SAN MATEO, Calif. – The West Coast Conference officially released the seeding and tournament bracket for the upcoming 2023 Univeristy Credit Union West Coast Conference Tournament in Las Vegas on Sunday morning.
 
For San Francisco, the Dons have earned the No. 6 seed this season. With BYU, Pacific and USF finishing conference play with a 7-9 record, the conference released an official ruling on how the tiebreakers were decided: 
 
"Last night, BYU defeated San Francisco in Provo. As a result of that outcome, BYU, Pacific and San Francisco tied for fifth place in the standings. Conference seeding tiebreakers for three or more teams establish a pod with the teams tied in the standings. Against the other two teams in the pod, BYU and USF posted a 3-1 record and Pacific recorded an 0-4 record. The Tigers were awarded the No. 7 seed. BYU and USF move through the tiebreaker process to determine the No. 5 and No. 6 seed. They split their two games against each other during the regular season. The next tiebreaker is each team's record vs. teams in descending order of the conference standings. Both BYU and USF lost twice to Gonzaga (tied for first place), Saint Mary's (tied for first place) and Santa Clara (third place). Against fourth-place LMU, the Dons were 1-0 and the Cougars were 1-1. With an unbalanced conference schedule, the number of games against an opponent may be unequal. In this case, the conference tiebreaking policy establishes that fewer losses do not prevail if the teams have the same number of wins and the team with fewer games could equal or surpass the loss total of the other team. Against Pacific (tied for fifth place), BYU and San Francisco were both 2-0. Against eighth-place Portland, ninth-place San Diego and 10th-place Pepperdine, one team recorded a 1-0 record and the other team recorded a 1-1 record. Once again, in each of these cases, the conference tiebreaker policy establishes that fewer losses do not prevail if the teams have the same number of wins and the team with fewer games could equal or surpass the loss total of the other team. The final determination is the NCAA NET Evaluation Tool on the day following the conclusion of the conference regular season schedule, which awarded BYU (No. 89 in the NET) the No. 5 seed and San Francisco (No. 121 in the NET) the No. 6 seed."
 
The opening round on Thursday will feature the No. 8 seed Portland battling No. 9 San Diego in the first men's game at 6 p.m. PT, followed by No. 7 seed Pacific facing No. 10 Pepperdine at 8:30 p.m. PT. 

BYU will play the winner of Portland/USD on Friday, March 3, at 6 p.m. PT and USF will play the winner of Pacific/Pepperdine on Friday, March 3, at 8:30 p.m. PT.
 
The 2023 UCU West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 2-7 at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. The first two rounds of the men's tournament and the first four rounds of the women's tournament will be televised on the WCC's regional sports network partners, NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Sports California, ROOT Sports NW, Bally Sports West, Bally Sports SoCal, Bally Sports San Diego, as well as BYUtv. These games will also be available online on the WCC Network. ESPN will televise the quarterfinals and semifinals of the men's tournament, and the championship games of both the men's and women's tournament.
 
Single-session tickets for the University Credit Union WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament are available here.
 
Last year, USF earned the No. 4 seed and advanced to the semifinal round of the tournament after taking down BYU in the quarterfinals.
 
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