2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Men's basketball
Teams	11
TV partner(s)	CBSSN, ESPN, ESPN+
Regular season
Tournament
Venue	Orleans Arena, Paradise, Nevada

2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Gonzaga	13	–	1	.929	25	–	2	.926
Santa Clara	13	–	2	.867	22	–	6	.786
Saint Mary's	12	–	2	.857	23	–	4	.852
Pacific	8	–	7	.533	17	–	11	.607
San Francisco	7	–	8	.467	15	–	13	.536
Oregon State	7	–	8	.467	14	–	14	.500
Washington State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	16	.407
Seattle	5	–	9	.357	16	–	11	.593
Portland	5	–	9	.357	12	–	15	.444
San Diego	5	–	10	.333	11	–	17	.393
Loyola Marymount	4	–	11	.267	13	–	15	.464
Pepperdine	2	–	12	.143	7	–	20	.259

† 2026 WCC tournament winner As of February 15, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 West Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in September 2025 and will end with the 2026 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament in March 2026. This will be the 75th season for WCC men's basketball, and the 37th under its current name of "West Coast Conference". The conference was founded in 1952 as the California Basketball Association, became the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1956, and dropped the word "Athletic" in 1989. Saint Mary's is the defending regular season champion while Gonzaga is the defending tournament champion.

This season marks the return of Seattle, who return after departing following the 1979–80 season,^[1] along with the final season for Gonzaga, Oregon State and Washington State, who leave for the resumption of the Pac-12 in the 2026–27 season.^[2]

Head coaches

No coaching changes were made in the offseason.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	WCC record	WCC Tournament record	NCAA Tournaments	Sweet Sixteens
Gonzaga	Mark Few	Gonzaga (asst.)	27	750–153 (.831)	358–40 (.899)	54–6 (.900)	25	13
Loyola Marymount	Stan Johnson	Marquette (asst.)	6	72–73 (.497)	32–45 (.416)	3–5 (.273)	0	0
Oregon State	Wayne Tinkle	Grand Canyon (asst.)	12	160–190 (.457)	10–8 (.556)	0–1 (.000)	2	1
Pacific	Dave Smart	Texas Tech (asst.)	2	9–24 (.273)	4–14 (.222)	0–1 (.000)	0	0
Pepperdine	Ed Schilling	Grand Canyon (asst.)	2	13–22 (.371)	4–14 (.222)	3–1 (.750)	0	0
Portland	Shantay Legans	Eastern Washington	5	57–75 (.432)	24–40 (.370)	3–4 (.429)	1	0
Saint Mary's	Randy Bennett	Saint Louis (asst.)	24	562–222 (.717)	288–97 (.738)	30–20 (.600)	11	1
San Diego	Steve Lavin	St. John's	4	35–62 (.361)	13–37 (.260)	2–3 (.400)	8	4
San Francisco	Chris Gerlufsen	San Francisco (asst.)	4	68–35 (.660)	32–19 (.627)	4–3 (.571)	0	0
Santa Clara	Herb Sendek	Arizona State	9	160–120 (.571)	77–62 (.554)	6–9 (.400)	8	1
Seattle	Chris Victor	Seattle (asst.)	5	80–53 (.602)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0
Washington State	David Riley	Eastern Washington	2	19–15 (.559)	8–10 (.444)	1–1 (.500)	0	0

Notes:

Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
Overall and WCC records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the 2025–26 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

2025-26 WCC Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll^[3]
Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points
1.	Gonzaga (9)	119
2.	Saint Mary's (2)	109
3.	San Francisco (1)	98
4.	Santa Clara	92
5.	Oregon State	76
6.	Washington State	69
7.	Loyola Marymount	61
8.	Seattle	53
9.	San Diego	36
10.	Pacific	32
11.	Pepperdine	24
12.	Portland	23

