Complete Bracket Announced For 2026 Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship     

SAN BRUNO, Calif. – Portland is the No. 9 seed and will face No. 12-seeded Pepperdine in the first round of the 2026 Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Championship as the league announced the full men's bracket on Sunday. Tip-off will be Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.

The tournament runs March 5-10 and fans can click here for ticket packages to the event.

The Pilots (13-18, 6-12 WCC) tied for ninth in the WCC regular season standings with LMU, but earned the higher seed via tiebreaker. The Waves (9-22, 4-14 WCC) swept the season series with Portland defeating the Pilots 67-63 in Malibu and 95-87 at the Chiles Center.

The winner of Portland-Pepperdine will move on to face No. 8 seed Washington State (12-19, 7-11) on Friday at 6 p.m.
 
Gonzaga (28-3, 16-2) will enter the championship as the No. 1 seed after having won a share of the WCC regular season championship. Saint Mary's (27-4, 16-2) will be the No. 2 seed after clinching at least a share of the WCC regular season championship for the fourth year in a row. Gonzaga earned the top seed through the conference's tiebreaker process of winning both matchups against Santa Clara, while the Gaels split the season series with the Broncos. 
 
Santa Clara (24-7, 15-3) heads to Las Vegas as the No. 3 seed with Oregon State (16-15, 9-9) next as the No. 4 seed. The Broncos enter the conference tournament after capturing a program-record 15 conference wins and the 24 overall wins are tied for the third most in program history. 

Pacific, San Francisco and Seattle U are tied for fifth place in the standings with an 8-10 league record. After tiebreakers, San Francisco is the No. 5 seed, Pacific is the No. 6 seed and Seattle U is the No. 7 seed.
 
No. 10 seed LMU (15-16, 6-12) will face No. 11 seed San Diego (11-20, 5-13) in Thursday's late first round action.

The first three rounds of the men's tournament and the first five rounds of the women's tournament will be broadcast on ESPN+. ESPN2 and ESPN will televise the quarterfinals and semifinals of the men's tournament, and the championship games of both the men's and women's tournaments.
  
2026 CREDIT UNION 1 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
 
Thursday, March 5 – First Round
6:00 p.m. – Game 1: No. 9 seed Portland vs. No. 12 seed Pepperdine (ESPN+)
8:30 p.m. – Game 2: No. 10 seed LMU vs. No. 11 seed San Diego (ESPN+)

Friday, March 6 – Second Round
6:00 p.m. – Game 3: No. 8 seed Washington State vs. Game 1 Winner (ESPN+)
8:30 p.m. Game 4: No. 7 seed Seattle U vs. Game 2 Winner (ESPN+)
 
Saturday, March 7 – Third Round
6:00 p.m. – Game 5: No. 5 seed San Francisco vs. Game 3 Winner (ESPN+)
8:30 p.m. – Game 6: No. 6 seed Pacific vs. Game 4 Winner (ESPN+)

Sunday, March 8 – Quarterfinals
5:30 p.m. – Game 7: No. 4 seed Oregon State vs. Game 5 Winner (ESPN2)
8:00 p.m. – Game 8: No. 3 seed Santa Clara vs. Game 6 Winner (ESPN2)
 
Monday, March 9 – Semifinals
6:00 p.m. – Game 9: No. 1 seed Gonzaga vs. Game 7 Winner (ESPN)
8:30 p.m. – Game 10: No. 2 seed Saint Mary's vs. Game 8 Winner (ESPN2)
 
Tuesday, March 10 – Championship Game
6:00 p.m. – Game 11: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner (ESPN)
 
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