The first round quarterfinals were held on the home courts of the top four seeds, and two of the hosts were defeated.[2][3] In the semifinals on a neutral court in San Francisco, the lower seeds won both semifinals;[4] both had losing conference records.
Fifth-seeded Santa Clara defeated #7 Pepperdine in the championship game 77–65 to gain the automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament,[5] and were seeded fifteenth in the West regional. Regular season champion San Diego, upset by a point in the conference semifinals,[4] received an at-large bid and were the ninth seed in the Midwest regional; both WCAC teams lost in the first round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals Saturday, February 28 Sunday, March 1 (four sites)