All-WCC Preseason Men's Basketball team

Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-WCC Team	Ryan Beasley, San Francisco
	Thierry Darlan, Santa Clara
	Braden Huff, Gonzaga
	Graham Ike, Gonzaga
	Mikey Lewis, Saint Mary's
	Elijah Mahi, Santa Clara
	Paulius Murauskas, Saint Mary's
	Elias Ralph, Pacific
	Tyrone Riley IV, San Francisco
	Harry Wessels, Saint Mary's

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)		Number of first place votes

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16
Gonzaga	AP	21	19	13	12	11	8	7	7	7*	8	9	8	6	6	12	11
Gonzaga	C	20	19	12	10	11	7	7	7	7	8	9	8	6	5	11	8
Loyola Marymount	AP									*
Loyola Marymount	C
Oregon State	AP									*
Oregon State	C
Pacific	AP									*
Pacific	C
Pepperdine	AP									*
Pepperdine	C
Portland	AP									*
Portland	C
Saint Mary's	AP	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		*	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV
Saint Mary's	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV
San Diego	AP									*
San Diego	C
San Francisco	AP									*
San Francisco	C
Santa Clara	AP				RV					*					RV	RV
Santa Clara	C															RV
Seattle	AP									*
Seattle	C
Washington State	AP									*
Washington State	C

*AP did not release a week 9 poll.

Early season tournaments

The following table summarizes the multiple-team events (MTE) or early season tournaments in which teams from the West Coast Conference will participate.^[4]


Team	Tournament	Dates	Result
Gonzaga	Players Era Festival	November 24–26	2nd
Loyola Marymount	Sunshine Slam	November 24–25	3rd
Oregon State	Paradise Jam	November 21–24	8th
Pacific	Sunshine Slam	November 24–25	1st
Pepperdine	Acrisure Series	November 26	―
Portland	Portland Invitational	November 21–23	2nd
Saint Mary's	Battle 4 Atlantis	November 26–28	2nd
San Diego	Acrisure Series	November 25	―
San Francisco	Acrisure Holiday Classic	November 27–28	4th
Santa Clara	Acrisure Invitational	November 27–28	3rd
Seattle	Resorts World Classic	November 27–28	2nd
Washington State	Maui Invitational	November 24–26	4th

WCC Player/Freshman of the Week

Throughout the year, the West Coast Conference names a player of the week and a freshman of the week as follows:


Week	Date	Player of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School
1^[5]	November 10, 2025	Josiah Lake II	Oregon State	Joel Foxwell	Portland
2^[6]	November 17, 2025	Graham Ike	Gonzaga	Liam Campbell	Saint Mary's
3^[7]	November 24, 2025	Myron Amey Jr.	LMU	Joel Foxwell (2)	Portland
4^[8]	December 1, 2025	Paulius Murauskas	Saint Mary's	Ace Glass	Washington State
5^[9]	December 8, 2025	Braden Huff	Gonzaga	Allen Graves	Santa Clara
6^[10]	December 15, 2025	Graham Ike (2)		Joel Foxwell (3)	Portland
7^[11]	December 22, 2025	Braden Huff (2)		Ace Glass (2)	Washington State
8^[12]	December 29, 2025	Elijah Mahi	Santa Clara	Dillan Shaw	Saint Mary's
9^[13]	January 5, 2026	Paulius Murauskas (2)	Saint Mary's	Joel Foxwell (4)	Portland
10^[14]	January 12, 2026	Graham Ike (3)	Gonzaga	Joel Foxwell (5)	Portland
10^[14]	January 12, 2026	Graham Ike (3)	Gonzaga	Sash Gavalyugov	Santa Clara
11^[15]	January 19, 2026	Christian Hammond	Santa Clara	Allen Graves (2)	Santa Clara
12^[16]	January 26, 2026	Paulius Murauskas (3)	Saint Mary's	Ace Glass (3)	Washington State
13^[17]	February 2, 2026	Graham Ike (3)	Gonzaga	Allen Graves (3)	Santa Clara
14^[18]	February 9, 2026	Joel Foxwell	Portland	Allen Graves (4)	Santa Clara
14^[18]	February 9, 2026	Joel Foxwell	Portland	Joel Foxwell (6)	Portland
15^[19]	February 16, 2026	Graham Ike (4)	Gonzaga	Allen Graves (5)	Santa Clara

