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and was held March 3–8, 2016 at the

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. The winner of the tournament, Gonzaga, received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only 9 of the 10 WCC teams participated in the Tournament due to

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'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 that had identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

Game summaries

First round

#8 Loyola Marymount vs. #9 San Diego

Broadcasters: '' Dave McCann'' and '' Blaine Fowler''
Series history: Series even 46–46 ----

Quarterfinals

#3 BYU vs. #6 Santa Clara

Broadcasters: ''Dave McCann'' and ''Blaine Fowler'' (BYUtv)
'' Steve Quis'', '' Casey Jacobsen'', and ''Kelli Tennant'' (WCC TV)
Series history: BYU leads series 26–5 ----

#4 Pepperdine vs. #5 San Francisco

Broadcasters: ''Dave McCann'' and ''Blaine Fowler'' (BYUtv)
''Steve Quis'', ''Casey Jacobsen'', and ''Kelli Tennant'' (WCC TV)
Series history: San Francisco leads series 76–51 ----

#1 Saint Mary's vs. #8 Loyola Marymount

Broadcasters: '' Roxy Bernstein'' and '' Brad Daugherty''
Series history: Saint Mary's leads series 85–54 ----

#2 Gonzaga vs. #7 Portland

Broadcasters: ''Roxy Bernstein'' and ''Brad Daugherty''
Series history: Gonzaga leads series 97–66 ----

Semifinals

#1 Saint Mary's vs. #4 Pepperdine

Broadcasters: ''

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Series history: Pepperdine leads series 71–64 ----

#2 Gonzaga vs. #3 BYU

Broadcasters: ''Brent Musburger'' and ''Fran Fraschilla''
Series history: Gonzaga leads series 9–6 ----

Championship: #1 Saint Mary's vs. #2 Gonzaga

Broadcasters: ''Brent Musburger'', ''Dick Vitale'' and ''Fran Fraschilla'' (ESPN)
'' Kevin Calabro'' and ''

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References

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