2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the West Coast Conference during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, held March 7–12 at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Saint Mary's upset top-ranked Gonzaga 60–47 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 68-team NCAA tournament.

2019 West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201819
Teams10
SiteOrleans Arena
Paradise, Nevada
ChampionsSaint Mary's (4th title)
Winning coachRandy Bennett (3rd title)
MVPJordan Hunter (Saint Mary's)
TelevisionBYUtv, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
West Coast Conference men's basketball tournaments
2018–19 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Gonzaga160 1.000334  .892
Saint Mary's115 .6882212  .647
BYU115 .6881913  .594
San Francisco97 .5632110  .677
Loyola Marymount88 .5002212  .647
Santa Clara88 .5001615  .516
San Diego79 .4382115  .583
Pepperdine610 .3751618  .471
Pacific412 .2501418  .438
Portland016 .000725  .219
2019 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

It was the fourth WCC tournament title for Saint Mary's, their first since 2012, and the Gaels were seeded eleventh in the South regional of the NCAA Tournament. With the loss, Gonzaga fell to fourth in the national rankings, but was still the top seed in the West regional.

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