References

^ "Seattle University Officially Rejoins The West Coast Conference". wccsports.com.
^ "Gonzaga Accepts Invitation to Join Pac-12 Conference". Gonzaga University.
^ "Gonzaga Picked to Win 2025-26 WCC Men's Basketball Championship". wccsports.com. Retrieved October 26, 2025.
^ Dobbertean, Chris (June 28, 2025). "2025-26 Men's College Basketball Exempt Multi-Team Event (MTE) Tracker". SB Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
^ "Lake II And Foxwell Win First West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week In 2025-26". wccsports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
^ "Ike And Campbell Win West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
^ "Amey Jr. And Foxwell Win West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved November 24, 2025.
^ "Murauskas And Glass Win West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
^ "Huff And Graves Win This Week's West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
^ "Ike And Foxwell Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
^ "Huff and Glass Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
^ "Mahi And Shaw Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
^ "Murauskas And Foxwell Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
^ "Ike Wins Men's Basketball Player Of The Week For Third Time This Season". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
^ "Santa Clara Sweeps Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2026.
^ "Murauskas Once Again Wins Men's Basketball Player Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
^ "Ike And Graves Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
^ "Foxwell Wins Two Men's Basketball Player Of The Week Awards". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
^ "Ike Tabbed Men's Basketball Player Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2026.

[1] "Seattle University Officially Rejoins The West Coast Conference". wccsports.com.

[2] "Gonzaga Accepts Invitation to Join Pac-12 Conference". Gonzaga University.

[3] "Gonzaga Picked to Win 2025-26 WCC Men's Basketball Championship". wccsports.com. Retrieved October 26, 2025.

[4] Dobbertean, Chris (June 28, 2025). "2025-26 Men's College Basketball Exempt Multi-Team Event (MTE) Tracker". SB Nation. Retrieved June 30, 2025.

[5] "Lake II And Foxwell Win First West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week In 2025-26". wccsports.com. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

[6] "Ike And Campbell Win West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2025.

[7] "Amey Jr. And Foxwell Win West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved November 24, 2025.

[8] "Murauskas And Glass Win West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 1, 2025.

[9] "Huff And Graves Win This Week's West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 8, 2025.

[10] "Ike And Foxwell Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 15, 2025.

[11] "Huff and Glass Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 22, 2025.

[12] "Mahi And Shaw Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved December 29, 2025.

[13] "Murauskas And Foxwell Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.

[14] "Ike Wins Men's Basketball Player Of The Week For Third Time This Season". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 12, 2026.

[15] "Santa Clara Sweeps Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 19, 2026.

[16] "Murauskas Once Again Wins Men's Basketball Player Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved January 26, 2026.

[17] "Ike And Graves Win Men's Basketball Players Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 2, 2026.

[18] "Foxwell Wins Two Men's Basketball Player Of The Week Awards". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 9, 2026.

[19] "Ike Tabbed Men's Basketball Player Of The Week". wccsports.com. Retrieved February 16, 2026.

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West Coast Conference men's basketball
Current teams	Gonzaga Bulldogs (leaving in 2026) Loyola Marymount Lions Oregon State Beavers (leaving in 2026) Pacific Tigers Pepperdine Waves Portland Pilots Saint Mary's Gaels San Diego Toreros San Francisco Dons Santa Clara Broncos Seattle Redhawks Washington State Cougars (leaving in 2026)
Future teams	Denver Pioneers (joining in 2026) UC San Diego Tritons (joining in 2027)
Championships & awards	Tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26