SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Saint Mary's and Gonzaga earned the top two seeds in the 2025 Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Basketball Championship as the Conference announced the full men's bracket on Sunday.
The Championship will be held from March 6-11 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
Gonzaga (23-8, 14-4) will be the No. 2 seed after defeating San Francisco on the final day of the regular season. Saint Mary's (27-4, 17-1) will enter the championship event as the No. 1 seed after winning the West Coast Conference regular season title.
San Francisco (23-8, 13-5) heads to Las Vegas as the No. 3 seed with Bay Area rival Santa Clara (20-11,12-6) next as the No. 4 seed. Oregon State (20-11, 10-8) has earned the No. 5 seed. The Beavers will play the winner of Friday's matchup between No. 8 seed Portland (12-19, 7-11) and No. 9 Pepperdine (10-21, 4-14) in the second round. No. 6 seed Washington State (18-13, 8-10) sits on the other side of the bracket in another third round matchup. No. 7 seed LMU (16-14, 8-10) awaits the winner of No. 10 seed Pacific (9-23, 4-14) and No. 11 seed San Diego (5-26, 2-16).
LMU and Washington State finished the regular season with a Conference record of 8-10 and tied for sixth in the standings, while Pepperdine and Pacific also tied for ninth in the standings. The seed order for those teams was determined through the WCC's tiebreaker process.
The first three rounds of the men's tournament will be broadcast on ESPN+. ESPN2 and ESPN will televise the quarterfinals and semifinals of the men's tournament, and the championship game will be on ESPN.
FINAL 2024-25 WEST COAST CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON MEN'S BASKETBALL STANDINGS
| RANK |
TEAM |
Conf. WP |
Conf. W-L |
| 1 |
Saint Mary's |
.944 |
17-1 |
| 2 |
Gonzaga |
.778 |
14-4 |
| 3 |
San Francisco |
.722 |
13-5 |
| 4 |
Santa Clara |
.667 |
12-6 |
| 5 |
Oregon State |
.556 |
10-8 |
| 6 |
Washington State |
.444 |
8-10 |
| 7 |
LMU |
.444 |
8-10 |
| 8 |
Portland |
.389 |
7-11 |
| 9 |
Pepperdine |
.222 |
4-14 |
| 10 |
Pacific |
.222 |
4-14 |
| 11 |
San Diego |
.111 |
2-16 |
2024-25 CREDIT UNION 1 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, March 6 – First Round
2:30 p.m. – Game 1: No. 10 seed Pacific vs. No. 11 seed San Diego (ESPN+)
Friday, March 7 – Second Round
6:00 p.m. – Game 2: No. 8 seed Portland vs. No. 9 seed Pepperdine (ESPN+)
8:30 p.m. Game 3: No. 7 seed LMU vs. Game 1 Winner (ESPN+)
Saturday, March 8 – Third Round
6:00 p.m. – Game 4: No. 5 seed Oregon State vs. Game 2 Winner (ESPN+)
8:30 p.m. – Game 5: No. 6 seed Washington State vs. Game 3 Winner (ESPN+)
Sunday, March 9 – Quarterfinals
5:30 p.m. – Game 6: No. 4 seed Santa Clara vs. Game 4 Winner (ESPN2)
8:00 p.m. – Game 7: No. 3 seed San Francisco vs. Game 5 Winner (ESPN2)
Monday, March 10 – Semifinals
6:00 p.m. – Game 8: No. 1 seed Saint Mary's vs. Game 6 Winner (ESPN)
8:30 p.m. – Game 9: No. 2 seed Gonzaga vs. Game 7 Winner (ESPN2)
Tuesday, March 11 – Championship Game
6:00 p.m. – Game 10: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner (ESPN)
