

2nd Round: San Diego vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Pepperdine leads series 56-39
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

''(Play-by-Play)'' Steve Cleveland and Jarom Jordan ''(Halftime)'' ----

Quarterfinals: Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Santa Clara leads series 84-55
Broadcasters:

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and Sean Farnham ----

Quarterfinals: BYU vs. San Diego

BYU leads series 5-1
Broadcasters:

and Sean Farnham ----

Semifinal: #1 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-23
Broadcasters:

and Sean Farnham ----

Semifinal: Saint Mary's vs. San Diego

Series History: Saint Mary's leads series 40-35
Broadcasters:

and Sean Farnham ----

Championship: Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

Series History: Gonzaga leads series 57-27
Broadcasters:

and Sean Farnham (ESPN)/ Ted Robinson and Steve Lappas (Dial Global) ---- ----

All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

References

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Format

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Game summaries

1st Round: Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

2nd Round: San Francisco vs. Loyola Marymount

2nd Round: San Diego vs. Pepperdine

Quarterfinals: Santa Clara vs. Loyola Marymount

Quarterfinals: BYU vs. San Diego

Semifinal: #1 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount

Semifinal: Saint Mary's vs. San Diego

Championship: Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

All-tournament team

See also

References