Every March, college basketball fans can’t help but have their attention drawn to the West Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament. While the WCC is typically considered a mid-major conference, the WCC Basketball Tournament has become one of the must-see events of March. Compared to the major conference tournaments, it’s much easier to find cheap WCC Basketball Tournament tickets, yet the intensity of the competition is second-to-none. It’s become one of the premier conference tournaments on the West Coast, with fans flocking to get their hands on last-minute WCC Basketball Tournament Tickets.

Let’s Stay Together

One thing that makes the West Coast Conference special is how little the league has changed since it was created in 1987. Eight of the ten current members of the WCC have been members for the entire history of the conference. That’s given the WCC more than three decades to cultivate meaningful rivalries. With a majority of the league making its home in California, the local rivalries and bragging rights run deep. Considering there is a spot in the NCAA Tournament on the line during the WCC Tournament, the intensity level grows even higher during those rivalry games.

The Gonzaga Invitational

To be fair, the Gonzaga Bulldogs have owned the WCC Tournament since the turn of the century. Mark Few has built a dynasty, making the Bulldogs the preeminent program in the West Coast Conference and the favorite to win the conference tournament every year. Of course, that means that Gonzaga always has a target on its back in the WCC Tournament, with opposing teams throwing everything they have at the Bulldogs. This helps add a unique element to the West Coast Conference Tournament because fans never know if this will be one of the rare years that Gonzaga falls, allowing another WCC team to take the league’s automatic bid to the Big Dance.