The 2014 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–11, 2014 at the

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. This was the sixth consecutive year the WCC Tournament took place in

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after the WCC and the Orleans reached a 3-year extension to keep the tournament in Vegas through 2016.

Format

With the addition of the University of the Pacific, the WCC went to a more traditional tournament format. Under the new format, the top 6 seeds earned a bye out of the first round while the 7 seed plays the 10 seed and the 8 seed plays the 9 seed. The first round, which began on a Thursday, aired on

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. The 8 teams that advanced to the second round had a bye on Friday while the women's second round was completed. The men's second round became the quarterfinal round. It took place on Saturday and had the 1 seed playing the winner of the 8/9 game and the 2 seed playing the winner of the 7/10 game. The quarterfinals also featured the 3 seed playing the 6 seed, and the 4 seed playing the 5 seed. The two evening quarterfinal games aired on

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while the afternoon games aired on BYUtv. Continuing a normal procedure for WCC men's and women's tournaments, no games were played on Sunday. All conference members were founded as faith-based schools, and all but Pacific are financially supported by churches. Most significantly, BYU has a strict policy against Sunday play. Instead, the four remaining teams had an off day and prepared for the semifinals on Monday. The semifinals took place on Monday with the winner of 1/8/9 playing the winner of 4/5 and the winner of 2/7/10 playing the winner of 3/6. One of the semifinals aired on ESPN2, and the other aired on

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. The championship took place on Tuesday and featured the semifinal winners. As in recent years, the championship game was broadcast on ESPN and nationally on the radio by

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Seeds

WCC Tiebreaker procedures are as follows: #Head-to-head #Better record against a higher seed #Higher RPI ''* Overall record at end of regular season''

Schedule

Bracket

Game summaries

Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: Loyola Marymount leads 47-44
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

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Pacific vs. Santa Clara

Series History: Santa Clara leads 90-42
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

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San Francisco vs. San Diego

Series History: San Francisco leads 39-34
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

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BYU vs. Loyola Marymount

Series History: BYU leads 5-4
Broadcasters: Dave McCann and

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Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara

Series History: Gonzaga leads 50-32
Broadcasters:

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and

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Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine

Series History: Pepperdine leads 68-62
Broadcasters:

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Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

Series History: Gonzaga leads 59-27
Broadcasters:

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BYU vs. San Francisco

Series History: BYU leads 10-7
Broadcasters:

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WCC Championship: BYU vs. Gonzaga

Series History: Gonzaga leads 6-3
Broadcasters:

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All-tournament team

Tournament MVP in bold.

References

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Format

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Game summaries

Portland vs. Loyola Marymount

Pacific vs. Santa Clara

San Francisco vs. San Diego

BYU vs. Loyola Marymount

Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara

Saint Mary's vs. Pepperdine

Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary's

BYU vs. San Francisco

WCC Championship: BYU vs. Gonzaga

All-tournament team

See also

References