1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
Champions	Santa Clara (1st title)
Winning coach	Carroll Williams (1st title)
MVP	Jens Gordon (Santa Clara)
West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1986  1988»

Template:1986–87 West Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

The 1987 West Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament) was held February 28–March 2 at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.^[1] This was the first edition of the tournament.

Fifth-seeded Santa Clara defeated seventh-seeded Pepperdine in the championship game, 77–65, to win their first WCAC/WCC tournament championship.

The Broncos, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Tournament. Top-seeded San Diego, who lost in the conference semifinals, also received an at-large bid.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Saturday, February 28					Semifinals Sunday, March 1					Championship Monday, March 2
	1	San Diego	99
	8	Loyola Marymount	84
						1	San Diego	63
						7	Pepperdine	64
	5	Santa Clara	91
	4	Portland	60
											7	Pepperdine	65
											5	Santa Clara	77
	3	Saint Mary's	62
	6	San Francisco	57
						3	Saint Mary's	50
						5	Santa Clara	55
	7	Pepperdine	76
	2	Gonzaga	73

References

1. "1986-87 West Coast Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.